I assume that WV has a fiscal responsibility law and that your insuror is
pursuing collection efforts against the perpetrator. If not they should be.
Likewise his identity should be in the files of the various agencies so that
he can't register a car or get a license until he makes it right.

I really appreciate that you sent me a pic of the jewel before this happened.
If you want it back for evidence I would be happy to furnish it.

I lost my first 544 pretty much the same way - rear-ended on an icy road
in Tulsa (50 miles from home) and pushed into a car in front. Both ends
smashed. I got a check for $400 and bought another one a few days later
for $250 (1967)
Interestingly in better conditions I was similarly rear-ended in
a 122 and the damage to my car was minimal. But you should have seen the
Oldsmobile that hit us and the Datsun it pushed us into.....
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George Downs Bartlesville, Heart of the USA!