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Landlord responsible for vehicle damage due to faulty parking space?
The parking lot at my girlfriend's apartment has those concrete curbs at the end of each parking space (to serve as a tire stop so you don't pass through it I'm guessing). These curbs are bolted to the parking lot with rebarb, however on this parking space the rebarb was sticking out of the concrete curb about 6 inches. When I backed out of the parking space to leave, this rebarb hooked onto the plastic bumper cover of my truck, ripping some of it off.
This happened yesterday (Labor Day) so the landlord wasn't available. I noticed many other parking spaces had the same problem. I took pictures and met with the landlord today. She said they are not responsible to pay for these damages.
Should the apartment complex be responsible for these damages? I live in Louisiana, and tried searching the laws here but I'm not sure what law this would be under, or how to find this specific law. Any help please?
Is the visibility of the rebarb the deciding factor whether they are liable for it?
The condition is not necessarily apparent by looking at the curbs.... especially because the rebarb's color is the same as the gate right past it, making it something that isn't plainly visible.
To the second respondee, driving ability does not have anything to do with this. The rebarb is not plainly visible, and the same thing can happen to anyone who parks there.
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The landlord is correct. Your driving abilities have nothing to do with their parking spaces.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Since the condition was apparent to anyone looking at the curbs, no, the apartment complex should not be liable. A reasonable person would realize that driving over a piece of vertical re-bar would possibly damage your vehicle.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
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