• QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Wouldn’t they only have to pay the depreciated value? After all, a replacement bridge will be more valuable than the one that was destroyed.

    Legitimate question btw, I have no idea how… bridge finances work.

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        7 months ago

        Right, is this not the same thing as cost minus depreciation?

        Again, I don’t know the first thing about this subject, so I’m trying to relate it to, like, home insurance. If your roof starts leaking all over, they don’t give you the full amount required to replace it, since shingles need to be replaced every couple decades. They give you the amount minus a linear multiplier of how long it’s been since they were last replaced.

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          7 months ago

          Present value is more like replacement cost minus depreciation but ask an insurance adjuster.