Coupla years ago, I came cruising slowly not (creeping, but below speed
limit) up my street toward home. In street in front of house next door, a
lawn maintenance guy was using a weed eater in the curb on same side of
street with me. I moved way over in center of street as I passed him; just
as I was abeam him, I heard a loud pop at right rear door on my '87 300D,
and the rt rear window cracked into thousands of little squares, but it
didn't fall out. I immediately stopped, eased backward to the workman and
said to him as I rolled rt front window down, "Your weedeater just threw a
rock and broke my rear window." He was a bit shocked as he glanced at the
shattered window there beside him, and immediately said, "I'm terribly
sorry. Pull in here to my truck, and I'll give you my name, ins., etc.
Don't worry, I'll take care of it." I got the info and drove slowly coulpa
miles to glass repair shop. (BTW, 'couldn't drive slowly enough to keep
wind from pushing the window's broken little squares of glass all over
seat, etc., before I got to the shop.) At the shop, they removed the broken
glass, vacuumed up the broken glass and called the guy's insurance co; their
reply, "Not covered." Shop taped plastic over the window, and I made
arrangements to replace the window next day. On way back home, I pulled
into the yard next door and told the lawn guy that his ins. co. said, "Not
covered." I told him the cost of the repairs, and as he was telling me that
he would stop by the shop that afternoon and give them a check for it, the
guy's wife was there beside him trying to tell us that I should claim it on
MY insurance. My reply, "I should not have to get MY ins. co. involved in
something that is YOUR liability." The guy said, "You're right. I'll take
care of it this afternoon." Coupla hours later, glass shop called to tell
me they had a check to cover the repairs.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Haley" <m...@voyager.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Now our 190 has been in an accident
WILTON wrote:
Damned ridiculous to claim it on YOUR ins.; it's other party's liability,
but often, other party's ins. co. will try anything to dodge that
liability.
At which point, you sue the other party, and tell them that if they
purchased insurance from an honest firm you wouldn't have had to sue them.
I bet the other insurance company would love that.
Mitch.
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