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Just to update the story.................after talking to this guys boss and with a little pressure from the insurance company they are going to pay the entire claim.

Blumpkin

Well not that I'm really responsible for their trailer brake system, but that it was a freak incident that they could not have knowingly prevented and that makes them not negligent...........which is still complete BS and that I would have been out 5k (so I guess ultimately I would have been responsible for the damages). They were totally negligable and responsible for the entire incident. Their driver claims he was aprox. 600ft behind me when he began to brake (2 entire football fields); in reallity he was less than half that distance. My insurance comany is now going after them and I've been in contact with Mr. Johns boss and "explained my feelings on the situation" to put it nicely. Anyhow if I pay my deductable my insurance company said they will be able to subrogate the deductable either from the US Army or the trailer company. I should have contacted my insurance company from the get-go but I thought this thing was as clear as day..........especially since I had a police report stating their driver was at fault.

SIMILAR BOATS The Boat involved in the accident was very similar to these shown at the bottom of the webpage as this boat was also manufactured by Sea Ark. I have pictures of it but don't know how to link them. FYI the boat is about 3 times the size of the f-350 super duty.

What do you suggest I do, bake them a fuggin cake?

Sorry for the length of this post but its kind of nessecary in order to explain the entire situation. Here's what happened, about 2 months ago I purchased a new Cadillac CTS. I had the car for a whopping 7 days when I was involved in an accident on I-70 here in Saint Louis. I was traveling in the fastlane when an SUV in front of me blew a tire and came to a complete stop. The tire was so badly shredded that the SUV really had no chance of slowly merging off the highway onto the shoulder. Right before the accident I had noticed an F-350 Super Duty Pick-Up hauling a large boat had merged behind me into the fastlane. When the accident occured I was forced to SLAM on my breaks in order to come to a stop and not strike the SUV. Being the safe driver I am I had given myself plenty of room to come to a complete stop and avoid running into the back of the SUV. I looked in my rearview only to see the truck towing the boat was not really slowing down, at the last second the driver swerved to miss me but the boat and trailer side swiped my new car and ended up doing just about an even 5k in damage. The driver did a good job to avoid killing me but had really only given himself about 100 feet of following distance, not ample room to avoid an accident.............obviously. The police were called and a report was filed claiming the truck was at fault. The best part of the whole story is that the vehicle and the boat were actually owned by the US goverment......it was a surveying boat for the US Army Corps of Engineers and the truck was used to transport the boat. Both the driver and passenger were govt employees and the truck carries no insurance as it is a govt vehicle and is self-insured. I had to file a tort claim with the govt. for all personal expenses incurred. I was told I had a "slam dunk" case by their lawyer untill this morning when I got this email at work............ ------------------------------------------ Good morning, Mr. Strang. I wanted to provide you with some photos and documentation that I've received. This has gotten more complicated than I thought, and I wanted to share what I've found so far and get your thoughts. The combined weight of the boat and trailer in this accident was about 10,000 lbs. The trailer requires its own braking system, but it has one that is normally very effective. Our driver, Mr. Bolton, reports that he was following at about 60 mph or less, but had about double the normal following distance when the SUV suddenly stopped. He had me "step off" his following distance, which I estimate at about 600'. Mr. Bolton stated that he should have been able to easily stop in this distance if the trailer brakes had not unexpectedly failed. As it happened, he stopped the truck-trailer using the truck brakes alone. I examined the trailer braking system when Mr. Bolton brought the truck, trailer, and boat to my office. There is a 7-pin connector wire that plugs into a receptacle on the Ford. There is a trailer brake controller and display in the dashboard of the truck. If the brakes are not connected, the display reads, "No Trailer Connection" (Photo 003). Under normal circumstances, the display shows a numeric figure indicating the boost to the brakes (Photo 000, except that when I took the picture, the brakes weren't being applied so it shows -0-). According to Mr. Bolton, the display indicated proper connection and a power boost of 13.2, which is normal. However, the brakes failed to work at the time of the accident. According to Mr. Bolton, this was entirely unexpected because the Ford truck and trailer had been driven from Kansas City to Mokane, where the boat was used, then they drove to Foristell (Exit 203) on I-70 for refueling, which was only a few miles from the accident scene (MM 223). At no time prior to the accident did Mr. Bolton experience any problems with the trailer brakes prior to the accident. After the accident, Mr. Bolton took the truck to the Ford dealer, who determined that the truck's brakes were good, but the 7-pin connector plug was bad, so they replaced it (see repair bill). Mr. Bolton and his crew checked the trailer brakes themselves and determined there was no problem with them other than the connection. According to Mr. Bolton, the problem was that the bad plug was feeding power to the trailer lights and the dashboard display, but the power source to the brakes themselves was not getting through. Hence, even though all the lights were working when they left Mokane, and even though the dashboard display showed that the trailer was connected and all systems were normal, in reality there was no power getting through to the brakes. Mr. Bolton said that there was no way anyone could have known this except by using a special test instrument. Even then, however, it appears that the electrical fault was intermittent, as evidenced by the fact the brakes were working normally at Foristell. For us to pay your claim, you have to prove that the accident was the result of negligence. Normally a rear-end collision is an open-and-shut case, but in this situation the accident seems to just have been a freak electrical fault that no one could have predicted. I am NOT finished with my investigation and this is NOT a determination on your claim. I intend to interview the passenger in the Ford, locate a trailer brake expert of my own, and to research Missouri laws and cases. In the meantime, however, please review the information provided and let me know your thoughts. I will gladly consider any additional evidence. Perhaps you could locate a trailer expert of your own? Please call me if you have any questions. John ****** Assistant District Counsel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can you believe this sh*t? I could care less about your faulty equipment! Sounds like a lot of "not my ing problem. So I called Mr. John and had a little conversation with him regarding the incident. He told me that "hes not supposed to be advising me but the easiest thing for me to do is to just pay my deducatable in order to get my car fixed and get this matter resolved". I informed him that I would be contacting my insurance but no way in hell was I paying my deductable but I was turning this over for them to pursue. He also asked "why don't you file suit against the SUV, they caused the accident?" I replied by saying "because I wasn't involved in a ing accident with that car and if I had of hit them I would have rear-ended them and they would be suing me!. And the SUV didn't cause the accident, your driver did by not giving himself enough room to come to a complete stop." This is rediculous, pretty sure my insurance company will be able to handle it though.

