Originally Posted by AccordCoup94

This happened Sunday night around 11pm. The police recovered the vehicle at 2am Monday morning, so the thief only had it for approx 3 hours. The passenger front end was damaged by collision into a parked van. The drivers side door was also pushed in. It appears that the cop who stopped the thief, he was arrested btw, rammed my car from the drivers side door as the thief was trying to escape. This also caused the car to skid and hit the parked van and caused the collision that totaled my car. Is there anything I can do at this point to recoup my loss? It seems pretty clear that the officer caused my car to get totaled and since the thief is going to jail, I doubt he will pay me if I decide to sue him. I currently have the car at a friends garage and since I only had liability for insurance, so I had to pay for the towing $250. I know the cops were just doing their jobs and they were actually very courteous but now I have no car and I had to pay for towing. The only thing I can think of to do right now is to part the car out. I have everything that isn't damaged on the for sale section on this site. Has anyone ever been in this situation and can give me some advice?