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ObjectiveDark40 t1_iy9l03n wrote

Reply to comment by Mellero47 in Victims of Massachusetts Apple store crash to file lawsuit by mrstipez

Yes. That is what the lawyer is saying. Lots of stores do. Target has those big red balls, I've seen yellow bollards at Walmart.

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Knee_Squeezings t1_iy9q9fc wrote

Apple doesn't own that building, the rent from the property owners, so that's on them. Plus it's not code there to have them. Chasing money is all

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Reasonable_Ticket_84 t1_iy9s8ff wrote

Actually no. Commercial leases are very different than residential renting. In a commercial lease, the renter is pretty much responsible for the building improvements. The renter can sometimes get the landlord to make concessions and pay for build out of something at the beginning of the lease to sign it, but everything after that is on the tenant usually.

It's the same way, the property owner could repave the parking lot and then stick the tenant with the bill (which happens in shitty shopping strips).

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Now whether Apple actually needs to install bollards for any legal reason is a different topic.

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Bocephuss t1_iy9uf5m wrote

I wouldn't disagree that it should be code but where is the line? Should every business be required to install them?

Walmart, Target, and other big box retailers only have them to protect their inventory, not their customers.

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