- Jurisdiction
- New York
Hello,
I'm in need of legal advice.
I signed a lease on my car (Subaru Impreza) in May 2017. Yesterday me and my wife went to get our first oil change and didn't expect the outcome... We found out that our transmission is cracked along with dents in the exhaust (exhaust doesn't cause problems itself but the transmission needs to be replaced). We were both shocked and completely helpless. We called the insurance company to claim an accident because this is what Subaru service station told us to do.
The only time that the car ever hit anything was on our college property. Their parking lots' exits (3 out of 4) are not elevated correctly and there is a drop right by the street, so that when you try to leave, the car hits the road pretty hard even when you drive exteremly slow. There is no warning sign. There is a light that takes around 8 minutes to change but when it finally happens it only lasts few seconds. In order to avoid hitting the bottom of your car is to go very slow at a certain angle (and trying to make it while the green light lasts), but even though I've done that I still ended up hitting the bottom of my car. It happened to me twice last month when I couldn't find parking by the building I had class in so I had to park across at this unfortunate parking lot. I had no idea there was any damage until yesterday. The insurance inspector comfirmed today this must've happened 1-2 months ago.
The total amount of damage is $10,000. The insurance company will repair everything but my insurance rate will go up. I had enough stress as it is because of the nursing school, me and my wife are both students working retail jobs and living with my family. We can't afford paying even more money for the insurance than we already do. We are both very careful drivers and we truly take care of the car. None of us even got a speeding ticket and I've been driving for 5 years.
My question is if I should go after school in this case since this happened on their property. Do I have any chance to win and make them pay for everything? I know plenty of people who can confirm this parking lot exit is a big issue.
I'm in need of legal advice.
I signed a lease on my car (Subaru Impreza) in May 2017. Yesterday me and my wife went to get our first oil change and didn't expect the outcome... We found out that our transmission is cracked along with dents in the exhaust (exhaust doesn't cause problems itself but the transmission needs to be replaced). We were both shocked and completely helpless. We called the insurance company to claim an accident because this is what Subaru service station told us to do.
The only time that the car ever hit anything was on our college property. Their parking lots' exits (3 out of 4) are not elevated correctly and there is a drop right by the street, so that when you try to leave, the car hits the road pretty hard even when you drive exteremly slow. There is no warning sign. There is a light that takes around 8 minutes to change but when it finally happens it only lasts few seconds. In order to avoid hitting the bottom of your car is to go very slow at a certain angle (and trying to make it while the green light lasts), but even though I've done that I still ended up hitting the bottom of my car. It happened to me twice last month when I couldn't find parking by the building I had class in so I had to park across at this unfortunate parking lot. I had no idea there was any damage until yesterday. The insurance inspector comfirmed today this must've happened 1-2 months ago.
The total amount of damage is $10,000. The insurance company will repair everything but my insurance rate will go up. I had enough stress as it is because of the nursing school, me and my wife are both students working retail jobs and living with my family. We can't afford paying even more money for the insurance than we already do. We are both very careful drivers and we truly take care of the car. None of us even got a speeding ticket and I've been driving for 5 years.
My question is if I should go after school in this case since this happened on their property. Do I have any chance to win and make them pay for everything? I know plenty of people who can confirm this parking lot exit is a big issue.