Hi List, I had an accident with one of my cars. It was a write off. State
Farm Insurance first offered me $800. I prepared a package of "for sale" ads
of similar cars and a copy of a recent Hemmings Motor News to prove my car
was worth more. They settled for $2000. So don't take the first
offer.....good luck.....76B Ottawa Canada
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Saidel <saidel@crab.rutgers.edu>
To: Steven Miller <bonding@hotmail.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, June 05, 2000 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: Car accident
>Sigh, so sorry to hear your story. I'm wondering ...if the insurance
>company will give you $2000 but you know you need $4000 to fix it as
>attested to by a repair shop, can you sue the person individually for the
>difference for loss of property? That is a question that I've thought
>about on hearing a few of these stories.
>(I'm not the litergeous type but I really like my B.)
>
>Any lawyers on the list?
>
>Bill
>'76B
>
>At 05:40 AM 06/04/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>> At the time of 10:15 on june 3, 2000 a car travelling in the
>>opposite direction of me decided that they could make it into a parking
>>lot before I met them...well they were wrong. Yes, I was driving the
>>MG, one 1974 chrome bumpered MG Midget, was not able to get out of the
>>way of a car travelling in its path. The good news is that no one was
>>hurt, the bad news is that the MG is hurting, more probably than I will
>>be able to get fixed. I am assuming that the insurance company is going
>>to consider it a total loss. Lets face it, without jacking it up, I
>>know that it needs:
>>[snip]
>>So, I guess it is time to start shopping, god knows if this costs more
>>than $4000.00 I will never be able to afford to fix it, and I am sure
>>that the insurance company will not give me more than $2000.00 even if
>>they decide that it is their drivers fault, sigh... any thoughts, or
>>people out there know a kind soul with a quality garage who knows MG's?
>>For those of you who are receiving this, I am sending it to the MG list
>>that is why I went into some detail, and for those on the list I live in
>>upstate NY, just outside of Albany.
>>
>>Steve
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