Northern Virginia Diminished Value Auto Lawyer
Drivers of expensive cars are frequently undercompensated when it comes to property damage claims after crashes. Attorney Stan M. Doerrer handles diminished value auto claims and can assist you in bringing a diminished value claim to help you recover more from the insurance company. In addition to representing clients for their injury claims, The Law Office of Stan M. Doerrer frequently brings diminished value claims on behalf of its injured clients in courts throughout the region. Virginia law allows a plaintiff to recover for, among other things: “any property damage [] sustained in the incident.” See Virginia Model Jury Instruction No. 9.000. But when a car is not a total loss, most auto insurers typically seek to set the value of property damage claims based on the repair value. They simply pay to have the vehicle repaired. But this is not a complete measure of the property damage suffered. When a car is seriously damaged in a crash, and then repaired, its resale value decreases due to the fact of the crash. This is why, for example, a vehicle’s Carfax report lists whether or not the vehicle has been in a crash. Used car buyers pay less for vehicles that […]
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