SU & WH v BT [2024] NZDT 79 (26 February 2024) [pdf, 102 KB]
...cost that it would have cost to repair plus the towing and storage of $13,614.00. 9. TU for WH’s position is that the costs are not reasonable and the vehicle was not assessed in person as he wanted. 10. On balance, I find that the costs claimed are reasonable. I say this for reasons which include: a. I preferred the insurer’s evidence that it is not unusual to rely on digital imagery as part of an insurance assessor’s assessment; b. In the absence of any alternative qu...