Blocked passage: Parking offenders: Contributory negligence through incorrect parking?
A car is at the end of a parking row in a driveway - it gets damaged while maneuvering. But the driver's insurance doesn't want to pay the entire amount.
A woman parked her car on a beachside parking lot, only for another driver to collide with it while maneuvering into a spot. The damage amounted to over €6,200. The at-fault driver's insurance company offered to cover only a fraction of the cost, arguing that the stationary car had been parked in a lane used for passing to the next parking area.
The driver contested this claim, citing the lack of painted lines indicating the extent of the parking space. She was brought to court and the Amtsgericht München largely sided with her, concluding that the driver should bear 20% of the responsibility for creating a hazardous situation by parking partially into the passing lane, thereby forcing other drivers to back up longer distances.
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