Vehicle Value - When your vehicle is a total loss, know it's value. If repaired, find out its diminished value.

AccidentCheck.com - The consumer's recourse to unsafe and or substandard repairs to your collision damaged vehicle.

Claimhelpers.com - Do you really know what your insurance policy entitles you to?

What is diminished value? It is the lowered market value of a vehicle subsequent to repair. For instance, a Porsche or Ferrari will be worth less even after it has been repaired from an accident.

A note about diminished value. On April 18, 2005, the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company was not liable for diminished post-repair value of vehicles under their policy’s definition for coverage of “cost of repair.” The court also concluded that the automobile insurance policy’s preclusion of reimbursement from the insurer for diminished value post-repair was not against Mississippi state public policy, or unconscionable. This matter involved insureds, who had submitted claims to the automobile insurer for repairs and reimbursements for accidental losses to vehicles, alleging that they should have been compensated for lowered market value of vehicles post-repair. Blakely v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company(5th Cir. (Miss.) April 18, 2005)

Diminished Value - Are you getting paid for ALL the damage to your car? Is your car worth less after it has been repaired? Find information about the diminished value of your car after an accident & case law for consumers & attorneys at AccidentCheck.com.

Diminished Value - About the fight.

OEM Parts - Know your rights.

Recouping Expenses - After your car is totaled and a list of states that require you to be reimbursed for sales tax.

What To Do When You Don't Want Your Car Totaled.

NADA - For over 67 years, N.A.D.A. has been America's largest publisher of used vehicle values.

Galves - The wholesale book that the car dealers use.

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