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After the cheque: helping your insurance company.
From:
LawNow
| Date:
December 1, 1999| Author:
Billingsley, Barbara
| COPYRIGHT 1999 Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Imagine that you are in a car accident. As accidents go, this one is not particularly serious. You suffer no injuries and fault for the accident seems entirely attributable to the other driver. Your car is totalled in the accident, but you are not worried: you have a Standard Automobile Policy of insurance (see p. 14) on the vehicle and that includes collision coverage. At most, you will have to pay a $200 deductible. You report the loss to your insurance company and receive a cheq...
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