If a driver hit you in the company car can you sue the company’s insurance company and the drivers insurance company as well.
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If a driver hit you in the company car can you sue the company’s insurance company and the drivers insurance company as well.
If a driver hit you in the company car can you sue the company’s insurance
company and the drivers insurance company as well. I was hit from behind by a
driver at night driving a company car. I wanted to sue his company and his personal
insurance companies with physical and or legal in Virginia
Asked on May 2, 2017 under Accident Law, Virginia
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
You don't sue insurance companies (not unless it was an insurance company employee who ran into you)--you sue the at-fault driver, the owner of the vehicle, and the driver's employer, if he or she was driving for work. In this case, that's sue the driver and sue the company he/she worked for and which owned the company car, too. The car owner can be liable since a vehicle's owner is liable when somone who it permits to use the car is at fault; and an employer is liable for the careless acts of its employees done during work--there are therefore two different grounds to hold the company liable.
Again, though, you don't sue the insurers: the insurers have no obligation directly to you, and so you have no basis to sue them. Their obligation is to defend and, if necessary, pay for, their insureds, who are the people/businesses you will sue.
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