Car accident on ice - liability?

MSAD

Ice happens.

If it was in the parking lot....there is a very good chance there were icy patches on the roads leading to the parking lot and the ground outside your girlfriends house was iced up as well.

I do not know of any law that says your employer has to prevent ice from forming in the parking lot.

In the end, your girlfriend hit a parked car. Her insurance will pay for the damage.

Kenny

This is fully your girlfriends fault. Come on, the company cant be responsible for people not driving to the current weather conditions. Tell her to take the bus the next frosty morning!

Queen B

if you live somewhere that it snows you should know there is ice under it. that's just common sense. they don't put up signs telling you this. your girlfriend was not driving for the conditions and is at fault. if every person who slid on ice or snow in a parking lot was able to put the blame on the company who had their business in the building there or the owner of the lot, all the businesses would go broke. have her file it on her insurance or pay the damages out of pocket.

calipink22

Uh no, the owner of the lot is not liable at all. Ice is an "act of god" as they say. Your girlfriend lost control of her car so she is absolutely 100% negligent. You are supposed to remain in complete control of your car at all times, even when road conditions are not up to par. She failed to do that and hit another car so she's liable. There's no other way around it. It's not the lot owners fault that the parking lot had ice, nor is it his responsibility to get out of bed and pour salt over the ice to avoid any slipping or skidding. You're out of luck here bud!

Larry E

When the roads are slippery it's your responsibility to drive accordingly.Even though she was only going 5MPH she was still going too fast for the road condition. You probably could fight it but either way it would end up costing you a lot of money.

â™¥ Uwish â™¥

Unfortunately the company has very little liability.
They can argue that your girlfriend did not maintain control of her vehicle giving the known weather and road conditions.

Your girlfriend is liable for the damages.

Welcome to Winter!

Scouse

The local authority have no obligation to grit roads and neither has a private landlord. Your gf drove the car she collided with another one she or her insurance will have to pay up. We have a duty to drive in such a way that we do not skid, hard at times but there we are. i would be just pleased that no one was hurt other than pride

Norman O

The law says that a sign posted explaining a liability disclaimer, MEANS NOTHING. That's the law.

Your insurance company will have to pay the claim.

Please drive more carefully next time.

Fellside13

........warn people that there was ice on the road?

Er! Like she didn't expect it when the temperature was below freezing point and it was on the weather forecast.

entidtil

I don't think the property owner would have any liability in this case. This is what our auto. insurance is for. BTW. Those signs that owners put up on workplace property mean Absolutely nothing. Because they are posted does not absolve the owner of responsibility if he would be otherwise responsible

J G

Most car parks will have a liability disclaimer posted in them to absolve any responsibility of the owners to cover the cost of any damage, howsoever caused.
If there's no disclaimer, or it's not clearly visible, then the company is liable.
Many companies won't grit or salt their car parks or walkways, as this is legally deemed as accepting responsibility - if they grit, or put up any warning signs regarding weather conditions, they are seen as accepting liability.

Christine

a year ago i was driving thru a culvers parking lot and hit a patch of ice due to lack of maintance and was later rembursed for the damages on my vehicle due to it being private property. If a person were to slip and fall and get hurt it is basically the same concept on wheels... Why am i held responsible when i did nothing wrong. they need to keep there property maintained if it is to be in use.

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