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anatiychuk
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From California
In late August this year I ook my car to a local gas station car wash. Where the car was damaged my car severely. My car a Mercury Sable 1993 with 107,000 miles all leather full luxury. The low blue book on the car is 4200.00 and the high blue book is 7500.00. I was inside the car at the time of the damage. the car was smashed in the right side windshield. Smashed the hood the right fender the right door frame (new door needed) anyways the total of the estimates to repair the car came out low 4800.00 and high 5947.00. Immediately following the incident I had not even gotten out of the car wash all the way I called the station manager to take down an incident report. I only had liability insurance. So I picked up the incidet with the owner of the car wash. He refused to pay for it, so I wrote a direct letter to him telling him he better take resposibility, which then he turned the matter over to his insurance company. Remember the incident happened August 28, 2000. It took the insrance company 6 different consultant and claim administration companies and deciding commities on behalf of their client ( the car wash) to give me the result of "their" findings. Their answer was " since the car wash computer did not show the machinery malfunctioning and also since the cars that went through after me were not damaged, therefore they are not liable." I do not understand how can they not be liable. I will take them to small claims court which is this friday, what should I expect? Are they really exempt from the liability because no other car was damaged????? If you have any advice please respond.
[Edited by anatiychuk on 12-06-2000 at 02:33 PM]
In late August this year I ook my car to a local gas station car wash. Where the car was damaged my car severely. My car a Mercury Sable 1993 with 107,000 miles all leather full luxury. The low blue book on the car is 4200.00 and the high blue book is 7500.00. I was inside the car at the time of the damage. the car was smashed in the right side windshield. Smashed the hood the right fender the right door frame (new door needed) anyways the total of the estimates to repair the car came out low 4800.00 and high 5947.00. Immediately following the incident I had not even gotten out of the car wash all the way I called the station manager to take down an incident report. I only had liability insurance. So I picked up the incidet with the owner of the car wash. He refused to pay for it, so I wrote a direct letter to him telling him he better take resposibility, which then he turned the matter over to his insurance company. Remember the incident happened August 28, 2000. It took the insrance company 6 different consultant and claim administration companies and deciding commities on behalf of their client ( the car wash) to give me the result of "their" findings. Their answer was " since the car wash computer did not show the machinery malfunctioning and also since the cars that went through after me were not damaged, therefore they are not liable." I do not understand how can they not be liable. I will take them to small claims court which is this friday, what should I expect? Are they really exempt from the liability because no other car was damaged????? If you have any advice please respond.
[Edited by anatiychuk on 12-06-2000 at 02:33 PM]