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Personal vehicle damaged on company propery and they are not responding
I work for a staffing agency that sent me to a job site for the night 3 weeks ago. As I was entering the employee gate, I turned into a parking spot adjacent to the gate and as I was doing so, the gate did not recognize the presence of my car and closed on it, causing paint damage and denting. I reported this to both the present supervisor and security, neither of which filed a formal incident report because they
Asked on March 15, 2017 under Accident Law, Florida
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You can sue whomever was in control of the gate for the damage to your car, whether that is the business at that site, the landlord (if someone else owns the property and the business just leases it), etc. The damage was, based on what you write, caused by the gate operating defectively; whomever had control over it could potentially be held liable for not maintaining, etc. it properly. You could also potentially sue the gate manufacturer; and any company that had the service contract for it. Only the person or entity controlling the gate, the one who made it, and anyone who serviced/maintained it might be responsible for your costs.
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