Liability

[insider]

hi in the winter i had the dubious honour of sliding on ice and damaging bits of my car,having made an insurance claimto have it mended i have been given the bill for the excess,as this was on my emplyers property can i recover my excess from them.any thoughts would be appreciated

[rhaines]

I would have thought they would have been claiming the repair bill from your insurance company as the accident was your fauly. I don't think you stand a chance of claiming of them.

[Steve ( West Mids )]

If it's in their car park there is probably a disclaimer up.

Also do you want to keep your job?

[insider]

no disclaimer anywhere as for the job hmmmmmmm

[Steve]

i dont reckon you will stand a chance... as the ICE is the act of above then i dont see why they should.

if there was a pothole in the car park and you scuffed your alloys then maybe!

Your job will be safe anyway... its alot tought to get rid of people nowadays.

[insider]

guess i will have to pay then was worth an ask anyways

[Claire G]

This sounds a bit a*se about face, but had your employers gritted the car park? If NOT, you probably don't have a claim. If they HAD gritted, you stand a fair chance - by gritting they've accepted responsibility for the state of the car par, and recognised there may be a safety issue (by the fact they've taken action).

Weird but I'm assured, true !

[Fargo]

It depends on how the employers have covered themselves, ordinarily there would be some provisions under the health and safety at work thingumyjigs that should provide compensation for damage suffered at work. HOWEVER, damage sufferred at work does not necessarily include damage to property. it all depends on what sort of show lexus run, they may have a policy of paying out on all cars damaged on their property, but they also may have exemption clauses protecting them from 'careless' employees

You need to look at your contract of employment and how your employers are insured

i suggest a freindly approach to management and they might help out with your excess, but i think they are likely to be covered so that they dont have to pay out on accidental damage to cars

if you worked for mothercare, then their health and safety will demand that the car park is a safe place and you would have a starting point, but because the nature of the business is cars, it is reasonable to expect the occasional car accident and so they may have reasonable grounds for an exemption clause that protects them from paying damages for accidental damage to employee's cars.

Or just suck it up soldier.. good luck