Clear Creek County hits Colorado man's car twice, insurance company says they don't have to pay

Considering Anthony Zacharias has the video of a road grader smashing into his car twice, driven by an employee with Clear Creek County Road and Bridge, you might think he is at least entitled to some compensation for his now-totaled vehicle.

[Crismodin]

Get a lawyer and stop being friendly with them.

[greggorr]

Collision happened on private property. Civil immunity does not apply.

[oldschooldiy]

Then why the insurance? If they have "immunity", they don't need insurance....wonder who's getting that kick back?

[MsCriticalthinker]

But the grader was on private property without permission. No county can legally do that without due process beforehand.

[alan]

The township says they have immunity from paying for damages they inflicted? Clear Creek township is obviously a criminal organization that claims immunity from prosecution. Whatever happened to fairness and responsibility? Shameful.

[EricaMTB]

Surely the immunity is only for them doing their job as required. It wouldn't cover unnecessary actions, such as crushing vehicles on private property.

[robertkartechner]

The grader hit him in his own drive? What is he doing in this guys drive anyway? Grader guy is totally at fault and the county should shut up and pay up..

[FloridaManRacer]

He should sue the county for damages as they entered his private property and caused irreparable damage to his private property, on said private property. Regardless of their asinine claims a diesel engine powered grader not being a motorized vehicle, they illegally entered his private property without permission, or a warrant. They violated his rights.

[bretmarx]

F Insurance! One of the biggest scams of our time. And F Clear Creek County.

[moondog]

Abuse of power. He needs to call the Institute of Justice. They have a case similar to this they are trying to bring to the supreme court.

[jameshayes]

Sue them all. They are responsible. All the people who have this insurance should cancel immediately.

[Petty-yq]

Unbelievable. Each incident should be investigated individually and assessed to be fair. Since this was a hit and run ( felony) it should be handled differently then just a civil offense. Kid needs to lawyer up.

[JBook-ezlx]

The person needs a driver's license to operate a road grader. It's a no brainer the county is liable

[Richardsmithabcd]

Unbelievable, governments write laws that protect them and, at the same time, write laws that make everyone else accountable for their actions. This is wrong. The incident was on video, with no accountability from the government. No one is above the law!

[jeffbyrd]

So, conversely, IF someone put a large pole that would prevent the snowplows from approaching their cars and likely damage the plows, this too would not be a personal problem?? I have driven heavy equipment enough to know that the operator knew that he hit something, or he was truly a novice who probably shouldn't be operating in adverse conditions.

[wowufailatlife]

This is a common problem in summit county and sadly same response if they do any damage to your property or such. Law needs to change to protect home owners

[dangeary]

On private property?
That should null and void any county “contract.”

[everthankful]

"We don't want _taxpayers_ to pay for our mistakes, so we are immune! It's to help the taxpayers! Therefore, if we _do_ make a mistake, individual citizens must pay the price and we get off scot free!" Outrageous. They need to figure out a way that THEY can pay the price for their own mistakes. I don't know what that looks like but this isn't it.

[burnout_]

Sue the hell out of that insurance company and the county. They know they are liable but are banking on you not knowing that or taking further action.

[SnowBlind-vljy]

Since a Road Grader isn't a motorized vehicle you can take your Road Grader for a spin in the parks, bike paths, side walks, cross walks? Lost your license in Clear Creek County? Get a Road Grader! Or even better yet! Attach a blade to your car/truck. It's a Road Grader now, not a motorized vehicle.