What is the name of your state? California
2 weeks ago, my boyfriend was backing out of our parking space. he was done backing up, the car was stationary and he was putting it in 'drive'. he noticed in the rearview that the neighbor with the giant black truck was backing into him. he slammed on the horn for 1-2 seconds. the guy kept coming and smashed into the back of our car. the driver of the truck didn't want us to call the cops, he didn't want us to go through insurance. He apologized and said he had heard the horn but didn't know what happened. since we were neighbors, he said he would pay for the damages. the next day we got 3 estimates ranging from $1700-$4500. He said we would have to go through the insurance, and that we should pay for the half of the damages because we backed into him at the same time. this was a blatant lie. he also changed his story and said we honked the horn after we were hit, which of course, makes no sense.
his insurance company sent us to get an estimate at their shop, and it was $2200. now they are saying the mexican guy that hit us is saying we backed into him, and they will only give us half of the estimated amount, and we would accept 50% of the responsibility, meaning that our insurance premiums would go up now as well.
we refused and said we would get our witnesses together. the insurance agent for the mexican guy is saying he suddenly has witnesses too.
i cannot believe this scummy guy with absolutely no damage to his truck is such a lying fool. how can we obtain his driving record? he wasn't even looking behind him when he was in reverse! he completely ignored the horn!
we refuse to accept any responsibility or cost for this accident, since it was entirely this mexican guy's fault. we don't know how to get the insurance company to believe us. i have photos of the truck after the accident, showing no damage. i have witnesses that heard the horn, then the crash. is there anything else i can do to get this settled fairly? is it worth it to get an attorney for 2k and a clean driving record?
2 weeks ago, my boyfriend was backing out of our parking space. he was done backing up, the car was stationary and he was putting it in 'drive'. he noticed in the rearview that the neighbor with the giant black truck was backing into him. he slammed on the horn for 1-2 seconds. the guy kept coming and smashed into the back of our car. the driver of the truck didn't want us to call the cops, he didn't want us to go through insurance. He apologized and said he had heard the horn but didn't know what happened. since we were neighbors, he said he would pay for the damages. the next day we got 3 estimates ranging from $1700-$4500. He said we would have to go through the insurance, and that we should pay for the half of the damages because we backed into him at the same time. this was a blatant lie. he also changed his story and said we honked the horn after we were hit, which of course, makes no sense.
his insurance company sent us to get an estimate at their shop, and it was $2200. now they are saying the mexican guy that hit us is saying we backed into him, and they will only give us half of the estimated amount, and we would accept 50% of the responsibility, meaning that our insurance premiums would go up now as well.
we refused and said we would get our witnesses together. the insurance agent for the mexican guy is saying he suddenly has witnesses too.
i cannot believe this scummy guy with absolutely no damage to his truck is such a lying fool. how can we obtain his driving record? he wasn't even looking behind him when he was in reverse! he completely ignored the horn!
we refuse to accept any responsibility or cost for this accident, since it was entirely this mexican guy's fault. we don't know how to get the insurance company to believe us. i have photos of the truck after the accident, showing no damage. i have witnesses that heard the horn, then the crash. is there anything else i can do to get this settled fairly? is it worth it to get an attorney for 2k and a clean driving record?