Who is responsible for damage to my neighbor's car done by my son's friend's car?
Full Question:
My son's friend parked in my driveway, cause he ran out of gas. While he walked to the nearest gas station to get gas, his car was left in neutral and rolled down the driveway into the street, hitting my neighbors car that was parked across the street. When he got back, my neighbor asked the kid to exchange information as my neighbor was on the phone with the police. The kid asked my neighbor if they could just exchange information without the police involvement. and of course you can't do that cause it happened on city streets. Unfortunately, the kid made it look like he was getting the information out of his car, when he just drove off. Do I have responsibility to this matter? I'm sorry it happened to my neighbor's car, but my son really didn't know him that well. He just happened to use my driveway.
09/19/2007 |
Category: Civil Actions |
State: Ohio |
#8870
Answer:
I am prohibited from giving a legal opinion. Auto accidents are typically paid for by the owner or authorized operator of the vehicle causing the damage or their insurance company. An unrelated property owner of property on which a vehicle later causing damage is parked will likely need to be shown at fault in some manner for the damage to be attributed to the property owner.
