Q: My car was broken into in front of my employer property while i was at work. Can i sue to force their insurance to pay?
My car was parked on the street, directly across from the University of Maryland capital region hospital in Largo, MD. I was on orientation and told to find a park on premises until i was given access to the lot. The thief stole over 3k worth of stuff that i had in two bags. The big ticket items were my PAPR(1200) and Laptop(1600).
A: File your claim under your comprehensive auto insurance coverage, which covers such things as losses resulting from criminal acts. You're wasting your time trying to prove liability against the owner of the location where your car was parked. They owe you no special duty to prevent criminals from targeting your vehicle. If this had happened in the parking lot of your apartment building where you had a lease, there are theories based on the knowledge of ongoing and recent criminal activity on the property that might give rise to a legal duty on the part of the landlord to take reasonable precautions (like more lighting, etc.) to provide a safer environment for their tenants, to whom they already owe a contractual duty. That is not the case here.
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