Accidental damage

s1mple

Once again thank you all.
Alderbank: I believe currently pub is being managed on behalf of the licensee.
Pink shoes: You correctly point out about the previous incident with no safeguards put in place. I'm unsure if insurance previously paid out.
Light flare: I am not a repeat offender 😁
Thanks one and all for the positive comments. I am going to piece all relevant ideas together to build an argument against paying much, if anything ,towards a replacement.

Regards 

Simon 

TELLIT01

HItting the cue ball so hard that either it or other balls took off and travelled far enough to break a TV might be considered negligent.  However, as it has happened before the pub should have done something to mitigate the risk.

HillStreetBlues

TELLIT01 said:

HItting the cue ball so hard that either it or other balls took off and travelled far enough to break a TV might be considered negligent. 

For the pub.
The standard of pool players in a pub will vary a great deal, this should be factored when placing a pool table and a TV. There is a max distance a ball can travel (unless playing silly beggars) and a TV needs to be out of this range.

Having been in a pool team and played many venues, and having seen numinous balls fly off the table, I have never seen one even close to breaking a TV as they have always been placed at a safe distance.

s1mple

Hi Ivan, it definitely hit other balls on the break off. Pure fluke it skewed off up into the TV, but I did a heavy break, with gusto. Appreciate your input.