Atlanta Car Accident Attorney has Always Believed that Insurance Companies Must Pay For Comparable Loss of Use Vehicles
As an Atlanta car accident attorney, I have always believed that when an insured driver causes an accident that damages another vehicle, the insurance company for at fault driver is responsible to provide a comparable rental car while the non-at fault driver's vehicle is being repaired. This is exactly what a Dekalb County, Georgia, Magistrate Judge ruled last week according to a recent article in the AJC on line.
According to the AJC article, the owner of a luxury Audi wanted the insurance company for the driver who negligently caused the accident to pay for the rental of the same make and model vehicle while the vehicle was being repaired. The insurance company for the at fault driver declined and instead offered to pay the Audi owner $125.00 for 5 days, the time the adjuster calculated it would take to repair the vehicle. The Audi owner wanted $282.00 a day for the 41 days it actually took to repair the vehicle. The judge more or less sided with the Audi owner awarding him $200.00 a day for all 41 days.
