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The suit is a matter of principle, the 63-year-old former Eugene city councilor said. Nicholson alleged that the Connecticut- based insurance corporation rebuffed his direct efforts to obtain such compensation.
“If this woman had run a red light and fractured the side of my car, I don’t think the attitude would be the same,” he said. “They seem to have the attitude that when a car hits a cyclist, it ought to be free. I expected to be responded to and that they would consider it a serious issue.”
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