Can you still sue if your only defense is ignorance?

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Of course we saw this coming a mile away, more lawsuits over the big yellow ego, uh, I mean, house in McKennan Park;

The former owners of a McKennan Park house who were forced to demolish their newly constructed home this summer are suing the city’s Board of Historic Preservation and the companies who designed and built their home for a slew of damages and misrepresentations.

If you read the article you will find a lot of ‘interesting’ claims.

First off they want to sue the Historic Board, even though the drawings/plans they showed the board are not the same as what they decided to build. The same goes for suing the ‘original’ architect, they also did not use his original plans to build the house. As for suing the city, they may have a suit since they didn’t make sure the house was up to code. Also the neighbor, the McDowells warned them in a letter when they started building that it wasn’t up to code and they ignored them. I have a feeling if this even makes it to court with a jury trial they may be laughed out of court. But what do I know, I’m not an attorney.

Posted in: Developers, Development, Sioux Falls

4 Thoughts on “Can you still sue if your only defense is ignorance?”

  1. James on September 18, 2018 at 3:15 pm said:

    word

  2. Blasphemo on September 18, 2018 at 8:11 pm said:

    Shame on Sanford Health for assaulting Sioux Falls in hiring this narcissistic wretch. This is god-complex ego run amok. She no doubt found a kindred spirit in the lawyer who agreed to take her case.

  3. Tim on September 19, 2018 at 4:30 pm said:

    I’m with Blasphemo – pediatric surgeons are a scourge on this earth! If kids get sick let the eat cake…err drive 3+ hours for surgical care and hope they have parents who can afford to relocate temporarily or enjoy being alone.

  4. Blasphemo on September 19, 2018 at 9:12 pm said:

    Tim – pediatric surgeons: skilled, admirable, regrettably essential. Pediatric surgeons in the guise of a self-centered shrew: sickening. FYI – the Hippocratic Oath begins: “I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant:” It includes the following declaration: “I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm.” The good doctor apparently dismissed that part, and Sanford was in a good position to give her a refresher when she started throwing elbows in the McKennan neighborhood – but Sanford didn’t or couldn’t rein her in. The Oath concludes: “If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling. . . “. Well, I’d say the good doctor Sapienza failed pretty miserably to uphold all of the oath she swore.

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