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Black7
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I was involved in an accident about a month ago. I was driving and my car was rear ended in New Jersey. My passanger and I were shaken up, but otherwise uninjured. The other driver's insurance company accepted fault for the accident. It took them two weeks to send an appraisor out to look at the car, and after he was out they actually had to call me to find out who they sent because they did not know. Well, anyway, they total the car. They offer me a settlement for the car that I was not happy with, so I contact my insurance company, find out what they would have offered me, and countered with that offer (I am still not really happy with it), and they accepted that offer.
Now, problem is, I also want to be compensated for the trouble of not having a car for almost a month now (I have been walking or biking to work every day, and taking the train when I have to go into Philly), and they say they cannot do that because I did not rent a car or anything like that. They never told me that I would be covered if I rented a car, so I didn't. Now I do not feel I can settle without being compensated for the trouble caused (I feel that if their client had not hit my car, then I would not be out a car) by not having a car. What is the next step I should take? Is it time to get a lawyer? Do I have a case here, are they responsible for this, or simply responsible for the damage to the car?
Now, problem is, I also want to be compensated for the trouble of not having a car for almost a month now (I have been walking or biking to work every day, and taking the train when I have to go into Philly), and they say they cannot do that because I did not rent a car or anything like that. They never told me that I would be covered if I rented a car, so I didn't. Now I do not feel I can settle without being compensated for the trouble caused (I feel that if their client had not hit my car, then I would not be out a car) by not having a car. What is the next step I should take? Is it time to get a lawyer? Do I have a case here, are they responsible for this, or simply responsible for the damage to the car?