Los Angeles Auto Accident: Suing an Insurance Company for Inadequate Repairs
Los Angeles car accidents tend to do quite a bit of property damage to all vehicles involved. Fortunately, your insurance company is commissioned with paying for most, if not all of the repairs required to restore your vehicle to the condition it was in prior to the auto accident, if not practically brand new. Unfortunately, the case is not always so cut and dry. Oftentimes, the insurance company will send your car back to you and will look far worse than it did prior to the accident, with non-matching parts on the body, cheaper lights, or other signs of poor workmanship and inferior items. You were expecting your car to return you in a shape that seemed just as good if not better than what it was before, but instead you received a car that looks far worse.
Insurance companies are required to give your car back to you in at least the condition it was given to them, but unfortunately, that does not always happen. Whether it is poor workmanship, or cheaper parts, insurance companies will often cut corners when dealing with the restoration of your damaged vehicle. There are, however, rights that you have which you can exercise to ensure your car comes back just as good as it was prior to the Los Angeles car accident. For starters, you do not have to use the body shop commissioned by your insurance company. You can use a body shop you already know and trust, or one that has been recommended to you by someone other than an insurance company.
Further steps you can take when choosing a body shop include listening to your family and friends, picking a shop that deals with repairing your particular brand or model of automobile, finding a place that is open to answering your questions politely and professionally with a concrete set of time frames and costs, as well as a sense of the shop’s policy for any subsequent or unforeseen repairs.
If your insurance company has returned your car to you and the work is not up to par, contact them immediately, and make sure you file a complaint. Your insurance company rep will have the contact info of any shop they have used, and you can demand that they contact the shop to fix the problem at no cost to you. After you have gone through this unfortunate process, contact the California Attorney Group. Our experienced Los Angeles car accident lawyers handle automotive accident cases on a daily basis, and deal with insurance companies regularly. We will make sure your property damage does not go unnoticed, and gets rectified as soon as possible. Call us today for a free consultation at (866) 650-0505 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (866) 650-0505 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
