What can happen regarding a possible hit and run?
Get Legal Help Today
Compare Quotes From Top Companies and Save
Secured with SHA-256 Encryption
What can happen regarding a possible hit and run?
I had no idea in the moment that I had hit someone’s car in the parking lot at the bank. The car was huge but parked in a compact space. After trying to pull in, I realized that I wasn’t going to fit, so I pulled out and went a few parking spots down. I never let the parking lot. After parking, I started to gather my stuff to go in. The owner of the car (who parked like a jerk) that I may or may have not hit came out and wiped their car where I could have swiped it. They got into the car and left the bank before I could at that point gather information that was needed and approach them. When I got home, I looked at my car and I didn’t have any new damage to it where I could have hit the other car. I’m a very good person and I feel terrible if I caused damage. It just doesn’t make sense.
Asked on June 8, 2018 under Accident Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
It's not clear that you need to do anything: no one (not police, not the owner, not the owner's insurer) has approached you about the matter (e.g. the other car's owner just left), and you do not appear to have any damage that you would sue or submit a claim for. You may well have not done any damage (or at least any damage that anyone cares about.) There is an old saying: "no harm, no foul," and it applies to a very large degree to the law--if no damage was done and no one has filed a police report, there is nothing you need to do.
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
It's not clear that you need to do anything: no one (not police, not the owner, not the owner's insurer) has approached you about the matter (e.g. the other car's owner just left), and you do not appear to have any damage that you would sue or submit a claim for. You may well have not done any damage (or at least any damage that anyone cares about.) There is an old saying: "no harm, no foul," and it applies to a very large degree to the law--if no damage was done and no one has filed a police report, there is nothing you need to do.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Answer(s) provided above are for general information only. The attorney providing the answer was not serving as the attorney for the person submitting the question or in any attorney-client relationship with such person. Laws may vary from state to state, and sometimes change. Tiny variations in the facts, or a fact not set forth in a question, often can change a legal outcome or an attorney's conclusion. Although AttorneyPages.com has verified the attorney was admitted to practice law in at least one jurisdiction, he or she may not be authorized to practice law in the jurisdiction referred to in the question, nor is he or she necessarily experienced in the area of the law involved. Unlike the information in the Answer(s) above, upon which you should NOT rely, for personal advice you can rely upon we suggest you retain an attorney to represent you.