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nvbrrain
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Hi, I have a question concerning property damage and landlord/tenant rights. I have been threatened by property management of a lawsuit stemming from damage done to the garage, of which I am not liable for.
I had borrowed a friend's vehicle and kept it in the garage for a night. When I drove it out the next day and parked it outside the garage on a slope, and walked around the vehicle to inspect it, it began to slide downward until it hit the garage gate. My insurance would not cover it (as it should not, I am not the primary car owner). However, I just finally (after 6 months) received insurance information of the primary car owner and have opened up a claim to resolve the issue between the primary car owner insurance and the property owner.
Property management is now demanding full payment for the garage damage (2500 dollars) and refuses to wait for the insurance claim to be filed and processed and completed. Are they reasonable in bringing me to court, or is it simply a "threat" to bully me into paying the damage amount immediately?
Of course, I do not want to pay 2500 dollars for damages of which I am not liable for (I was not the primary car owner, and I was not even in the vehicle when it began to slide); should I pay or should I wait for the insurance claim to be filed and for a possible lawsuit? Thank you in advance.
I had borrowed a friend's vehicle and kept it in the garage for a night. When I drove it out the next day and parked it outside the garage on a slope, and walked around the vehicle to inspect it, it began to slide downward until it hit the garage gate. My insurance would not cover it (as it should not, I am not the primary car owner). However, I just finally (after 6 months) received insurance information of the primary car owner and have opened up a claim to resolve the issue between the primary car owner insurance and the property owner.
Property management is now demanding full payment for the garage damage (2500 dollars) and refuses to wait for the insurance claim to be filed and processed and completed. Are they reasonable in bringing me to court, or is it simply a "threat" to bully me into paying the damage amount immediately?
Of course, I do not want to pay 2500 dollars for damages of which I am not liable for (I was not the primary car owner, and I was not even in the vehicle when it began to slide); should I pay or should I wait for the insurance claim to be filed and for a possible lawsuit? Thank you in advance.