Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

Lanlord's Property Damages Tenant's Parked Vehicle
The apartment's sign post fell onto my parked vehicle. I took
pictures, notified the management, and notified my insurance co.
The management told me to get damage estimates. It appeared
they would settle this without involving their insurance. Over
eleven months, 4 different managers were replaced, each time
forcing me to reeducate them on the whole incident.7 months into
all this, I receive a voicemail message telling me that the check
was on it's way. A month later I am told that they decided against
writing me a check and that they are contacting their insurance
finally. I have yet to be contacted by their insurance carrier and
they refuse to give me any contact info for their insurance carrier.
For all I know they are waiting for the statute of limitations to run its
course. I am ready to take this to court but I don't know who to write
down as the Defendant on the small claims form that I have. The
apt. is owned by a large management company and the office
managers are giving me voicemail numbers that don't pick up and
only the first names of their bosses. Would it be acceptable to just
write the property manager's name and number and let him
represent the property?

Asked on 9/15/04, 6:52 pm

Ken Koenen Koenen & Tokunaga, P.C.

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Re: Lanlord's Property Damages Tenant's Parked Vehicle

Find the name of the true owner from a title company in your area. Many times a real estate agent will also have access to those records.

Then sue that entity and serve the manager.

Answered on 9/15/04, 7:39 pm

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