Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!p1109-ipbf08yosida.nagano.ocn.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: "mr.sumo.snr" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Any one familiar with Japanese Law? Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:19:34 +0900 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p1109-ipbf08yosida.nagano.ocn.ne.jp (222.144.121.109) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1083230377 15169108 I 222.144.121.109 ([141600]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:13621 "Elbow" wrote in message news:c6pl8f$ev9i8$1@ID-220360.news.uni-berlin.de... > Allo, > I'd like to know if me or my wife is responsible if one of us is sued. > I had a slight accident with my car and found out my insurance will not pay > out for some reason I cant go into here. > The other car owner is now saying that because my insurance wont pay up and > I dont have a job he can get the money from my wife. > Is this true? Is she just as responsible for what I do regardlessof if she > was even inolved? > > Love to know where I stand. > Im only really interested in the law, not if I can get away with out paying. > I'm happy to pay but not happy they think they can harrass my wife every day > with phone calls. > My closest friend in the city here had a similar sounding accident about three and half years ago. His fault and four other cars plus a house genkan were damaged/destroyed. At the time he only had the shaken-included insurance. I would get ready for a lengthy period of deep bowing and profuse apologizing. My friend's situation has yet to be 'finally' resolved three years on - and HE has an uncle-in-law insurance broker acting on his behalf. He tells me he keeps 1500000 yen ready and waiting in the post office just in case there is a final resolution - but take heart - three years on and he hasn't had to cough up more than the initial 1500000 yen in damages and compensation. -- jonathan