On 10/7/05, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ahhh.... But you guys don't understand. Frank will not be able to > collect anything because he was operating his vechicle in an illegal > manner; that is without a bell, nor a rear brake.
wrong! at most, if they were contributing factors to the accident, they would amount to contributory negligence on my part, and limit the percenyage i can collect. but they are no bar from claiming or collecting. > > I know how this works because decades ago I was in a fender bender. The > cop kept asking the other guy if he was hurt. After about 12 times the > guy said, rathere sarcastically, apparently to get the cop to shut up, > "Well, I scratched my little finger". As a result of my having been in > an accident "with injuries" my auto insurance went up to $1000/month. > Needless to say I drove for the next 3 years without insurance. > > Let me guess, Frank, the woman was pretty? The cop was trying to cut her > a break at your expense? no, she was around 75 and quite distraught -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
