westerberg
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Pennsylvania
I was involved in an accident about two weeks ago in which a drunk driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee rearended my car as I was waiting to make a left turn across oncoming traffic. The force of the collision (he was doing 40-50 mph by my estimate) propelled my much smaller car into oncoming traffic where it collided with a third car. The drunk driver fled the scene in his Jeep but was apprehended a short time later and charged with DUI. I was not injured, nor, to my knowledge, were any of the other participants in the accident. My car was quite severely damaged, as you might imagine, not drivable, and I would expect the other driver's insurance company to pronounce it a 'total' and simply cut me a check for its blue book value.
However, yesterday someone whose opinions I generally respect told me that the violence of the accident and the fact that the other driver was apparently drunk would work in my favor in terms of financial compensation. Is there any truth to this, and what can I expect from the at-fault driver's insurance company?
I was involved in an accident about two weeks ago in which a drunk driver in a Jeep Grand Cherokee rearended my car as I was waiting to make a left turn across oncoming traffic. The force of the collision (he was doing 40-50 mph by my estimate) propelled my much smaller car into oncoming traffic where it collided with a third car. The drunk driver fled the scene in his Jeep but was apprehended a short time later and charged with DUI. I was not injured, nor, to my knowledge, were any of the other participants in the accident. My car was quite severely damaged, as you might imagine, not drivable, and I would expect the other driver's insurance company to pronounce it a 'total' and simply cut me a check for its blue book value.
However, yesterday someone whose opinions I generally respect told me that the violence of the accident and the fact that the other driver was apparently drunk would work in my favor in terms of financial compensation. Is there any truth to this, and what can I expect from the at-fault driver's insurance company?