Trampoline blows into neighbor's car...

[JoeandOlga]

What is the name of your state? New Jersey
We had very gusty winds for the last couple of days. Who would have thought that our 2 year old, very big and very heavy trampoline is going to take off on one of those days.
It dented our neighbor's new car (scratches, broken passenger's mirror, some damage to the talegate ). Should we take some legal action or tell our neighbor to call his car insurance? I just don't think we did anything wrong or could have prevented it somehow.

Thank you for your help.

 

[seniorjudge]

What is the name of your state? New Jersey
We had very gusty winds for the last couple of days. Who would have thought that our 2 year old, very big and very heavy trampoline is going to take off on one of those days.
It dented our neighbor's new car (scratches, broken passenger's mirror, some damage to the talegate ). Should we take some legal action or tell our neighbor to call his car insurance? I just don't think we did anything wrong or could have prevented it somehow.

Thank you for your help.

double post

answered here:

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=355386

 

[Rick Jablowski]

Trampoline Mishaps and Home Insurance: Titan Extreme III Experience

We had the same situation happen to us here in Houston when our 15' Titan Extreme III trampoline went airborne during a hurricane and hit our neighbors SUV. Instead of calling our car insurance, the damages were covered by our home insurance. The trampoline was considered part of our home just like the trees in our backyard. I recommend having your neighbor contact their home insurance company to see if they can cover the damages to your car.

Rick

 

[moburkes]

We had the same situation happen to us here in Houston when our 15' Titan Extreme III trampoline went airborne during a hurricane and hit our neighbors SUV. Instead of calling our car insurance, the damages were covered by our home insurance. The trampoline was considered part of our home just like the trees in our backyard. I recommend having your neighbor contact their home insurance company to see if they can cover the damages to your car.

Rick

Hi Rick. The correct place to have responded to this thread was in the other post. This post is a duplicated. Thanks!