Neighborhood dispute escalated: knocking noises lead to dish!

Neighborhood dispute escalated: knocking noises lead to dish!

In a bizarre legal dispute in Munich, two neighbors had to take part in court. The dispute broke out over the background noise of a sewing machine that found one of the women disturbing. The lower neighbor, who lives on the ground floor, complained to the end of her top -living because she used an industrial sewing machine, the noises of which she perceived as noise pollution. In order to counteract the noise, the plaintiff is said to have knocked on the ceiling over 500 times from August 2022 to April 2023, which was perceived by the woman living over her living, as reported.

The Munich District Court decided in this case in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant neighbor was sentenced to pay of 300 euros in pain and suffering and obliged to refrain from knocking. The judges found that there had been regular knocking, but was not justified by self -defense. The defendant's defense that she only reacted to mitigate the noise was rejected because no disturbing noises could be determined by the sewing machine. Only intoxicating noises could be recorded that are not typical of a sewing machine, as the dish, like Spiegel.de reported.

In the announcement of the judgment, it was also pointed out that even possible noises could not justify constant harassment. In order to defend itself against the alleged disorder, the defendant would have had to submit his own lawsuit for injunction. This district court judgment is now final and another example of how neighborhood disputes can often end up in court.