rear ended accident – should i bother handling this at all. their was not report and i never seen the bumper?
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rear ended accident – should i bother handling this at all. their was not report and i never seen the bumper?
i rear ended someones bumper over 2 weeks ago. the driver got out of the car and told me everything was fine. i gave her my number bc i felt bad. she didnt want to make and incident report or contact insurance. now she is calling me saying that she would like her bumper painted bc of scratches
Asked on June 18, 2009 under Accident Law, Florida
Answers:
M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Really, if you gave them your information you should have called the police and made out a report to protect yourself. You should also have reported it to your insurance company. I can understand that you felt reassured by their representations of everything being fine, but people can be tricky and change their minds. You need to do what is right to protect yourself. If they called you to have it fixed then they may call their insurance company if you do not respond. Then it will not look to good for you as your insurance company may be contacted as well.
Call them and tell them that you are reporting the accident. It may open up a can of worms for you but you do not want your insurance company to disclaim for lack of notice. Tell your company that everyone and everyting was fine as you said but now you are being contacted and you want to do the right thing.
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