Dealer wrecks customers Zl camaro!!!

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The funny part - if there is one - is that everyone screams "get a lawyer"
Like cops - you never want them around until you need one! :D

I also got a chuckle out of the part about "the dealership is not liable"
Which - actually - to a certain degree is true.
They are not "liable" for the willful criminal misconduct of one of their employees, unless they had some prior knowledge or it could be foreseen.
But it was in their care and custody - and all mice sized type aside - I'm sure it constituted a "bailment for hire"
Which I think will make them liable - with or without the owner's insurance.
It's that sticky part between the value of a used ZL1, and the replacement cost that will be lawsuit worthy.

Those service writers - they always strike me as smarmy.
 
No matter what the dealer states, they are liable for any and all damages. The employee in question, being an agent of the dealership, may have had a legitimate reason for being at the stealership. Now the other catch is if the employee did this on his own, and still the stealership is liable, because it was secured in a locked shop and the key should never been given to a service writer , unless he was a service manager. No matter how they want to cut this, the one that was given possession of the vehicle for service purposes, and under contract for service, is liable for all damages while service is being performed.(y)
 
No matter what the dealer states, they are liable for any and all damages. The employee in question, being an agent of the dealership, may have had a legitimate reason for being at the stealership. Now the other catch is if the employee did this on his own, and still the stealership is liable, because it was secured in a locked shop and the key should never been given to a service writer , unless he was a service manager. No matter how they want to cut this, the one that was given possession of the vehicle for service purposes, and under contract for service, is liable for all damages while service is being performed.(y)

I think the OP stated the service writer went and stole the key from the service shop.
More nefarious conduct on the part of the service writer.
This guy is quite the shady character.
A good case to made for card key access, limiting times and days.
Or robots that shoot laser beams - on sight!

The interesting side note for me is I bought my WE4 from a State Trooper who lives in Georgetown, DE.
It's a really quaint, quiet little town on the eastern shore.
Well - except for one certain service writer, formerly employed by the First State Chevy dealer there. ;)
 
I think the OP stated the service writer went and stole the key from the service shop.

Keys for the vehicle, yes, but he had keys to the shop or was given access to the shop which makes the stealership liable.:ROFLMAO: The shop is 100% closed on a Sunday and short of a APV or a search warrant you ain't gettin in there.:D
 
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