I was at a park having a softball practice, when I hit a foul ball that broke a cars windshield which was parked right next to the softball field. They are trying to tell me I have to pay for their deductable for the new windshield ($250) and then an additional 150 for a new tint of the winshield. Do I need to be paying for it or are they responsible because they parked next to a field I was practicing at?
2007-07-10 08:40:15 · 18 answers · asked by Carey B 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It was at a elementary school, and its not marked parking....the parking is in a dirt field
2007-07-10 08:46:20 · update #1
It was the back windshield which was tinted.....I already paid the deductable out of guilt but now they are pounding me for the tint money....
2007-07-10 08:56:47 · update #2
You are not at all liable. It's their own fault if they parked too close to a ball field and their too chicken **** tight or stupid to turn it in to their compressive insurance. They probably were too cheap to carry glass breakage or it has a deductible.
Between you and I your parents homeowners insurance would pay the bill but since they were not polite about an accident I'd take great pleasure in telling them to sh*t in their hat. Tell them: " I may have been born at night but not last night. "
2007-07-10 08:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children don't fall out of the sky, and they don't fly. If a children was hit by someone in the park hard enough to stay in the air for "a long distance", it would be dead before the car hit it. So the driver would not be responsible for the death. Drivers are required to look for things in the road, or entering the road from the sides. Not for objects falling from the sky. Your theory about momentum would require major revisions to the laws of physics. In reality, for a ball to be able to travel a long distance, it has be a fly ball that reaches a considerable height, so it actually gains momentum from gravity ("falling") on its way down. An object dropped from a bridge or overpass, with no initial momentum, can have enough momentum to break a windshield by the time it gets down to where the car is.
2016-04-01 07:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the type of person you are. Personaly I would pay for the deductable. Tint on the windshield is illegal anyways, so they are most likely trying to screw you over there. Maybe you need to practice more and stop hitting fowl balls ;) Then again you don't really need to give the guy any of your information, and you could just bail on the whole situation. But that's not very nice.
2007-07-10 08:46:35 · answer #3 · answered by Rich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say no, since they were not in an authorized parking area- I hope you have photos of where they were parked. They put the parking areas in a specific place for a reason. That is to prevent these things from happening.
And as for tinting, their own insurance company won't pay for that, thats an option.
2007-07-10 08:53:38 · answer #4 · answered by professorc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there some kind of a sign there about "parking at your own risk?" If yes, you are not responsible.
Even if there is no sign, I wouldn't pay. What are they going to do? Take you to a small claims court? I'd take my chances in court. Probably whoever is charge for the practice field is more at fault because the fence was not high enough...
2007-07-10 08:47:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have already paid plenty for hitting a foul ball. Foul balls are a common occurrence, especially during a practice session. An intelligent, responsible driver knows this and parks their car in a safe location.
2007-07-10 09:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by avnurd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok i'd say you're a white male. they always call themselves trying to circumvent paying for something that was their own fault. although there was no way of knowing that your foul would brake that car's windshield, YOU are RESPONSIBLE for REMITTING the DEDUCTIBLE. depending on the insurance company, Allstate for instance, you are also responsible for the tint.
2007-07-10 11:41:27 · answer #7 · answered by Guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say when you park near a ball field you are assuming your own risk but definetly call your local office of legal aid or a competent attorney. Most will answer one question free.
2007-07-10 08:45:41 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well... parking your car in a place where you can LEGALLY play softball means that the person is doing that at their own risk...
now if you were playing in a parking lot where you were not supposed to, then yes... you have to pay...
but it sounds like the owner is responsible...
2007-07-10 08:44:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure sounds like you are responsible assuming they were parked in a marked parking lot.
2007-07-10 08:43:03 · answer #10 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