On May 2nd Caz was driving down a local road (back from the Pub). She passed an on coming car and hit a pothole. My car is fitted with Technomagnesio F1 wheels (18) the shock was such that it turned the CD player off
and buckled two of the wheels.
I went out with the camera and took pictures the pothole was 85mm deep. I wrote a letter of complaint to the council and enclosed the piccies.
The council passed the details onto thier insurers to handle the claim.
I was dissapointed to have the claim rejected on the grounds that the road was inspected on April 27th and no defects were found. In a phone conversation with the insurers the said that the council had fulfilled its obligations and given that no one else had complained they were not liable for the damage. The road had by this time been repaierd.
Quite clearly I was dissapointed with the outcome................then it dawned on me that what happens in April.................RAIN
Big thanks to LorraineH for finding the Met office website and weather reports for April.....................Torrential rain fell on the 26/27th........................Me thinks is it possible that the council have failed in their duties and inspected a road in bad weather conditions????? Time for another chat with the insurers.
The case was re opened and today I've finally got a result, they admitted liability
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Should anyone find themselves in the same situation as me this story may be of help
Right I'm off to the Pub