Q: I got in a small fender bender.
The other driver and i were on a 3 lane road and coming up on a work zone forcing traffic to move left leaving it two lanes. He was in the lane being forced to merge and i was in the center lane. There were entrances to a hotel on his side so i didnt think he was going to try and merge, i thought he was going to enter the hotel so i didnt move over. Well my front bumper was up to his driver side passenger door and i was in his blind spot and he started to merge. It wasnt a slow safe merge it was a quick merge. So he hits me we pull over call the police and get a crash report. I pay the deductible on my car and let the insurance handle it so i can get reimbursed. I mean he admitted to the cop it was his fault. So i get ahold of the insurance company 3 weeks later and they say they arent going to accept the claim right now because he says my lights werent on. He just decided to bring this up, when its not true, 3 weeks after the incident and im out $1000. My vehicle has 24/7 running li
A: Let your insurance handle it --they will get the deductible back for you. If you were hurt contact a member of the Va.TrialLawyers Assn--they give free consults.
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