QUESTION
What can I do if a company scrape my car, came up with a bogus cost and wants to deduct from the car value?
Asked on Mar 19th, 2013 on Criminal Law - Florida
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Monroe Muffler was doing work on my car and they had fired their manager for drinking on the job and replaced him with a guy from Newark and he scraped my Lexus Gs 430... Monroe hardly took responsibility for it and made up a bogus repair cost of 3200 and deducted that from the value and that’s what I was paid... What can I do?
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Ronald A. Steinberg
If you can prove that they caused the damage, then sue them.
Answered on Apr 01st, 2013 at 11:39 PM
Michael J. Breczinski
You can get an independent valuation of the cost of repair. Then fight them in court.
Answered on Mar 25th, 2013 at 9:52 PM
What was the cost to repair the damage? Get an estimate for the repair work, that should be the measure of damages not a total loss valuation.
Answered on Mar 25th, 2013 at 7:30 PM
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Ernest Krause Attorney at Law
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Did you sign off on that? Did an insurance company retain Munroe Muffler to assess the damage? Where is the car? Research Monroe Muffler on the internet. Get all contracts from everyone involved. If the car is somehow available have another place assess the damage. If you get nowhere with Monroe Muffler write all details to the President of Monroe Muffler. (certified letter).
Answered on Mar 25th, 2013 at 1:56 AM
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Andrew T. Velonis, P.C.
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I don't understand the part of "deducted that from the value". If the damage to your car costs $3200 to repair, that's what they should pay you. Take them to small claims court.
Answered on Mar 22nd, 2013 at 8:28 AM
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If you are in SC, you can go to the Clerk of Court and for the county where this happened and seek arbitration for the damage. You could also file a lawsuit in Small Claims Court.
Answered on Mar 21st, 2013 at 9:19 PM
Thomas Edward Gates
Do not cash the check, get your own estimates and take them to small claims.
Answered on Mar 21st, 2013 at 8:15 PM
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Sue for the difference, presumably in small claims court. Be ready to prove, with witnesses and perhaps with photographs, what the condition of the car was immediately before you brought it to Monroe.
Answered on Mar 21st, 2013 at 8:07 PM
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Sue them in small claims court. They will have to hire a lawyer and that will cost them a lot more than paying you what they owe you.
Answered on Mar 21st, 2013 at 4:18 PM