On Mar 5, 8:42*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
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I've never seen cases where they hand out extra money
as "compensatory expenses". *You get either the repair
cost or if that exceeds the market value, then you get
market value. *You also can get rental car fees, taxi
fees, etc., but they have to be reasonable and provable.
Judges don't take a $1500 claim and double it to $3000
in a case like this just to throw extra money at you.

Yes they do. If I file a claim for $3,000 and the other party doesn't show
up, I'll almost always get the amount I asked for. After all, it's my word
against no one's.

The judge will still look at what evidence you have to support
that $3,000 claim. And if all you have is a book value for the
truck at $1500 and $100 worth of rental car receipts, all
you're going to get is $1600. Just because the other party
doesn't show up doesn't mean you get everything you're
suing for, with no proof at all.