 joetaxpayerI'M Here Till Thursday
join:2001-09-07
Sudbury, MA | My Day in Court I posted this a few months back.
»Insurance Advice / Hit Rock in Road
The original is too old to reply to, but I thought an update would be interesting.
I had a hearing on my insurance increase as a single car accident is deemed 51%+ the driver's fault. I went and sat with the attorney who would hear my case, not a judge. My report to the insurance company was read aloud, and I agreed, even to doing 25 in a 20 zone.
I offered the police report in which he carefully detailed the line was too far to my side. I also showed pictures of the road and a Google earth shot where cars a few hundred feet down that road are all over the line a bit.
I attributed it to a combination of events, but didn't show any attitude or anger, either at the oncoming driver or the town.
I just received the notice that I won this appeal. No insurance hit.
Yes, I now drive much slower when I'm going down that road, and I'm less likely to swerve right, but I'm more observant of the areas where a right-swerver is in for trouble. |
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 rockotman...Blown On The Steel BreezeEmerging Research
join:2000-08-06
DSotM | Good job. Congrats. |
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sailorPremium
join:2003-10-21
Long Island
kudos:6 | reply to joetaxpayer
Good for you for following through on what you felt was the right thing to do....
Congratulations! |
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 EGeezerSummertimePremium
join:2002-08-04
Midwest
kudos:7
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After reading the original topic, it looks to me that you took action to prevent a greater insurable loss, something that most insurance companies view favorably.
Since you did your homework and came prepared with the evidence needed to establish that, good for you! |
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