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Diminished value is calculated by determining a vehicle’s value before a collision and subtracting the vehicle’s value after the accident and repairs. The difference equals the vehicle’s diminished value. Insurance companies like GEICO<\/a>, Allstate<\/a>, and State Farm<\/a>, rarely pay this value in property damage claims without a fight.<\/p>\n

The problem is easy to understand. Your vehicle can be repaired and still not be restored to its pre-loss value. The minute a dealer looks at CarFax and sees the car has been wrecked, you are likely getting less for the vehicle. That lost value is the heart of a diminished value claim.<\/p>\n

In many personal injury cases, victims get a sneak preview of how the insurance company will treat them in the property damage claim. Insurance companies do not settle serious accident claims, not typically, anyway, until far later down the road when the client has recovered or reached maximum medical improvement (the healing has come as far as it will).<\/p>\n

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Diminished value is calculated by determining a vehicle’s value before a collision and subtracting the vehicle’s value after the accident and repairs. The difference equals the vehicle’s diminished value. Insurance companies like GEICO, Allstate, and State Farm, rarely pay this value in property damage claims without a fight. The problem is easy to understand. 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