What can o do to get justice if my car was damaged a car dealership while in for an oil change?
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What can o do to get justice if my car was damaged a car dealership while in for an oil change?
I took my car for oil change at a dealership with no damage to my car. After the oil change, they car returned with $1600 of damage to my car door. The dealership will not do anything about it, they tell me to go to my insurance to put a claim in. They damaged my car and will not do anything about it.
Asked on June 7, 2016 under Accident Law, Ohio
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
You can sue them: if you can establish, through testimony (including yours, anyone else familiar with car, and possibly employees) and/or any photographic evidence (e.g. if you had a recent picture of that part of your car) that the damage occured while it was in the dealership's possession, you would have a reasonably good chance of recovering the cost of the repair from them. For this amount of money, with what seems to be a relatively straightforward matter, suing in small claims court, acting as your own attorney ("pro se") to save on legal fees) is a very good option.
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