In MN, if you get into a three car rear end pile up, at a red light, are you only responsible for the car in front of you?
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In MN, if you get into a three car rear end pile up, at a red light, are you only responsible for the car in front of you?
Teenager bumped into cars at a red light. No air bags went off. 1 hit 2 hit 3 hit 4. It was the teenagers fault but will he have to play for all the other cars, or is it their fault for rear ending them by not stopping far enough away?
Asked on April 27, 2009 under Accident Law, Minnesota
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
This is so heavily dependent on the facts that it's impossible to give an answer.
The general rule is the driver of the car who hits someone from the rear is responsible. The car should not be following so closely and at a rate of speed he or she could not stop.
Obviously if the car in front was backing up the general rule goes out the window.
There will be multiple claims by the parties. Hopefully each has liability insurance.
In most cases the car in the rear will be held responsible for he damage to the car immediately in front, but in multiple car pile-ups sometimes the cars in the rear are tagged for additional damage to the cars further ahead.
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