Tweaking google search techniques for US sites only? (& an insurance claim dilemma)

[JPK]

I seem to be getting all of my search hits as UK based sites.

I know there is a way to specify language in google search, but is there a way to just specify looking for US based sites.

My search netted all kinds of stuff about UK laws and UK insurance companies but nothing useful to me. I love all of our brother countries

JPK


While I am at it - here's my story.

My company stores dies of our product at our suppliers who make the products. The dies are ours and we insure them even though they are stored at our suppliers sites. We recently discovered that one of our dies was destroyed in a fire that we were never notified of (it is a slow moving item that doesn't get used frequently - but is worth about $75k).

The fire occurred about 5 years ago and we have switched insurance companies a couple of time since. Our current Insurance company says no way - call the company that was insuring you at the time. The Insurance company from 5 years ago says they would have covered it if we notified them in a timely manner - but the time to make that claim is long gone. The supplier who had the fire says they are not responsible - that's why we insure them ourselves.

Thoughts?

I wanted to do a little digging before I get on the phone with our Lawyer who charges about a trillion dollars an hour.

[C(-)ris]

You will probably have to sue the supplier for not notifying you of the damage to your property thus causing you to not be able to file insurance claims. Your new insurance company isn't responsible, the old one is likely probably correct that the notification period in your contract is well past.

[JPK]

Thanks C(-)ris,

Thats pretty much how I figured. I just want to make sure my bases are covered before I call the lawyers!

JPK

[C(-)ris]

My other thought would be if you could claim that since you just discovered the damage you might be able to get your new insurance company to pay. Although if the actual damage was done in the past, and you know when, it might not hold up.

[Paul F.]

SOUNDS like a slam-dunk case to me...
Sue the distributor for the replacement cost of the die(s). They did not notify you that your property in their care had been destroyed, and they assumed the liability.

[cbelt3]

I'm with C(-)ris on that one. Your supplier screwed up. But.... What was your supplier's contractual obligation for maintaining the die ? That should be your starting point.


Oh- and it's obviously time to begin some sort of supplier survey for your property. My company had the same issue- out of sight, out of mind. We discovered that we had lost lots of assets, and in fact there was a whole collection that we had paid for that actually had never existed in the first place. THAT was a nice criminal investigation.