My car was totaled by tree damage on company property.

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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/TheGoMLStick on 2024-11-16 23:25:32+00:00.

So, two weeks ago, I returned from my lunch break and parked in the company lot as I’ve done many times. 30 minutes later, during a wind storm, part of a large, long dead tree collapsed and fell on my car. My insurance has called it a total loss, and has just given me their valuation.

I know that all of the rental and tow costs will be covered by insurance in the end but I can’t help but feel I’m getting dinged here for something that’s 0% my fault. Whatever I end up doing for my next vehicle, I have to take another depreciation hit. My last car was in my possession for less than two years for reference.

I don’t want to start a war with my employer here, but are there grounds to ask them for some kind of compensation here?