Legal Question in Insurance Law in California

Car fire

My sister was buying a camper

She paid him most of the money but

he was holding the title until she

finish paying for it. In the interim he

allowed her to drive the camper. She

is a college student and she was

purchasing the camper to live in to

offset some of her costs.

Well within two weeks of having the

camper it caught on fire while she

and her friend was driving it on the

highway. She pulled over only to

watch it burn completely up. She had

all her earthly possession in it and

loss around 10,000 in goods. She

previously had paid the seller of the

camper 3900 and owe him some

more money which he was charging

interest on until the full asking price

was paid

Since she wasn't the legal owner yet

she didn't get insurance on it. I

spoke with the seller and he informed

me that he still had basic liability on

it. Is there anything she can do with

recoup for her losses?

She paid a % of the 3900 in a check

like 2000. I was thinking she could

put a stop on the check she issue for

the camper that only lasted 10 days

and sue his liability insurance for her

loss. Am I right to advice her to do

this? Or is their something better

she can do?

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