so I was rear ended about a month ago at an intersection where the lights were off (not flashing red, just completely off), and everybody was treating it as a 4 way stop. I was waitin for the other people to pass before makin my move, when i hear a giant screech and a loud thud, and voila, I've got a permanently closed trunk. I drive a compact car (98 chevy prizm/toyota corolla same thing), and he was in a jeep.
So anyway I got his info, contacted his insurance and am trying to get this resolved. I told them what happened and he was contacted and he told them as well, and whaddaya know....He says I backed up into him from the intersection instead of him screeching to a halt right into my bumper.
Right now they're going to review pictures that an authorized repair shop took, but apparently they said that if I have damage, and he doesn't (which he claims he doesn't) it supports his claim that I backed up into him. Does that really make any sense?
Anyway I called my insurance just yesterday but my agent wasn't in so I just left him a message describing the situation. I think I should have done this at the start but I've never been hit before and I thought the usual thing was to just get this shit taken care of by the other guys's insurance, since they're (should be) liable to pay after all, but I didn't take into account that they are still representing their insured, and will probably try to do everything to help things go his way.
Does anybody have any experience with this sort of thing and can give any advice on what to do, or how to argue this? I'm waiting for a response from them sometime next week to see what they say after reviewing the photos.
So anyway I got his info, contacted his insurance and am trying to get this resolved. I told them what happened and he was contacted and he told them as well, and whaddaya know....He says I backed up into him from the intersection instead of him screeching to a halt right into my bumper.
Right now they're going to review pictures that an authorized repair shop took, but apparently they said that if I have damage, and he doesn't (which he claims he doesn't) it supports his claim that I backed up into him. Does that really make any sense?
Anyway I called my insurance just yesterday but my agent wasn't in so I just left him a message describing the situation. I think I should have done this at the start but I've never been hit before and I thought the usual thing was to just get this shit taken care of by the other guys's insurance, since they're (should be) liable to pay after all, but I didn't take into account that they are still representing their insured, and will probably try to do everything to help things go his way.
Does anybody have any experience with this sort of thing and can give any advice on what to do, or how to argue this? I'm waiting for a response from them sometime next week to see what they say after reviewing the photos.