My question involves a traffic accident in the State of: New York
My daughter (newly licensed ~6 months), accidentally backed into a parked car in a parking lot.
She pulled back into her spot, got out inspected both her car and the bumped car - and did not observe any obvious damage on either vehicle.
While she did not observe damage, she did leave a note providing her contact information.
A day and a half later, she received a call from the bumpee (leaving a message) indicating that her car had damage such that the rear door and exhaust was impacted.
At this point she has requested we call her back for proceeding with remediation. Now, we are not sure if the bumpee is trying to escalate damages to extract more from us/insurance or what. We have not contacted insurance or police at this point (and perhaps it's too late) and also, my daughter had her sister and a friend in the car with her as witnesses. At this point, not sure what recourse we have to remedy the situation. While we would be satisfied to pay for damages that were inline with the bump as witnessed, we do not want to be taken advantage of.
So, the question is... what obligation to we have to the bumpee if the bumpee is being dishonest and trying to extract more repairs than would be justified by the bump? Can we refuse to pay exorbitant amount if bumpee insists? Also, should we contact the police/insurance to inform them of the situation?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
My daughter (newly licensed ~6 months), accidentally backed into a parked car in a parking lot.
She pulled back into her spot, got out inspected both her car and the bumped car - and did not observe any obvious damage on either vehicle.
While she did not observe damage, she did leave a note providing her contact information.
A day and a half later, she received a call from the bumpee (leaving a message) indicating that her car had damage such that the rear door and exhaust was impacted.
At this point she has requested we call her back for proceeding with remediation. Now, we are not sure if the bumpee is trying to escalate damages to extract more from us/insurance or what. We have not contacted insurance or police at this point (and perhaps it's too late) and also, my daughter had her sister and a friend in the car with her as witnesses. At this point, not sure what recourse we have to remedy the situation. While we would be satisfied to pay for damages that were inline with the bump as witnessed, we do not want to be taken advantage of.
So, the question is... what obligation to we have to the bumpee if the bumpee is being dishonest and trying to extract more repairs than would be justified by the bump? Can we refuse to pay exorbitant amount if bumpee insists? Also, should we contact the police/insurance to inform them of the situation?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Hit-and-Run Accidents: Parking Lot Bump, Note Left, Bumper to Bumpee Obligations
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