Hey all, unsure what to do here...
So in early November, my fiancee and I were involved in a car accident. We were sitting on a highway exit (traffic was backed up on the exit). Car in front of us was stopped, we were stopped, car behind us was stopped (decent amount of space between each car). Some douche hits the shit out of the car behind us, they hit us, and in turn we hit the car in front of us. Damage to my fiancee's car doesn't appear too bad (Saturns have pretty resilient bumpers) aside from a small gas leak (it's starting to get bad - we plan on having to pay out of pocket for this) and the front and rear bumpers needing a repaint (maybe cracked?). About $8-900 worths of work - probably more if and when they start looking at it more closely than just the surface.
So we find out today, that the SOB was driving a company car and wasn't authorized to do so. The company's insurance isn't going to pay. The guy didn't have insurance and got insurance the day of or after the accident and they won't pay. >grrrrr<
So what can we do? Her insurance can pay it and go after the guy but that means we're out 500 for our deductible. We received a letter from someone else involved in the accident who seems to have lawyer-ed up - should we see about getting involved with their lawyers also? Suggestions?
So in early November, my fiancee and I were involved in a car accident. We were sitting on a highway exit (traffic was backed up on the exit). Car in front of us was stopped, we were stopped, car behind us was stopped (decent amount of space between each car). Some douche hits the shit out of the car behind us, they hit us, and in turn we hit the car in front of us. Damage to my fiancee's car doesn't appear too bad (Saturns have pretty resilient bumpers) aside from a small gas leak (it's starting to get bad - we plan on having to pay out of pocket for this) and the front and rear bumpers needing a repaint (maybe cracked?). About $8-900 worths of work - probably more if and when they start looking at it more closely than just the surface.
So we find out today, that the SOB was driving a company car and wasn't authorized to do so. The company's insurance isn't going to pay. The guy didn't have insurance and got insurance the day of or after the accident and they won't pay. >grrrrr<
So what can we do? Her insurance can pay it and go after the guy but that means we're out 500 for our deductible. We received a letter from someone else involved in the accident who seems to have lawyer-ed up - should we see about getting involved with their lawyers also? Suggestions?