by Forster » Mon Jan 20, 2014 2:03 pm
It doesn't matter what you felt. Maybe you have a big heavy vehicle? Perhaps he wasn't wearing a seat-belt? The fact that your vehicle had no damage and his had a fair amount suggests he had more of a jolt than you did.I've been in mild fender-benders where several necks got wrenched badly. There was plenty of pain and suffering, even though you could not see and blood spurting. Some people end up with life-long pain and bone-spurs from just a mild jostling. I'm sure if the situation were turned around, you'd want some compensation for the car damage and for pain and suffering and any time off work.Lawyers and insurance companies handle thousands of these cases every year- it's pretty hard to get much past them. If they guy went out dancing and bowling and bungee-jumping the next day they probably have pictures of that to show the jury. Ancient_Hacker 30 months ago