Verbotenlaand
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What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? Massachusetts
I was in an auto accident involving myself and two other cars. We were all travelling in the same direction on a three-lane highway. The left lane was a "left turn only" lane. When a car in that lane suddenly decided not to turn left, he swerved over one lane to the right. A car travelling in that lane swerved out of the way, then hit me, driving in the far right lane.
The car that caused the series of events did not make contact with any other car, and had no damage. The only contact made was between that second vehicle, and mine. All three of us pulled over briefly to exchange info, but the police werent called, because it wasn't safe where we were on the street, and no one was injured...and the car damage wasn't serious.
I do not have collision coverage on my insurance (because my car is old), so I tried to recover from the person who hit me. His insurance co. said that although he hit me, he wasn't at fault. I agreed that he wasn't at fault, but thought that it would then be up to his insurance co to recover damages from the first car that caused the accident.
I basically ended up getting denied from both party's insurance companies, even though this damage wasn't my fault.
What type of action should I take at this point? It seems like determining who is at fault should be a matter of precident, because this same scenario must happen all the time. It shouldn't just be a subjective opinion based on a biased insurance company. What is the law, and what can I do to recover? Please help...thanks!
I was in an auto accident involving myself and two other cars. We were all travelling in the same direction on a three-lane highway. The left lane was a "left turn only" lane. When a car in that lane suddenly decided not to turn left, he swerved over one lane to the right. A car travelling in that lane swerved out of the way, then hit me, driving in the far right lane.
The car that caused the series of events did not make contact with any other car, and had no damage. The only contact made was between that second vehicle, and mine. All three of us pulled over briefly to exchange info, but the police werent called, because it wasn't safe where we were on the street, and no one was injured...and the car damage wasn't serious.
I do not have collision coverage on my insurance (because my car is old), so I tried to recover from the person who hit me. His insurance co. said that although he hit me, he wasn't at fault. I agreed that he wasn't at fault, but thought that it would then be up to his insurance co to recover damages from the first car that caused the accident.
I basically ended up getting denied from both party's insurance companies, even though this damage wasn't my fault.
What type of action should I take at this point? It seems like determining who is at fault should be a matter of precident, because this same scenario must happen all the time. It shouldn't just be a subjective opinion based on a biased insurance company. What is the law, and what can I do to recover? Please help...thanks!