Comments on: Filing A Pothole Damage Claim

By: teresa

teresa — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:31:01 +0000

hit a pothole, busted my tire, on south Eades road in Arlington virginia. Im pissed, want to be reimbursed for it. right now!

By: Karolyn

Karolyn — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:40:55 +0000

I just got a flat tire and I am PISSED. My tires are those stupid low profile tires and it will surely cost me!

Now I have to get it changed, check if it can be repaired (I bet not), and then buy an expensive tire that I can’t afford.

I am going to give it a shot. It’s a count road (I think), and I”m going to bust their butts until they brake.

Watch me.

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By: Ming

Ming — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:20:31 +0000

It happened to me last winter on a road under construction. I filed and sent in all the paperwork. Then I called the DOT every week to follow up. The lady was sympathetic. She said there is an immunity law that protects the government meaning that the government is only liable IF I can prove that they are aware of the pothole and fail to do anything about it within 30 days (add more time for bad weather). She went thru their maintenance records/logs and said they did conduct a check. So she said I lost to the government. Then she said she can help me file a claim against the road construction contractor. A month later I got a letter from the contractor denying my claim.

By: fred@opc

fred@opc — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:43:38 +0000

If the Government would actually spend all the taxes it collects under the auspices of “highway and infrastructure maintenance” on HIGHWAYs and INFRASTRUCTURE, we wouldn’t have this problem.

It is an arduous process to get your money back from the Government – and once you figure the time you’ll need to take off work to take the county to court, it’ll pretty much be a wash.