by mrs. r
(cherokee county)
let me start off letting everyone know who reads this know one was hurt. okay this is what happen. the city was doing work on one of our county roads. they where cutting tree, branches etc. we pull up to the 1st flag man. of course we wait till the flagman gives us the okay its safe clear to go. as we start up not even at 5 mph yet one of the workers not watching what he was doing turns around with a good size branch in his hands hit the driver side of our car. starting at the front panel running clean down the whole side of our car scrathing and causing dents n the side clean down to the back tail light. the branch he had was the size of a man upper part arm with lots of other stick depree on the end. my husband stop the car at the second flagman reports what happen. which was the foreman on site. he seen what happen so did the 1st flag man and other workers. the foremen looks at the damage calls his super sent us striaght down to the main off n spartanburg. they took photos gave us a form to fill out get two est. have a notery to sign etc. here the thing. when we go n to return the paperwork the next day the two lady from the front desk snapped off telling my husband i wasnt n the car. which should had not matter. but i was! so was my daughter son and grandson! we all seen it happen and heared the noice it made when the accident happen. told my husband the one took the photo said i said that to him. then said dont expect a check no time soon at least 6 wks could b more. no rental car. they dont pay for that! we dont have a second car at all. and they may not pay for it at all! all he ask was what we needed to do from there. its almost christmas. i dont want to be driving around a strach dented car during the hoildays we worked hard to pay for our car. we always keep it looking nicey as possible. it was there worker fault we followed every safty rule to the tee! my husband has work n simlar feild he knows what to look out for and he really looks out for the worker safty! its the worker who did not follow training correctly. the super added he would lose his job which we feel awful about so close to christmas. we just want our car fixed n a timely manner and a rental car. we shouldnt be treated like we the ones who is at fault and being called a lier by people whom wasnt even there. what should we do? any advice??
Hi there, Michelle here
This is not an easy one, because you are involved in property damage with a state agency. State agencies are notorious for taking a long time to sort out fault/and to take action.
I would start by calling your OWN insurance company. Tell them what happened, that your car is damaged and you are getting the run around from the folks responsible.
It is very possible your own car insurance could repair your car for you, and then bill the responsible party.
Even though it was not your fault, talking to your own company may give you some good information.
The other choice is to contact an attorney. Even though this is not an injury accident, you are not getting your property fixed by the at fault party and the attorney may be able to assist you with that.
Don't worry about the nasty woman in the front office. She does not decide your case. You have proof, you reported the damage immediately, the supervisor came down, there are multiple witnesses.
The bad news is, that no matter what you do, there may not be a way to speed this up. But I would try all the above things, first.
Good luck. Hope this helps.
M.
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