Car Insurance/Accident info

[A1cntrler]

A coworker of mine has a Mid 80's Buick Regal. About a week ago, he rear-ended someone in a 2000 Expedition. There was no visible damage to the Expedition, and the bumper on the Regal got turned down a little, and a hole punched through some plastic above the bumper by the trailer hitch on the Expedition. This was a low speed hit (less than 15mph in traffic). The officer on the scene wrote that there was no damage to the Expedition in the report. Today at work my friend gets a call from his insurance company talking to him about a claim filed against him for the accident. Apparently the accident had somehow caused the sunroof in the Expedition to stop working, so the guy in the Expedition wants my friends insurance to pay for it. I think it sounds kind of strange. Is this even possible?? I don't want to see the guy get screwed over (he is just a young guy new to the Navy and doesn't make that much money!)

 

[EddieS'04]

I very doubt that...sounds like the guy is trying to get a free fix...some people are crooked like that...

I back into a old pick one time only busted my tail light, on his iron bumper.. he tried to claim I rolled his bumper down..it would have took another truck bumper like his to cause the damage he was claiming...

 

[Fer Echegaray]

The officer on the scene wrote that there was no damage to the Expedition in the report.

He has leverage there... And how can THEY demonstrate the sunroof was working before?:huh:

 

[WXMotorSports DecalsPartsAccs]

He has lots of leverage since he was rear ended. Does sound fishy but too hard to prove. Did the officer make sure all the components in the Expy were working correctly before he wrote down no damage?

 

[A1cntrler]

I think the driver in the Expedition that was rear ended agreed that there was no damage as well at the time. I tlaked to my friend today about it and it seems to be resolved. His insurance is going to bat for him about it, since the Expedition was not damaged, and there is no proof about the fact the roof was working before. His agent told him not to worry about it. Hopefully this will be the case.