Teen driver hits parked jet at KTEB

(".Blueskies." wrote)
Looks like it pushed the jet around about 10° out of line. I'll bet the
damage is far from minor....


Dad standing in teenager's bedroom doorway holding two bills: This month's
cell phone overages and a Learjet repair bill.


Montblack

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"Montblack" wrote:

(".Blueskies." wrote)
Looks like it pushed the jet around about 10° out of line. I'll bet the
damage is far from minor....


Dad standing in teenager's bedroom doorway holding two bills: This month's
cell phone overages and a Learjet repair bill.


Montblack

Probably a toss-up which is bigger :-)

Yeah, hopefully he/she has more than state mandated minimums on the
insurance. Seeing as learjets (used) start at around $2,000,000.00. It
looked like the right wing was thrashed.

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They claim the jet received "minor damage." I bet that teenager will be
amazed at how much it costs to repair minor damage on a plane.

George Patterson
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My wife got hit recently in the car. Apparently the minimum in
California is only $5000 for liability which means I have to pay the
deductable on my collision insurance and then sue him for it.

-Robert

Dont forget to find out how much your insurance will go up over the next 3
years, and include that in the suit.

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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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My wife got hit recently in the car. Apparently the minimum in
California is only $5000 for liability which means I have to pay the
deductable on my collision insurance and then sue him for it.

-Robert

As a father, I just hope her dad bought lots of insurance!!

-Robert

No problem for the parents. The teenager was 18.

John

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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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As a father, I just hope her dad bought lots of insurance!!

-Robert

I think it depends if she's still a dependant. If she's living at home
dad might be in trouble.

-Robert

On 2006-01-14, Robert M. Gary wrote:
I think it depends if she's still a dependant. If she's living at home
dad might be in trouble.

Hm. Now assuming that the car driver gets landed with the bill, and lets
suppose the bill is $1M, and lets also (probably reasonably) suppose
that the driver or his family have no way to pay that bill, how does the
Lear owner recover the money? Is the driver now (assuming a typical
middle class income future) essentially indebted for life? Or would they
just declare bankruptcy?

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Dylan Smith wrote:

Hm. Now assuming that the car driver gets landed with the bill, and lets
suppose the bill is $1M, and lets also (probably reasonably) suppose
that the driver or his family have no way to pay that bill, how does the
Lear owner recover the money? Is the driver now (assuming a typical
middle class income future) essentially indebted for life? Or would they
just declare bankruptcy?

This being New Jersey, the car is insured. That's the first recourse for the
Lear owner. The plane is also insured, and that would be the second recourse.
Between the two, the Lear owner will get his money.

If the cost is covered by the car owner's insurance, that's that. If not, the
aircraft insurance company will usually go after the car owner. If that's the
18-year-old and she loses the case, she has two basic choices. She can pay the
remaining damages, possibly on an installment plan, or she can declare bankruptcy.

The case procedure is a three-step one. First, she is given the opportunity to
pay the bill. If she declines, the insurance company's attorney and her attorney
meet with an arbitrator, who decides fault and penalty. Assuming she's found at
fault, she's again given an opportunity to pay the bill. If she declines again,
the case goes into civil court.

If the car belongs to her father, I think the aircraft insurance company can sue
both the driver and the owner, but I'm not sure about that.

The typical property damage limit on liability for car insurance policies in New
Jersey is $50,000. Some people opt for as much as $100,000. Given the latter
option and your stipulation of damages of $1 million, the car owner would be
looking at a bill for $900,000.

The car insurance premium increases and NJ "at fault accident" surcharges are
trivial nuisances by comparison.

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.