Is that just your own personal moral judgement or a legal assessment? Because I don't think this will actually work in practice when the police are called for property damage.
The law generally puts responsibility on the party that should know better, which is the professional.
Is that not the case in the US?
No need to downvote just because y’all don’t know the law, lol!
Well that’s just wrong, the damage itself is not a crime but the leaving without paying part is. If I accidentally fall onto your parked car and leave a dent, do you think I can just leave because it wasn’t intentional?