Damage to guest car from tree on property

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Guest Suffers Property Damage

How would you handle it? Case: Guest parks car in driveway for detached single family home they are staying at. Overnight, torrential storms blow through the area and the next morning it is discovered that a small dead branch has fallen off of a neighbor’s tree and smashed the guest’s windshield. Twist one: The neighbor who owns the tree has been warned about dangerous dead wood high in the canopy, and has previously paid for damage caused by said deadwood. Twist two: The guest backed in m…