Doc
03-25-2015, 11:47 AM
a general legal question...
My daughter was in an fender bender this weekend. Actually a hit and run. Her car was parked at work and somebody backed into it, left the scene. However it was seen by a bystander who happened to be an off duty police officer. My daughter was inside working and he went in and got her. The damage to the rear bumper of her car was minimal and the car is rather beat up however the rear bumper is now loose and she is worried its going to fall off on the highway. The car that hit her was identified and she called the police, they wrote up a report and it states the accident was "vehicle 1's fault" (the other car). We called our insurance carrier and have a $500 deductible.
This is an 8 year old Scion with over 100K miles on it, beat up pretty good. The rear bumper was already banged up so we are not looking to have it replace etc... however we also don't want it falling off on I-95 on her way to work. What are my reasonable options?
My daughter was in an fender bender this weekend. Actually a hit and run. Her car was parked at work and somebody backed into it, left the scene. However it was seen by a bystander who happened to be an off duty police officer. My daughter was inside working and he went in and got her. The damage to the rear bumper of her car was minimal and the car is rather beat up however the rear bumper is now loose and she is worried its going to fall off on the highway. The car that hit her was identified and she called the police, they wrote up a report and it states the accident was "vehicle 1's fault" (the other car). We called our insurance carrier and have a $500 deductible.
This is an 8 year old Scion with over 100K miles on it, beat up pretty good. The rear bumper was already banged up so we are not looking to have it replace etc... however we also don't want it falling off on I-95 on her way to work. What are my reasonable options?