Q: Car accident, no injuries, car value ~$3,500. Insurance declines claim. Is it even close to economical to hire a lawyer.
Crash at an intersection. Police Report info seems very clear. Says under human factors of the accident for the other driver “failed to yield right of way” and “disregard of traffic signal. Has a statement from a witness saying the other driver pulled into intersection while my son(driving my car) was going through on a green light.
Insurance company says:
1) Their driver disputes the account on the police report. Says my son was driving very fast and erratic had hit median before the intersection losing control.
2) While the report has a witness statement it doesn’t list a name or phone number just “a witness said x happened”. The insurance company says since they cannot talk to the witness they have to ignore anything they said on the police report.
3) They said they looked at details of the damage to the cars and based on damage location their driver had control of the intersection.
A: Yes. It is. You may also have a bad faith claim against the insurance company if they are wrongfully denying coverage.
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