Jetta Vandalism

Last week, I double-parked my brand new Jetta near Webster and Halsted, and ran up to my friend Julie’s apartment to get some movies to drop off at Blockbuster on my way to work. In the brief time I was in Julie’s apartment, someone vandalized my brand new Jetta VR6. They shoved a condom into the “VW” symbol on the front for my car, and glued it into place with some sort of industrial adhesive. There was no way I was touching that thing, so I couldn’t get it off. I had to get to work, and since I didn’t want to leave the car there, I decided to drive my vandalized car. I could tell people were staring at me, and laughing behind closed windows.
When I arrived downtown, I met a group of my boyfriend Chad’s co-workers walking around, and they all burst out laughing. I jumped out of the car, and shouted that vandalism could happen to anyone…and how would they like finding that on their cars! I felt one of the guys was looking at my legs, so I got back into my car and drove away. Norm, can I sue the city for this horrible act of vandalism, and perhaps get compensated for not only the trip to the garage to get the car fixed, but for my emotional hardship as well? –Laura

Laura, I’ve seen many clients experience similar acts of vandalism in the city, but please try to understand –that’s what you get for living in the city. While you certainly don’t deserve the financial and emotional burdens an incident like this may bring, you also have no recourse against the city. However, I would suggest you file suit against whomever insures your Jetta, for at least two million, if not two and a half million. You deserve it, after seeing the terrible damage you incurred, not to mention how mean those boys were to you.

– Norm Meeker, Esq.