Re: OT - Truck fire

Posted by T_Bone on September 16, 2006 at 08:44:39 from (4.240.42.12):

In Reply to: OT - Truck fire posted by Wayne in Tx on September 16, 2006 at 04:53:45:

Hi Wayne,

Your out of luck here.

The shop owner/mechanic would have to intentionaly set your truck on fire in order to collect from the shop.

Think about that for a minute. If wasn't that way you couldn't get anyone to work on your brakes, or work on your home, etc.

The mechanic is even allowed to make mistakes while making the repair that caused your truck to burn without any libility on his part as he made his best effort to make the correct repair.

Ask your insurrance agent about buying insurrance to protect yourself in case some company you hire gets hurt while working on your property. If he's a good agent he'll tell you you don't need that type of insurrance as you have no libility to that person. The company who the person works for has that libility.

I worked in the service field for 40yrs and had one claim that caused injury to the building owner and didn't get sued. The only claim I ever had but one was enough.

In any event, I would be shocked if a court would order more than a $1000 for your loss. To old, too many miles to have a higher resale to the truck market even tho your "baby" was destroyed.

T_Bone

Replies:

Add a Reply Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Email Notification: If you check this box, email will be sent to you whenever someone replies to this message. Your email address must be entered above to receive notification. This notification will be cancelled automatically after 2 weeks.

TRACTOR PARTS	TRACTOR MANUALS

We sell tractor parts!  We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]