Am I responsible for an accident that occurred on a dealer’s plate?
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Am I responsible for an accident that occurred on a dealer’s plate?
About 2 years ago I was financed through a small local dealership in which they allowed me to drive off the lot using dealer plates and having not been able to inquire with my vehicle insurance agent for insuring the new car. I had already signed the contract stating I was the new owner of this vehicle and was in an accident three days later while still driving on the dealer’s license plate. My question would be, do I have a legal obligation to pay for any of the damage to the vehicle that occurred during the accident on their plates? They are now charging me over a thousand dollars for the damage, yet didn’t fix anything on the vehicle except a damaged tire.
Asked on August 14, 2012 under Accident Law, Michigan
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Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
If you actually ended up buying the vehicle that you were driving from the car dealership that you were involved in an automobile accident with and the only costs that the car dealership incurred as a result was a damaged car, then it would appear from your question that you would only be responsible to reimburse the car dealership the costs of this tire.
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