JimboFromLimbo
Junior Member
One Thursday a couple of weeks ago, my girlfriend was driving my minivan to work and was stopped in traffic. The guy behind her didn't stop and rear-ended her. This damaged my minivan, the back hatch would not shut properly, but it was still drivable. It is our only vehicle other than my motorcycle. I had to go get her at the accident, then take my van back home, deal with my insurance company, their insurance company, go through a list of body shops to try to find somebody to take the vehicle because their insurance would not cover a rental until mine was actually in the shop. I use the rest of the Thursday and most of that Friday getting all this done and getting a rental, which I absolutely had to do since we were leaving the following day. This cost me two days of work, and also cost me my perfect attendance bonus at work which totals about $500 I lost out of my pocket. Could I take the driver of the other car or the owner to small claims court to try to get back some of the wages I lost? I had no other choice than to take this time off, I absolutely had to have a vehicle.