Brooks v. Canadian Universal Insurance

MARVIN, Judge.

Plaintiff was awarded judgment against his automobile insurer for the cost of repairing collision damage. The lower court rejected plaintiff’s demands for loss of the car, for loss of use of the car, and for financial loss and damage to his reputation because the mortgagee of the car and loss payee on the policy recovered judgment on the debt and garnished plaintiff’s wages.1 Plaintiff appeals. We affirm.

Plaintiff wrecked his four-month-old Cadillac in December, 1973. The estimated cost of repairing known damage to the car was $4,038.93, which was less than its value at the…