SheilaC910
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Iowa.
On the 24th of Feb. my husband was in an auto accident. It was during our first blizzard and the roads were ice and snow covered. He was hit at an intersection. My hubby didn't have a stop sign. The 23 yr old kid that hit him did. The kid hit him in the back drivers side panel which made my husband fishtail into a park auto and pinball back across the street into a business' yard. Our car was totaled. The kid admitted to the police he had been drinking but his sobriety tests were inconclusive. He got cited for not yielding to the stop sign and not having a valid drivers license (it's expired). The kid was also driving his grandmothers car and is on her insurance policy. He outright lied to our adjuster that his license was suspended. But the cops have confirmed it’s only expired. We also have found out that this is the third ticket for not yielding to a stop sign he’s received in a 12 month period.. And the day after the accident got another ticket for not having a valid license.
My husband wants to take him to small claims court to try and get our down payment back on the car. Our car was only 8 months old and had only 2947 miles on it at the time of the accident. My husband is wondering if he can add granny to the small claim since it was her car and her insurance policy that the kid was driving under? He feels she was negligent for letting him drive the car with out a valid license. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
On the 24th of Feb. my husband was in an auto accident. It was during our first blizzard and the roads were ice and snow covered. He was hit at an intersection. My hubby didn't have a stop sign. The 23 yr old kid that hit him did. The kid hit him in the back drivers side panel which made my husband fishtail into a park auto and pinball back across the street into a business' yard. Our car was totaled. The kid admitted to the police he had been drinking but his sobriety tests were inconclusive. He got cited for not yielding to the stop sign and not having a valid drivers license (it's expired). The kid was also driving his grandmothers car and is on her insurance policy. He outright lied to our adjuster that his license was suspended. But the cops have confirmed it’s only expired. We also have found out that this is the third ticket for not yielding to a stop sign he’s received in a 12 month period.. And the day after the accident got another ticket for not having a valid license.
My husband wants to take him to small claims court to try and get our down payment back on the car. Our car was only 8 months old and had only 2947 miles on it at the time of the accident. My husband is wondering if he can add granny to the small claim since it was her car and her insurance policy that the kid was driving under? He feels she was negligent for letting him drive the car with out a valid license. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.