What is the name of your state?california
my 11 year old & her best friend were riding their bikes to school and her friend was hit by a driver exiting an apartment driveway. This apt complex sits about 200 feet from the elementary school (a vacant field between). My daughter saw car approaching sidewalk and noticed the driver was looking the other way for oncoming traffic to make a right turn. My daughter passed the car and immediately turned around to see the driver, still looking for oncoming traffic, accelerate & hit her friend , breaking handlebar off bike and throwing her friend into the street. Her friend was dazed, but alert enough to immediately jump out of path of oncoming traffic. She was scraped up and shaken, actually both girls were. The driver who hit her was of course shaken, but she left before i or the girls mother could even arrive at site (within 15 minutes). She said she would replace the bike, but never did, never called to check on condition of girl and has filed a claim on her insurance to repair her car. This happend back in February - they offered a settlement of $500.00 - I have a few problems with this
1. Girl has no medical insurance - her mother took her to a urgent care center- everything physically ok. but her daughter says she does not want to ride bikes anymore and has to pass by the scene for 2 more years everyday she goes to school. My daughter was more affected by the "sound" of the collision and worries about all the children that must pass by this driveway so close to the school. The girl also asked her mother why the lady never even called or replaced her bike, asking "is this something everyone goes through in childhood"
This errant driver has affected 2 lives with her careless behavior and non-challent attitude of a life altering incident. I advised my friend to tell the adjuster that she should be paid $4,500 - is this outrageous in comparison to the long term affects of this incident?
my 11 year old & her best friend were riding their bikes to school and her friend was hit by a driver exiting an apartment driveway. This apt complex sits about 200 feet from the elementary school (a vacant field between). My daughter saw car approaching sidewalk and noticed the driver was looking the other way for oncoming traffic to make a right turn. My daughter passed the car and immediately turned around to see the driver, still looking for oncoming traffic, accelerate & hit her friend , breaking handlebar off bike and throwing her friend into the street. Her friend was dazed, but alert enough to immediately jump out of path of oncoming traffic. She was scraped up and shaken, actually both girls were. The driver who hit her was of course shaken, but she left before i or the girls mother could even arrive at site (within 15 minutes). She said she would replace the bike, but never did, never called to check on condition of girl and has filed a claim on her insurance to repair her car. This happend back in February - they offered a settlement of $500.00 - I have a few problems with this
1. Girl has no medical insurance - her mother took her to a urgent care center- everything physically ok. but her daughter says she does not want to ride bikes anymore and has to pass by the scene for 2 more years everyday she goes to school. My daughter was more affected by the "sound" of the collision and worries about all the children that must pass by this driveway so close to the school. The girl also asked her mother why the lady never even called or replaced her bike, asking "is this something everyone goes through in childhood"
This errant driver has affected 2 lives with her careless behavior and non-challent attitude of a life altering incident. I advised my friend to tell the adjuster that she should be paid $4,500 - is this outrageous in comparison to the long term affects of this incident?