If I got into an auto accident with a driver of an uninsured rental car, what is my best option to get payment for the damage to my car?

If I got into an auto accident with a driver of an uninsured rental car, what is my best option to get payment for the damage to my car?

I called the police on the spot. When the police officer got there he determined that it was the other driver’s fault. He wrote up the report and we exchanged information. The next day I called the other driver’s insurance company to make a claim but they told me that they did not insure the vehicle that the other party was driving. It was a rental. The rental company told me that they did not insure the car either. The rental company was told that the other driver’s insurance had coverage for rentals. I got an estimate on my car from the body shop for $1800.

Asked on August 2, 2014 under Accident Law, Texas

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