Liability for Damage caused by Garage Door

Questioner

If I open my garage door and it causes damage to a car parked right in front of my garage door, am I liable for the damage?

Lawyer

I assume that car was not allowed to be parked there? In principle, you do not have to take into account wrongly parked cars; unless you can easily see that there is a car in the way. In that case, you may not drive without the necessary caution. If you reasonably expect that correctly parked cars may be damaged when opening the door, you must be very careful. In short, it also depends on the circumstances of the situation. Most garage doors roll up, so the situation is not very clear to me. With a garage door that swings outwards, you will always have to exercise the necessary caution. Someone could also just walk by.