Passenger in car crash
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Bit of an odd one, my friends girlfriend who is pregnant was a passenger in a car that was hit up the arse last week, nothing major but she had to take a couple of days off work to get the once over, few aches and pains, the usual stuff. She has lost a bit of money over this and obviously wants it back, she is not after thousands I might add, probably a couple of hundred.
This is where it gets tricky, the driver of her car won't give her the details of the car that hit them, they have obviously done a cash deal for the repair of her car. Friends girlfriend says fine then you pay my wages but still gets rebuffed.
Since she is being so awkward can my friends girlfriend claim of the insurance of the car she was in.
This is where it gets tricky, the driver of her car won't give her the details of the car that hit them, they have obviously done a cash deal for the repair of her car. Friends girlfriend says fine then you pay my wages but still gets rebuffed.
Since she is being so awkward can my friends girlfriend claim of the insurance of the car she was in.
Devil2575 said:
From my understanding of how it works your friend can indeed claim off the insurance of the car she was in.
Indeed she can which would be amusing.If she has the registration of the other vehicle she can obtain the Insurers details here for a small fee www.askmid.com she could also use this to obtain her friends Insurance details.
If there was an injury the police may be involved in which case they would have the other drivers details
dacouch said:
Devil2575 said:
From my understanding of how it works your friend can indeed claim off the insurance of the car she was in.
Indeed she can which would be amusing.If she has the registration of the other vehicle she can obtain the Insurers details here for a small fee www.askmid.com she could also use this to obtain her friends Insurance details.
If there was an injury the police may be involved in which case they would have the other drivers details
If it was me I'd probably just let it blow over, but on the other hand some people just need a lesson teaching to them the hard way.
If the friends driver won't give details of his insurer or the other car, then I'd make it clear to him that you're going to report the matter to the police and that he'll then likely be "done" for failing to report an accident where there's an injury. The police are likely to interview him and he will have to give them the info which they should pass on to you as the injured party and you can take it from there. BTW your claim is against your friend's insurer, not the other cars insurer. Who's to blame is not for you to decide, it's your friend's insurer or the police.
I would guess he's being reticent because he doesn't want it to affect his NCD. that's not your concern, you've been injured while a passenger in his car and he'd liable for your losses.
I would guess he's being reticent because he doesn't want it to affect his NCD. that's not your concern, you've been injured while a passenger in his car and he'd liable for your losses.
stuart313 said:
I think it was another woman driving, she was giving her a lift to work as she does most mornings. Not sure of the gender of the car that actually hit the aggrieved car though, but if I had to guess I'd say that was a woman too.
Is she expecting to get a lift in future? Did she contribute costs for the lift?She can claim off the insurance of either car. That'll leave them to argue it out amongst themselves. I'm assuming she can get the details of the insurance of the car she was in. All she needs is the registration number as above and head off to any No Win, No Fee solicitor.
She'll get her wages and other defined lossed plus around £1600 for the standard whiplash that the NWNF sols will find out she had, after a trip to their friendly medical company.
She'll get her wages and other defined lossed plus around £1600 for the standard whiplash that the NWNF sols will find out she had, after a trip to their friendly medical company.
stuart313 said:
Bit of an odd one, my friends girlfriend who is pregnant was a passenger in a car that was hit up the arse last week, nothing major but she had to take a couple of days off work to get the once over, few aches and pains, the usual stuff. She has lost a bit of money over this and obviously wants it back, she is not after thousands I might add, probably a couple of hundred.
This is where it gets tricky, the driver of her car won't give her the details of the car that hit them, they have obviously done a cash deal for the repair of her car. Friends girlfriend says fine then you pay my wages but still gets rebuffed.
Since she is being so awkward can my friends girlfriend claim of the insurance of the car she was in.
Tell the twonk that (s)he better hand over the details because if (s)he doesn't then her injuries claim company will be chasing them.This is where it gets tricky, the driver of her car won't give her the details of the car that hit them, they have obviously done a cash deal for the repair of her car. Friends girlfriend says fine then you pay my wages but still gets rebuffed.
Since she is being so awkward can my friends girlfriend claim of the insurance of the car she was in.
Edited by Martin4x4 on Friday 13th February 19:18
stuart313 said:
Because its a given that if you feel unwell then its straight to the docs or hospital. I would have carried on working with a sore shoulder or arm or whatever and suffered no loss.
Yes but us blokes do tend to ignore things and keep on going until our wives finally nag us into going to see a doctor.stuart313 said:
dxg said:
What does the fact that she is pregnant have to do with anything?
Because its a given that if you feel unwell then its straight to the docs or hospital. I would have carried on working with a sore shoulder or arm or whatever and suffered no loss.Forums | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff