Originally Posted by
wphamilton
Sorry to be blunt about this but in practice "almost accident" doesn't count, and going back to the guy's employer to complain is harassment. Especially if you were disrupting business. Not letting you leave and stomping your wheel is wrong of course but you're going to have a real hard time making that stick. My advice, get a new wheel and let sleeping dogs lie.
I think you'd have a very, very difficult case for harassment there. He won't get any damages for the wreck. If he can prove damage was done by the person, he can certainly get that. People calling you bad names doesn't give you carte blanche to wreck crap, contrary to the LEO's opinion. I'd make life as difficult as I possibly could for them, but I'm vindictive.