Garage Owner's Liability in the Event of Car Theft

Questioner

We have placed a car at a garage to store and/or sell and the car was therefore suspended. In the end the car was stolen from the garage together with the car key and the garage owner thinks that he cannot be held liable and he also says that he does not have theft insurance while I was not aware of that and the only thing that was stolen from the garage is only our car and I think it happened from the inside. I want to hold them liable because I think that they are liable for everything. What should I do and which agency can help us with this problem?

Lawyer

A certain minimum level of care may be expected of the garage owner as custodian of the car. This may include doing everything possible to prevent both cars and keys from being stolen. I cannot judge whether this minimum level of care has been taken, but it seems doubtful to me. Whether the garage owner has insurance against theft makes no difference to liability. If desired, I can help you with this. In that case, please contact me immediately?