| 42-4-1207 What is the name of your state? Colorado
My daughter was in an accident that we are claiming is not her fault. She was driving slowly down a campus street when a guy openede his car door into her car. The damage to his vehicle is on the outside edge of his door and hers in on the right side in the towards the front. She was sighted with a careless driving ticket which the officer said she could claim not guilty for and she has. Our insurance company denied the claim after their investigation and we have to go to a so-called trial this afternoon since she claimed not guilty. we could not get a an attorney in short notice and also don't feel we have to pay $2000 for something she is clearly not guilty for, there is even a colorado statute to this affect.
The officers comments that they say prove mmy daughter is at fault: "We inspected the drivers door of the car and observed it was hit on the outside edge of the door. OIf the door had been kicked out, it would have been hit on the inside of the door panel causing the door to swing out and possibly off its hinges. The door would have been pushed out towards the front of the vehicle if the door was kicked all the way out.
My daughter stated he threw the door open as she was approaching him thus the damage on her car on the front side of the car and the damage to the edge of his door.
Any advice would be much appreciated as the attorney we were going to use priced out at $2000 and could not also not make it today because of another case. The city did not give us much time or information on what we needed to be prepared for. |