Lyft driver damages my property

[Zigner]

I understand why you believe that, but in this instance, I don't agree.

 

[FlyingRon]

I'd agree if the item in question was a vehicle or a person or some fixed part of the environment (sign, guard rail, landscape), but this is the equivalent of road debris. Not only is hitting it not something you're obliged to avoid, in many circumstances, you'd be best advised not to try.

 

[Taxing Matters]

Driver hit a stationary object. He has at least some blame.

You've stated that as a universal premise, and as a universal premise it is clearly not accurate if by "blame" you mean legal liability. For the driver to have legal liability he or she must have been negligent. There are some instances where the driver hitting a stationary object is not negligent. For example, someone dropping a small object in the street behind the vehicle that no driver would be able to see with reasonable care. Said driver then backs over that small object that he or she had no reason to know was there and crushes it. That driver is not liable for the damage to that object as he/she was not negligent. The person dropping the item behind the car is the one responsible for the loss in that case.

I see the OP's situation here as much the same as my example.