I put this here instead of GQ, 'cos I’m not really looking for a legal definition of responsibility, but more of a “what would you do” response.
A friend of mine has recently acquired a nice ass shaped dent in the rear quarter panel of her car. It’s not too bad, could probably be plungered out fairly cheaply, but she has limited finances.
When I asked how it happened, she told me that she’d met this guy at a club, and they went back to her place. After “fooling around” for a bit inside, she walked him back out to his car, which was parked next to hers, and things got a little heated. Next thing you know, both she and the car got banged.
I suggested that she get an estimate to repair the damage, and ask him to split it with her.
LMAO!
If I was the guy, I wouldn’t pay. It’s cosmetic, and doesn’t affect the functioning of the car. If I had participated in some kind of damage that caused the car not to run, well, that’s different.
But this is more an accident that’s not anybodies fault, with no real handicap resulting for anyone.
If it was a “one-nighter” maybe she can claim it was a hit and run.
Seriously, it’s also possible that his home owners ins. policy might pay for the damage. The kid across the street fell off of his bike onto my neighbors car and put a big dent and scratch on it. Their home owners ins. paid for the repairs.
Joey G, maybe you just don’t have enough mass. Remember, you can’t drive a spike with a tack hammer!
No merge, she’s not fat. Ass a matter of fact, she’s got a smokin’ body…and the car is a Honda, I believe…to tell you the truth, my attention wasn’t totally focused on the car when I was out there looking at it.
She’s got a $250 deductable on her insurance, and I’m thinking it probably will cost that or a bit more to fix, so it’d prolly be best to leave the insurance company out of it.
Man! Tell me the car was in the garage. I can just imagine waking up to the sound of my neighbors going at it - what a show. Wait a sec, my neighbors are hideous…
:: slinks into the corner to cry ::
I think in the case of a rear-end collision, the driver is always at fault.
A gentleman would certainly offer to help make good on the car repairs, but given the circumstances, it’s difficult to judge the guy’s character. So I suppose your friend could use this as a metric for whether the guy is a keeper or not. Always assuming that she ever sees him again.
