That's the point! They pay, or they end up in court... and like I said, it cost a lot more money in most cases for a company of any sort of size to defend themselves (I imagine they have corporate attorneys) than it would be to just give her the money for her Jeep when they are clearly liable for the damage.

I was the Corporate Liability Coordinator at Advance for a while, and worked on all of the auto, property, and asbestos claims... Also have 2 years of insurance background with Allstate.

You can sue someone for anything. Anything! The woman I saw on tv yesterday is sueing McDonalds for $200,000,000 because someone called in and had another employee sexually assault her or something. The caller wasn't a McDonalds employee, and it's really not the companies fault that it happened.. but guess what--she'll probably win a large portion of money and never work again. That's how America works. That has nothing to do with this, but I was just reminded of that. They can certainly sue Goodwill if they wish to, regardless of whether or not they pay. If Goodwill pays, and they still sue them, there should be a hell of a reason... like if Goodwill refuses to pay a reasonable amount (if they offered her $200 or something), or of course if they deny the claim and turn their cheek.