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Raising Funds for Families Hurt by Falling Tree

Marie Vasari Hislop writes that there are two GoFundMe campaigns to assist both the Jones family, renters whose house was crushed, and neighbor Martha Martinez, whose car was crushed.

She writes that the Jones family "are good people who struggled with job losses during Covid and now have lost pretty much everything.

"Martha, my sister, is a single mom whose car was totaled as a result of the tree. She has struggled to put two girls through college and now has to buy a new car she cannot afford so as to get to work, and has thousands of dollars in damage to her own property now as well, with high deductibles."

The Jones Family Go Fund Me page, which is attempting to raise $35,000 to assist in relocating, replacing their crushed van, furniture, and other possessions. 

Th Martha Martinez Go Fund Me page is attempting to raise $10,000 to assist Martha Martinez, a neighbor of the Jones family, whose car was crushed when the tree fell.

- Brad Haugaard

7 comments:

  1. So maybe besides the fund raiser- see if the owner of the house they rented from has Home Owners insurance he should be helping them. And for other lady who lost her car, does she have Car Insurance- She may be able to collect money for her car.

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    1. What insurance gives for a 2006 car is not enough to go purchase a used car

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  2. Owner's insurance does not cover renter's belongings.

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  3. Renters insurance?

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    1. They did not have renters insurance

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  4. You should sue the neighbor where the tree fell from

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  5. Sue? The tree was perfectly healthy and showed no signs of distress. Edison had trimmed the side of the tree that was by the powerlines as they usually do, but didn't necessarily trim the other side to even it out not too long before it fell. When something so massive becomes unbalanced....

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