- An Ohio homeowner’s car sustained $6,000 in damage after a neighbor’s oak tree fell on it during a windstorm, sparking a dispute over who should foot the bill.
An Ohio homeowner says a neighbor’s oak tree came plummeting onto their parked car during a windstorm. When the dust settled, there was roughly $6,000 in damage done. If that weren’t enough, a considerably messier dispute over who should pay for it soon came crashing onto the scene, too.
According to the homeowner’s post in Reddit’s r/legaladvice community, the car was sitting in their own driveway when the tree fell. Their auto policy includes comprehensive coverage, but using it would leave them with a $1,000 deductible.
The neighbor, meanwhile, has allegedly refused to provide their homeowners insurance information, arguing that “it was just a storm” and therefore not their fault…