Accidents are called accidents because they are just that; accidents. Otherwise they would be called “on purposes”. The accident might be your fault in the eyes of the law but you certainly did not mean to do it. But now that you have caused an accident and you have been sued for what seems like an incredibly large amount of money, what do you do?
This discussion is on the assumption that you have a valid policy of automobile insurance in place at the time of the accident. If you did not have a valid policy of insurance in place at the time of the accident, you could very well be in some significant financial trouble. However, that is not our discussion today.
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