Ice Damage to my car

arcon5

Wouldn't this be under force majore so no liability with the other party?

Mrs_Imp

Whether or not the fault lies with the owner of the building it would be worth letting them know about the incident so they can try to stop it happening again.

I hope you can get your car fixed without too much expense.

worried_jim

Mrs_Imp wrote: »

Whether or not the fault lies with the owner of the building it would be worth letting them know about the incident so they can try to stop it happening again.

I would imagine it would be practically impossible stopping nature take its course and ice forming and if the buildings owner were to put a sign up saying " warning, don't park here, risk of falling ice" they would be going some way to excepting liability.

Mrs_Imp

worried_jim wrote: »

I would imagine it would be practically impossible stopping nature take its course and ice forming and if the buildings owner were to put a sign up saying " warning, don't park here, risk of falling ice" they would be going some way to excepting liability.

The building owner can look to see if there is a reason that ice has formed there - eg leaking gutter. They can also look for ways to stop the ice forming, or to stop the ice falling as it did. It would certainly be worth them looking for a solution rather than ignoring a potentially dangerous situation because it was down to 'nature'.

SailorSam

If it had been a slate that fell off maybe you could claim, but ice. I think you've just had a bit of bad luck.

Disabled_Rights_For_Me

If you genuinely feel that it is the responsibility of the building owner then I would pursue it. As was said earlier there is a reason why ice would have formed there.

I can tell you, sheets of ice don't fall off my roof and land on anybodys car.


I wouldn't recommend though what has been suggested in pushing the roof out with your feet because you might split the roof


Happy new year

Disabled_Rights_For_Me

I disagree with Sailer sam

JustinR1979

Disabled_Rights_For_Me wrote: »

I disagree with Sailer sam

You disagree with how he spells his name?

The_Loan_Stranger

Anyway, playing devils advocaat (seasonal spelling), how would you have reacted had you been walking along that road with your young children and a large lump of ice fell onto them severely injuring them or possibly worse?
Would you still be taking the same stance on the "NOBODIES FAULT" scenario?

neilmcl

TomJ17 wrote: »

As it seems silly to have a ledge that high up on the building, its clear this kind of thing will happen. Also, it's in no way my fault as I only parked on a council street, it's not in a necessarily dangerous location.

Thanks for any help

Not clear enough for you to park there in the first place. Sorry mate but this is just one of those things and what your car insurance is for.