An Xavier Omen?

When did he get traded to the Lions?

Thats what you get for drafting gayhawks.................this is just further proof we need to really keep an eye on this Derek Fine guy. Wouldn't be surprised if he was trying to influence the other rookies to smoke crack, rob convienence stores & pick up gay prostitutes (as well as other things). Thats just what these Kansas Jayhawks do.

Maclin 07 (1st Season): 2,776 yds 16tds Harvin Career 2,477 15tds 1st Season 06: 855yds 6tds 2nd Season 07: 1622 10tds 2776 > 2477 2776 > 855 2776 > 1622 16tds > 15tds 16tds > 6tds 16tds > 10tds 80 rec > 59 rec '07 > 34 rec '06 Plus Maclin has the size that Percy lacks. J-Mac is 6ft 1in and 215lbs I know I'm shameless and it probably is really annoying but my Tigers do have 3 potential first rounders in Moore, Maclin, and Coffman so forgive me for being such a Mizzou whore. If you think its annoying now you're probably going to want to ignore me around draft time next year.

There is no way in hell they will be able to enforce that at Aarowhead...........ever.

Link I get my coffee just about every morning from that QT in Festus, MO where they found the two bodies. This guy is the worst of the worst preying on the weak and eldery.............victims range from a 1 year old to a 94 year old man. How sick do you have to be to kill somebody with a fu*king hammer?

