This past weekend I get a knock at the door from some neighbors during a storm telling me that I should move my truck out of the street. I walk outside and see that my truck is sitting in nearly four feet of water. The water level rose up to cover the seats and nearly reached the dashboard. We put it in neutral and pushed it down the street so most of the water ran out. We used towels to get out what we could that night. I didn’t try to crank it, and I unhooked the battery cables. When I tried to crank it about 18 hours later it would not start.

My question is, can I sue the city for the flood damage to my truck since their sewer drainage system was responsible for the localized flooding on my street? Can they be held responsible for this? Or will I just have to settle with what the insurance company will give me for the truck since it is undoubtedly totaled? I have already paid about 500 on the truck, but I still owe about 00. How much can I actually expect to get?
Only around 200 feet of the street was flooded. The rest of the street had no flooding. It was pretty localized to my house and a few neighbors’ houses.