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take it to the shop of your choice, if it happens to be the insurance companies recommendation as well it makes things easier.
in the future always get a police report. ALWAYS. without one its your word against theirs. with one it's the opinion of a sworn officer.
share the required insurance ONLY with the other party, describe the incident to law enforcement. when insurance asks for a description of the incident, refer them to the police report.
I always go through my own insurance and let them sort it out with the at fault party.
always go to your dr afterward.
< has been in 3 worse accidents than that in the past 12 months.
in the future always get a police report. ALWAYS. without one its your word against theirs. with one it's the opinion of a sworn officer.
share the required insurance ONLY with the other party, describe the incident to law enforcement. when insurance asks for a description of the incident, refer them to the police report.
I always go through my own insurance and let them sort it out with the at fault party.
always go to your dr afterward.
< has been in 3 worse accidents than that in the past 12 months.
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if the damage is more then 1,000 go see a chiropractor, go get bunch of estimate on your car dont go for one, and pick ur own shop, not theirs cuz they will use cheap stuff. dont agree on a price right away, make sure u know exactly how much you need to fix ur car. cuz some companies will give u $500 for something that u need $1000. if they start giving u hard time, get a lawyer. if u have anymore questions let me know i work with auto accidents. and im really sorry for ur car, glad it wasn't anything super big and know one was hurt.
Thank you all for the advice. I really do appreciate it. I'm completely clueless about this process so this should really help me to avoid any mistakes/regrets.
The other guy's insurance will be sending someone to check out my car on Monday, so we'll see how that goes. They said there was some conflicting information about the guy's address though, which scares me. I'm assuming I should wait on getting my own appraisal until I know for sure that they've gotten ahold of the other guy and accepted responsibility, right? There's always a chance that his information was fraudulent...
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this is why people ****ing suck. scum. talk to your insurance company first. most will say that by the looks of where the damage is, etc., there's no real possibility of you being at fault. see what your insurance company says, they'll usually fight it for you. otherwise, get a lawyer, and counter-sue the ****er.
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this is why people ****ing suck. scum. talk to your insurance company first. most will say that by the looks of where the damage is, etc., there's no real possibility of you being at fault. see what your insurance company says, they'll usually fight it for you. otherwise, get a lawyer, and counter-sue the ****er.
I am 100% taking legal action against this guy. I know these "he said, she said" stories are hard to prove, but like you said: the angle and degree of the damage to my car definitely doesn't agree with the his story at all.
Nope, I called the police but the way the operator worded her statement made my nervous brain assume that I didn't NEED one (legally true, but should still have gotten one).
An officer actually drove by us when we pulled over (after I called them) and flashed his lights one time, like he acknowledged we needed help. I assumed he was going to loop around the freeway and come back, but he never did.
If anyone has any expertise in the small claims/auto collision department, please PM me. Any help would be much appreciated! You guys have already been a great asset thus far
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I had the same thing happen to me. Rear ended a guy in 06, no big deal, but there was definitely some damage. I was served with lawsuit paperwork, 2 years to the DAY later. Insurance went to bat. He was asking for like 100k in medical, lost work, and whatnot. He ended up getting 6k. Lol.
Either way, it's CHP's territory. At least it didn't occur in the city of Sacramento (on city streets). They won't even come out to help with a wreck unless someone needs to be transported to the hospital or the wreck is blocking the road.
Either way, it's CHP's territory. At least it didn't occur in the city of Sacramento (on city streets). They won't even come out to help with a wreck unless someone needs to be transported to the hospital or the wreck is blocking the road.
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