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re: Do Car Washes Ever Pay for Damage?

Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:19 pm to
Posted by Jizzamo311
Member since Dec 2008
6420 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:19 pm to
Morris "dinner roll" Bart!!!! Got it.

This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 8:23 pm
Posted by dinner roll
buttery goodness
Member since Feb 2006
6488 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

I said I am not a lawyer.


My bad. I misread your post. Thought it said you were one. Be glad you're not.

In general, in Louisiana, a property owner cannot disclaim liability from an injury that hasn't occurred yet. Putting up an 'at your own risk' sign is worthless and does not prevent liability if the premises are otherwise defective.
This post was edited on 9/16/14 at 8:21 pm
Posted by Jizzamo311
Member since Dec 2008
6420 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:24 pm to
Ha. I'm just fricking around. I would assume that Enter at your own risk signs would at least satisfy some of their Liability. But I am just a layman.

But what technically makes it "defective"? If this is the only case of damage, what leg would the plaintiff have to stand on?
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43031 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:28 pm to
quote:

I know someone that got paid damage at a car wash but it was bc it malfunctioned where the cars all starting hitting each other
This exact thing almost happened to me last week. I felt the things slipping on my tires and saw the car behind me coming up while I wasn't moving. Solved the problem by putting it in drive
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49625 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:31 pm to
quote:

In general, in Louisiana, a property owner cannot disclaim liability from an injury that hasn't occurred yet. Putting up an 'at your own risk' sign is worthless and does not prevent liability if the premises are otherwise defective.


Meh...you still have to prove the premises are otherwise defective. And my attorney is going to make you work your arse off to prove that.

But Exxon did pay me $13,000.00 in damages to my truck when the machine came off the rack and destroyed the bed of my 4 week old truck about 10 years ago. No questions asked, emailed pictures, got estimate, mailed me a check and picked up the tab for a rental truck for the month it took to fix. I was made whole which was all I cared about.
Posted by Artie Rome
Hwy 1
Member since Jul 2014
8757 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:33 pm to
You dummy! You could have got PAID! You probably have a busted disk already that you could have had a doctor attribute to the car wash!








Kidding.


Sorta.
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
19526 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:33 pm to
I'm surprised actually. I have never had any damage at a
Car wash place
Posted by stampman
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
5149 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:39 pm to
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43031 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 8:49 pm to
Yeah, I'm not a tPOS
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:03 pm to
They'll do everything they can not to, then they'll do everything they can to make their poor minimum wage crackhead they employed pay for it. Despite the signs, they can definitely be held responsible
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
44907 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:05 pm to
Had a full service wash wreck my brand new car (first wash ever). Drove it out of the tent and rammed into a parked pickup. Destroyed my hood, grill, etc. Then old mex dude driving jumped out and ran.
Posted by ReauxlTide222
St. Petersburg
Member since Nov 2010
88975 posts
Posted on 9/16/14 at 9:49 pm to
Got a manual car wash when I was 17/18 on my Tundra. Few days later I realized there were several ~12 inch circles on the hood, where it looked like the top/glossy layer of paint had been rubbed off.

My mom tried to get to the bottom of it but they basically told her to frick off and take it to court. Probably should have
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