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jstir
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What is the name of your state?I live in NJ. My son was on his bike following the garbage truck. When the garbage truck stopped and then began to back up, my son tried to turn his bike around and fell because his tire jammed into the bike frame. The garbage truck backed over my sons bike. The bike is destroyed and my son had a scraped elbow and knee. This happened in a small private development with two separate courts.There are no bike trails and their are islands in the middle of each court. The garbage truck company told my husband that he had the police report that said that it was a 50/50 fault and he would only pay for half of the bike.He wanted him to sign a release for 40 dollars. The bike was only 3 weeks old. I went to the police department not knowing of my husbands converstation with the garbage company and found that the report was not even ready. My husband noticed that the truck was not equiped with convex mirrors. There was no way he would have ever seen my son unless he got out of the truck and looked. Do you think we have a case? Thanks for any input.