Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Virginia

vehicle property damage at apartment complex

I am a collage student residing in an apartment complex targeted for students in a college town. My rear glass was vandalized by a beer bottle. The owner or this very large complex says they have no legal obligation to me. My lease states that damages are to be the responsibility of the tenant holding the party. The owners have told me that that is private information that I have no right to. My police report only discusses my car because the party was over already. The vandalisim also because it rained blew my alternator. Can I sue the Apartment Complex???????????

I need help !!!!!


Asked on 10/23/03, 2:15 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: vehicle property damage at apartment complex

Your lease gives you a right to sue "the tenant

holding the party." It should not be too difficult to secure this information, as long as you have some idea as to which unit adjacent to yours was the venue for the bacchanalia which occurred and gave rise to the errant bottle which damaged your window.

Whether this tenant and/or the miscreant(s)who threw the beer bottle are liable for your blown alternator is another matter.

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Answered on 10/23/03, 6:49 pm


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