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Damage to car

  • 15-09-2010 12:21pm
    #1
    corklad32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    Not sure if this is in the right place or not ....

    My car sustained damage whilst parked in my work carpark from rocks. I pay x amount every month for the benefit of parking here. Are they liable to pay for the damage to my car?

    Cheers


Comments

  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Is there a written agreement for the parking?
    Falling rocks in a car park? Did anyone else's car get hit too?

    But probably not, you pay for the space to park in, it's not an insurance (often there's signs up: at owner's risk etc)...


  • #3
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    I would certainly try to recover costs from the people you pay the parking fee to. Where did the rocks come from?
    Works being undertaken by the car park owners?
    Works by others?
    Passing truck?


  • #4
    corklad32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭corklad32


    Kids fooking them down from overhead!! Has happened lots of times over the years according to the guards.


  • #5
    djimi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,237 ✭✭✭✭djimi


    I really dont think you would have any chance of claiming for damages. If the owner of the car park was somehow responsible and you could prove it then you might have a chance, but not for something like this.


  • #6
    mickdw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,688 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Dodgy case for sure when its kids throwing the stones.
    However if it is a common problem in the car park, I suppose you could argue that the owners should have warned of this specific danger instead of the usual -parked at owners risk or perhaps that the owners should have taken some action to prevent a known issue with the carpark.
    No harm in asking a solicitor. Might tell you to forget about it though.


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  • #7
    StompToWork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 905 ✭✭✭StompToWork


    Don't think you are going to have much look claiming from your work place. The most you might be able to persuade them to do is, if you are paying a premium for use of the carpark, you may be able to suggest that they use a portion of that money to try and make the place secure. If yobbos are throwing stones from above, maybe a net or something? If it is a frequent occurance, then there may be a call for it.


  • #8
    kildare.17hmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭kildare.17hmr


    Contact your insurance company and ask if your no claims will be affected if you make a claim for vandalisim. I cant imagine the owner of the carpark paying for damages. Unfortunate for you but its what you pay insurance for


  • #9
    si_guru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    If the car park owner was aware of a dispute with kids he was obliged to tell you!


  • #10
    kildare.17hmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,615 ✭✭✭kildare.17hmr


    si_guru wrote: »
    If the car park owner was aware of a dispute with kids he was obliged to tell you!
    I really dont think id call that a dispute between kids and the carpark owner:rolleyes: more like kids actin the mick.


  • #11
    si_guru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,347 ✭✭✭si_guru


    kildare.17hmr wrote: »
    I really dont think id call that a dispute between kids and the carpark owner:rolleyes: more like kids actin the mick.

    True... but if had happened before, they should have told you. Like if your house has flooded in the part you have to tell any new insurance company.


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