Judge files claim for pothole damage
Posted on April 15, 2011
St. Croix County Circuit Judge Eric J. Lundell has filed a $1,432 claim against the city of Hudson for damage done to a family car when it hit a pothole in Coulee Road last January.
In the written claim filed with the city on Feb. 23, Lundell said his stepson was driving the 2004 Audi when it hit a “very deep” pothole in front of the Associated Bank building on the morning of Jan. 25.
Even though only one tire was damaged beyond repair by the pothole, all four of the car’s tires needed to be replaced so they would have the same rolling radius and circumference, the judge said.
The bill for the replacement tires came to $1,272, Lundell reported, and it cost another $159 to repair the car’s tie rod ends.
“We are not making any claim for loss of use or inconvenience,” Lundell wrote. “We simply want the city or its insurance carrier to pay us $1,432.68, the combined total for the two invoices.”
He said the potholes on Coulee Road appeared between Christmas and New Year’s Eve of 2010.
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***LESSON: I need to start filing claims for pothole damage to my vehicle.
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