The truck is caput. They're presently taking it somewhere to decide how much we will get. I'm sure it will be the lowest of the totals we got from Kelly Blue Book.

The upholstery was rather stained due to two upset colas back when James was still drinking the "hard stuff." But otherwise it ran in tip-top condition, had had all its scheduled maintenance. The two front tires were brand new, about 3 months old. The paint job was newer than the truck since it had to be repainted a couple of years ago after a woman banged into the right rear taillight coming out of a parking space. There were still two payments on it and a year left on the warranty.

So do we have any legal recourse here? The other driver ran a red light and apparently hit two other cars besides the truck (or caused them to have collisions in some way; we haven't seen the police report yet). This really throws cold water on James' plans for after the truck was paid off: we didn't plan to get another one until that one was falling apart. He was going to use the car payment money to whittle down a credit card bill, then use it to pay off his student loan. It seems rum luck all around.

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