Your insurance company may be able to process a claim on your behalf. Give them a call and see what they say.

If you don't have any luck there, you can always hire an attorney. But it may end up costing you more in legal fees than you already paid. The other option is to head over to small claims court and file what's called a "pro-se" claim, which is an action against another party in which you are representing yourself. That might be the best way to proceed.

I filed a pro-se action against a transmission shop and won my case in a matter of months. I also had him closed down and tagged with a civil nuisance action on my behalf by the NYS Attorney Generals office. So, you never know. Only costs a few dollars to file a claim, and once you get that paper trail started, someone has to be accountable for it in the end.

Good luck!