Re: Accident [mild rant]...hmmm

[Karen Bretz <kbretz@alaska.net>]

Bruce Aukerman wrote:
> 
> "...hit by a kid driving 20-25 mph...in the end the jury awarded her
> $500..."
> 
> Hey, your friend should be quite proud.  $500 of the insurance
> company's money to a lady that got smacked at a speed that will total
> a new A4 /A6Q from the front.  Guarantee the claims sup laughed his
> ass off at that jury.
> 
> In my experience, no one thinks other people get injured in car
> wrecks.  But when it happens to them? Oh, well that's different.
> 
> Bruce
> I didn't go into all the details to keep it short.  She was claiming 
$70,000 over what the kid's insurance company had already paid her to 
repair her car (mini-van, I think) and the medical bills they would pay. 
 The only thing that was up for the jury to decide was how much to pay 
her for pain and suffering and whether to pay the medical bills the 
insurance co. wouldn't.