Reply To: Liability question, just interested in how people see things.

For those still interested in the disposition of this case, yes, the resolution was like Joseph suggested and I returned the item without compensation.

I asked the question here to hear how others feel about the issue since, honestly, my gripe was an emotional one, not a halachic one (yes, I admit that my feelings don’t always coincide with halacha. That’s why I go to posek with such questions rather than do whatever I think is right.)

It just seemed unfair to me that I spent time on something with no compensation. The answer is that my notions of fairness are not halachically valid.

B’hatzlacha to all.