WHAT’S THE MADE WHOLE DOCTRINE & WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ANYWAY?

March 31, 2016By Justin Petty

Made Whole Doctrine: Are you being preyed upon?

Insurance companies count on vehicle owners not knowing about the law, specifically the made whole doctrine.  They use the lack of knowledge by the layman to prey on accident victims for profit.  Right now, many of the accident victims that are reading this article are being further victimized by their own insurance company, and many times the adjusters that are doing the victimizing have been indoctrinated to believe they are doing the right thing and that they are within the law.

Let me be very clear here:

Insurance companies routinely steal money from their own customers through improper and illegal subrogation activities.

INVALID DIMINISHED VALUE CLAIM DENIAL – 8 Unfair Examples

January 22, 2016By Justin Petty

If you’ve had the displeasure of being in an accident where your vehicle was repairable, you’ve probably experienced a loss in the resale value of your vehicle, no matter how well it was repaired.

Additionally, in the vast majority of cases the insurance company that is responsible for settling the claim with you gives you an unfair and invalid diminished value claim denial.  In my view, the denial of these valid claims is an act of fraud.

If it is fraud, then why doesn’t the insurance company get in trouble for it?

The primary reason is that there are very few attorneys and even fewer accident victims that really understand the denials.  Because of that, it is difficult for the accident victim to defeat the illogical and unlawful reasons that insurance companies use to deny diminished value claims. 

I thought long and hard about what I could do to help accident victims get fair compensation for lost value, and outside of preparing an appraisal for them and directing them to an attorney that will take their case, the best I can do is to educate.  So that is exactly what I will do right now!

I’ve already published one article that gives some responses to common denials, but in this post, I am going to pull out the stops and address every denial reason I can find, and provide all the proper reasons why the denials are invalid, improper, and in most cases, fraudulent.

Diminished Value on an INFINITI G37 – $7500 won!

March 27, 2014By Jennifer Petty

2012 INFINITI G37 Sport – $7500 DV Settlement!

LOCATION: San Antonio, Texas

Darwin had quite a claim for diminished value on an 2012 INFINITI G37 after being plowed into from behind by a Budget Rental truck.  

His damages were quite severe and he had an attorney for his injury but wasn’t sure how to get paid for the lost value he incurred after an accident that was no fault of his own.  

After about two months, he won his case and walked away knowing he wouldn’t take a huge hit when he goes to trade in his wrecked INFINITI.

Audi A6 Diminished Value Success in Dallas!

March 25, 2014By Jennifer Petty

2012 Audi A6 Quattro 3.0 Premium Plus – over $7300 in DV won!

LOCATION: Dallas, Texas

Scott’s Audi A6 Diminished Value case is the kind we love to talk about!

After an auto accident, he was lucky enough to have a professional on his side in the repair industry who mentioned diminished value to him and sent him our way.  

We took a look at his case and he was definitely owed a substantial amount of diminished value on his clean 2012 Audi A6 Quattro Premium Plus and hired us after a quick consultation.

Aston Martin Diminished Value – BIG WIN!

February 4, 2014By Jennifer Petty

2007 Aston Martin Vantage – $14,000 DV win!

Location: Dallas, Texas

Shane is an attorney so he was well aware that diminished value was owed to him after he was hit in his 2007 Aston Martin Vantage.

He definitely had an advantage when it came to negotiating his claim but he did rely on our knowledge and highly technical report to prove that his loss was substantial despite the fact that his luxury car was repaired perfectly by the best in Dallas.  

He knew that his Aston Martin diminished value claim was going to run pretty high but he had to prove it!