A bedroom in the basement of my Mississauga house was rented to a tenant, and then it was flooded during the massive thunderstorm that hit Greater Toronto Area on July 8th 2013 because a window in the tenant’s bedroom was open when the storm came. The flooding was caused by rain pouring through tenant’s window solely. Both I and the tenant were away from home when the storm hit, so nobody was there to close that open window. The tenant came home to find the whole basement was flooded including his bedroom, and all of his belongings were soaked with water, some of his electronics (laptop, internet modem, and cell phone) were broken. The tenant is threatening to sue me for all of the damages. I have home insurance but the tenant has no tenant insurance. Question is, legally, should I pay tenant for the damages? should tenant pay me for the damages? or should another party like the city pay for the damages? Please help, thanks.
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on: 1st January 70