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Poor piggy in the middle?

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  • 14-08-2007 5:20pm
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    Blitzkrieger
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    Was talking to one of the lads earlier about a 3-car accident situation :

    Car A rear-ends car B, pushing B forward into C. Now we all know car B is responsible for the damage to car C, but what can car B claim off car A? Can car B claim for the damage done to the front of his car? Can car B claim for the cost of car C's claim?


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    crosstownk
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    Blitzkrieger wrote:

    Can car B claim for the damage done to the front of his car? Can car B claim for the cost of car C's claim?

    AFAIK the answers are both yes - the claims just follow down the chain - ultimately it was, after all, car A's fault. I'm sure in reality it could end up being somewhat more complicated.
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    Stephen
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    I was led to believe that Car A would be liable for all the damage.


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    mike65
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    I thought each crasher sued the guy behind them, if you're the last in line - tough!

    Mike.


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    Blitzkrieger
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    I thought car A would say to car B : "It's not my fault you were too close to car C - I'm only paying for the damage to the rear"?


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    Atomic Pineapple
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    Blitzkrieger wrote:
    I thought car A would say to car B : "It's not my fault you were too close to car C - I'm only paying for the damage to the rear"?


    can depend on witness's, how long skid marks are etc.... car b could say that he was far enough away from car c but that car a was travelling too fast and pushed him further than he would have at the speed limit.

    car a will ultimately pay the costs of the lot


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    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    In the specific case I was wondering about, car C had to make an emergency stop to avoid car D, who stopped at a green light for no good reason. Car B then had to make an emergency stop to avoid car C. Car A must not have been paying attention or was going too fast and hit the back of car B.

    TBH, I'd love to see car D get hit with half the bill but he drove off oblivious to what happened behind him. Has anybody here actually been in this situation? How did it work out?


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