What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state?
Minnesota
I was hit while backing out of a parking spot. I was completely backed out of my spot in a parking lot. The other driver tried to stop but there was ice/snow on the parking lot surface and he slide about 5 or 6 feet eventually hitting the back passenger side of my car. I had no insurance at the time of the accident. The other driver is now claiming that I backed out into him. His insurance company is claiming that he had "possession of the lane". He was in a hurry at the time of the accident because he was late for somewhere that he was supposed to be. He said this on the way out of work (which is where we were both leaving at the time of the accident). His insurance company wants me to pay them for that damages done to his car. I told them that there was no way that I would do that because the other driver hit me and this accident was not my fault. My question is am I really responsible for the damages to his car even though he hit me. I know that Minnesota is a no-fault state and everyone else that I have asked tells me that we are each responsible for our own damages. Please help me, I want to know my rights. I know that I should of had insurance but that does not mean that I am responsible for his damages when it was his fault right??
Minnesota
I was hit while backing out of a parking spot. I was completely backed out of my spot in a parking lot. The other driver tried to stop but there was ice/snow on the parking lot surface and he slide about 5 or 6 feet eventually hitting the back passenger side of my car. I had no insurance at the time of the accident. The other driver is now claiming that I backed out into him. His insurance company is claiming that he had "possession of the lane". He was in a hurry at the time of the accident because he was late for somewhere that he was supposed to be. He said this on the way out of work (which is where we were both leaving at the time of the accident). His insurance company wants me to pay them for that damages done to his car. I told them that there was no way that I would do that because the other driver hit me and this accident was not my fault. My question is am I really responsible for the damages to his car even though he hit me. I know that Minnesota is a no-fault state and everyone else that I have asked tells me that we are each responsible for our own damages. Please help me, I want to know my rights. I know that I should of had insurance but that does not mean that I am responsible for his damages when it was his fault right??