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The only cases deal with a situation where T&D isn't met (foul on A) and where T&D are met and B can see A (foul on B).
As for winning any bets, the rule does not really help unles you all agree as to the facts. Given that there was a crash, it is all in the eye of the beholder. And the incidental contact rule with respect to severe contact is not specifically applied to the screening situation, laving at least a little bit of doubt:
4-27 Incidental Contact
ART. 2 . . . Contact which occurs unintentionally in an effort by an opponent to reach a loose ball, or such contact which may result when opponents are in equally favorable positions to perform normal defensive or offensive movements, should not be considered illegal, even though the contact may be severe.
ART. 4 . . . A player who is screened within his/her visual field is expected to avoid contact with the screener by stopping or going around the screener. In cases of screens outside the visual field, the opponent may make inadvertent contact with the screener, and such contact is to be ruled incidental contact, provided the screener is not displaced if he/she has the ball.
The only reference to contact being potentially severe is in the section that deals with two players with equally favorable positions - this does not apply to the screening case. The screening case, unfortunately, is silent with regard to causing A to crash based on severe, unintentional contact. And your friends may or may not agree that B attempted to stop after making contact.
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