Is the city self insured for their vehicles?
I’m pretty sure governments have sovereign immunity. Most pay legitimate claims, out of a sense of fairness, but you cannot compel them.
Get a job with the city of your choice and wreck anyone’s car you want.
“Sovereign immunity” gets Norfolk off the hook with a trash truck accident? Norfolk must have the happiest cops in the nation.
LOL! That’s not how it works, nice try though.
Sovereign immunity is based on the ancient principle that the king is the source of justice so “the king can do no wrong.” Sovereign immunity ought to have been abolished back when we got rid of kings.
Can the owner claim against her own insurance?
The city should just pay up, even if it’s just for the PR. A 2007 BMW 328 isn’t worth all that much anyway.
File a claim against the driver’s personal insurance.
Her lawyer needs to wise up and sue them under ‘eminent domain takings’. They need to pay for the ‘taking’ they did in trashing this lady’s car.
The Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution reads as follows: “Nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.” In understanding the provision, we both agree that it is helpful to keep in mind the reasons behind it.
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Actual Win by woman who had her home destroyed, in a SWAT raid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSXAggq5ozo
She is at most a 3.5 on a good hair day. Let’s move on.
Actually a Virginia Beach Garbage truck driver ran over a man sitting in a chair on the beach, killing him.
He was never punished.