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On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > My understanding as follows. I am often wrong. > > In a no-fault state you are paid by your insurance company. So you do not > need to sue the other driver or their insurance company. (Nofault is really > modified no-fault, where there are times and thresholds that allow you to > sue the other driver above and beyond what your insurance pays) > > (Although, in many cases, you will need to sue _your_ insurance company, to > get them to pay the nofault claim). > > But, regardless of the payment to you, the insurance company is in the > business of limiting their payouts, so they go talk to the other insurance > company, and "work it out". the deals are not handled by lawyers, but > instead by low level clerks, keeping it cheap and quick. > > Yes, mostly the overall payments are a wash between them, but from what I > read there are some insurance companies that are more or less at fault than > others. > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 8:33 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > JJ wrote: >> > Even in a nofault state, if you are not at fault, your insurance company >> > will go after their insurance company to be reimbursed. >> >> Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of no-fault which is to get rid >> of legal cost? >> >> I thought the whole theory was that sooner or later you're going to >> get into an accident so when you do there's no question of who pays - >> your insurance company. The theory goes, if you're getting hit a lot >> then you're just as poor of a driver than if you're hitting people. >> >> So anyway, I thought no-fault meant that: it's nobody's fault so each >> company pays for the damages to their client. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289420 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