No like 2008 Missouri players.............nobody cared about them either. What can I say Cincy, I'm shameless but we do have a good crop of talent this year

This is an automated response This subject matter is currently being discussed in another thread HA HA nobody cares about your thread Beerball!

Where's the FU smiley for hijacking my thread into "the smileys thread". And to think that LSI wasn't even involved, you guys should be ashamed of yourself.

I was thinking that same thing when I made it. OK well for Bill in NYC, I meant we should draft this guy.............

Yeah I know its way too early and some people will think I'm absolutely the dumbest person alive for suggesting we draft another DB but just watch this kid and you'll know he's something special special.............. William Moore Ht: 6ft 1 inches Wt: 230lbs 40: 4.39 Absolute Ballhawk who hits like a sledgehammer. 2007 SEASON Emerged as one of the nation's top playmakers at safety, as he tied for the NCAA lead with a school-record 8 interceptions ... His development throughout the course of the season was a major reason why the Tiger defense turned into one of the better ones in the Big 12 Conference, and his leadership after the defense lost fellow safety Pig Brown in game eight for the year was crucial ... Had 5 INTs and 2 forced fumbles in the 6 games after Brown was lost for the year ... Was named a 1st-Team All-American by Rivals.com, and took home 2nd-Team All-American honors by the Associated Press for his stellar play, as well as from Sports Illustrated and the Sporting News ... Showed in MU's 38-7 dismantling of Arkansas in the Cotton Bowl just why he deserved the accolades, as he won Defensive MVP honors with a 13-tackle that included 1 pass break up, 1 forced fumble and an interception that he returned in the third quarter for a TD that broke the game open for good ... Had a huge fourth-quarter interception against Illinois that snuffed out a potential game-winning drive deep in MU territory with under seven minutes to play ... Made eight tackles on the day (all solo stops) including two tackles for loss ... Added nine tackles against Ole Miss ... Had a team-leading 11 tackles against Western Michigan to go over 100 for his career ... Intercepted his fourth career pass and made seven tackles against Illinois State ... Was second on the club with eight tackles against Nebraska, including his fourth TFL on the year ... Helped hold Nebraska's vaunted West Coast Offense to just 297 total yards ... Recorded five tackles against Oklahoma ... Made eight tackles as the Tigers defense shutdown Texas Tech ... Added a sack (the first of his career) and intercepted a Graham Harrell pass ... The INT was his third on the season and the fifth of his career ... Made three stops against Iowa State ... Led the team with 11 tackles against Colorado in another impressive defensive effort ... Added an interception (his fourth of the season) and forced a fumble against the Buffaloes ... Made and INT for the second-straight game, picking of Texas A&M's Stephen McGee ... Made six tackles, including one TFL, and one PBU against the Aggies ... Tied for second on the team with eight tackles (six solo) against Kansas State, including a sack ... Picked off his sixth pass of the year, returning it for 22 yards ... Picked off his seventh pass of the year against Kansas, which ties Roger Wehrli's (1968) record for INTs in a season ... Tied for the team lead with seven tackles against KU ... Led the team with a career-best 13 tackles (nine solo) against Oklahoma in the Big 12 Championship ... Three of his INTs came in the fourth quarter ... Ended second on the team with 117 tackles on the year, which was ninth most in the Big 12 Conference ... Changed his jersey number to 1 this spring, after wearing 21 previously for the Tigers. I also just wanted to start a thread around here that wasn't just rehashing the same sh*t over and over again.

I don't think MLB is even a ? at this point. Poz is our MLB and Mitchell is playing the Weakside. I can't wait to see Poz back in action next year.

Or did he get cut, haven't heard a thing about him at practice..................is the Temple of Doom still at OBD?

BOO THIS MAN! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Don't forget the Temple of Doom

Die Hard Fan for 20 years (only 25 years old) and never been

Just couldn't help myself Cincy