Submitted by Vegetable_Medium_458 t3_zfcgn9 in newhampshire
GreatGrandaddyPurp t1_izbdc5y wrote
Reply to comment by Vegetable_Medium_458 in Plow truck hit me and plowed me off the road in Manchester NH and it’s the plows fault and the police report says so, but some lady in an office sent me a letter and said it’s 51% my fault and they’ll pay nothing, my 2016 Ford Fusion is destroyed and I’m in debt. I What can I do? by Vegetable_Medium_458
You made a huge mistake by answering her questions.
ThreeTheGhost t1_izbic7g wrote
This, 100%
Sorry to tell you, but the likelihood is very high that you fucked yourself by trying to be a good guy and answer her questions
I made this same mistake myself once
I was struck by another driver making a turn and coming out of their lane and hitting my car in the parking lane on the side of the road - Cops showed up, police report was written up as them being at fault, with a whole fucking drawn up visual of the accident, their car coming out of the lane and striking mine, shit was circled, the whole ordeal
A day or two later, I get a call from an insurance agent - their insurance agent - claiming he wanted to go over the accident and get an idea of what happened, the whole good guy bit
I answered the questions and explained the situation honestly
They proceeded to somehow get an amended police report that stated they were actually not at fault - My insurance company said they had never seen it happen before
She was absolutely not calling you to be your friend and chat - Her job is to, in a very strategic, calculated and predatory manner, determine your level of legal capability, the level of their own exposure, and how likely it is they are going to being held liable and made to pay out
By telling her that where you were parked was, even potentially, stupid on your part you admitted that your own actions put your car at risk, and by telling her that you have no insurance or concrete evidence of them being at fault, you exposed that your means of recourse are pretty limited
Unfortunately, they're probably chalking this one up as pretty low priority - In my relatively meaningless opinion, pursuing a lawyer is probably the right move
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