Who is at fault when you are on the wrong side of the parking lot and a car backs into you? |
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This is sticky, because the argument could be made, had you not been driving in the wrong direction you wouldn't have been there thus the accident wouldn't have happened.. however, and agrument could also be made, what if it had been a child walking? I'm guessing since you were going the wrong direction the backing driver didn't even look in that direction. Were I handling this claim with this small amount of info, the backing driver would still bare the brunt of the liablity decision, the backing party is held to a higher degree of care when backing. I would probably assess you with some negliegence, for going the wrong way 10-25%.....
First answer by Mama lori. Last edit by Mama lori. Contributor trust: 295 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 29 [recommend question]
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