If you hit a pothole and fuck up your car, can u sue the city?
 

The roads in Toronto are just horrible! There are potholes everywhere!! I was wondering, if you were driving a very low sports car on the highway at bout 60mph and hit an imperfection in the street, could you sue the city for the damage?

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at least in montreal

their are not liable for damages from potholes but they are responsible for taking care of them.

go figure

yes, go for it!!! not that you will win but you can sue them :Graucho

in montreal you cant, they passed a law 10 + years ago to protect themselves against it.
good thing too cause here we have the worlds largest potholes, not to mention that all our roads seem like they have never been paved correctly to begin with and just keeping worse as the cold winter makes them detteriorate

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it actually depends on what state you live in, I know michigan and CT WILL pay for damages in most cases, can't speak for other states, best bet is to check with your local dept of transportation to find out for sure

Law school has done me well :)

depending on where you live, the city and state pretty much have the word on what you can do. Now for places where you can take legal action towards the city they have some very short timelines where you can actually file. Usually city and gov organizations have the shortest period where you may take action, while people and business have longer periods. If you want email me at [email protected] with where you live and I might be able to get ya the info you will need.

I know the city I live in you have 72 hours to file, amazing isnt it

You could turn in a written complaint and city will investigate and give you a settlement only if they believe if it was negligence on their part ie. the pothole wasn't created by the bad weather last night. You could go to court if you weren't happy with your settlement but nobody ever did so can't tell what the outcome could look like.

no They're :321GFY

Toronto is bad (427 is horrid on my car) But their limitation period is short (72 hours)

did you mess up your car? what happened?

Well, that's different. Don't get mad at yourself for making such simple errors. Lots of people 15 years your junior make the same mistakes. You'll learn. I will teach you.

shuddapa u'se before i'd maka you pain in cry.

Grammar Police, I love your approach, i'm going to have fun reading your corrections.


RACEMAN :thumbsup

Nah man, been hitting a few potholes lately and had to realign my wheels... (dunno if its only because of that) but was wondering if anything could be done if serious damage was done.

Wait a second...they have paved roads in Canada now?!

you are learning well young Jedi :thumbsup

I believe I read in the news a few weeks back that motorist sued the city for the damages to his car because of a pothole and won in Montreal. But tons of people were starting to do this so now you have to deal only with your insurance company.

you are learning well young Jedi :thumbsup

I was in Toronto last week

The potholes there are NOTHING compared to the ones in Montreal.

FUCK! I'm getting so sick of dropping into a 4 foot deep crater!

Toronto, most people just do NOT know how to fuckin drive!

well my mom's new Acura got dinged by an errant shopping cart in the parking lot a few weeks ago... she just sent me an e-mail saying the store agreed to pay for it and cut her a cheque to the name of the car dealership for the amount of the damage estimate...

so give it a shot!

Yes, but you wont win.

I hit a pot hole and bent the right rear wheel on my corvette, my attorney said all i could do was call the county road department and complain but that filing a case over it would be a waste of time. Make me wonder where the money goes when you register your car.

Sue them, you pay taxes for this stuff it's their responsibility to maintain the roads unless they give up that duty to the citizens. Therefore, sue them for every buck you can to get your car fixed.