Originally Posted by
bikerosity57
You shouldn't have made a cash settlement right away. You should have priced a replacement bike, and taken into account your medical costs, and if he wouldn't settle up then, that is the time to concider court. You had him dead to rights.
I'd take the $700 and buy a new bike on bikesdirect.com
Dead to rights for what?
I talked to the police, the Quebec vehicle insurance and my own (I was a Saskatchewan resident at the time) and neither had any coverage for the bicycle, only injuries to me or, bizarrely, my clothes.
Since I wasn't injured, I could either try and take this guy to court or hash it out myself. since this isn't the US and the guy made an honest mistake, we worked it out.