Your client is driving a 2000 Volvo. The at fault driver runs a red light crashing into the driver’s side of your client’s brand new car causing heavy damage to it and sending your client to the hospital in an ambulance.
The at fault parties insurance company pays $19,289.48 for repairs to your clients 2000 Volvo.
Consumers’ Auto Detective will provide the following documentation.
Please allow us to quote from West’s Illinois Digest 2d, volume 20A. Ill.App. 1 Dist. 1973. "Generally, if damage to personal property is repairable, measure of damages is reasonable cost of repairs, plus difference in value, if value after repairs is less than the value before the damage."
Consumers’ Auto Detective performs a thorough inspection of the vehicle for safety, function, quality of repair and value. Our Diminished Value Assessment for the 2000 Volvo is $9,906.36. On behalf of the at fault driver, a major insurance company based in Illinois offers your client $7,112.00 in diminished value. This isn’t your case, but it could be as these are actual numbers from a real client and we have the documentation available for you.
We are the experts to substantiate your client’s claim and offer written documentation that can be backed up with expert testimony.