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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I actually had to deal with an insurance claim filed against one of our fleet vehicles, which was hit by a car backing out of a stall. The insurance adjuster told us that in parking accidents the fault is usually with the vehicle on the left as they should yield to the vehicle on the right, even if there is a STOP sign installed by the property owner! Exceptions are made when both vehicles back out at the same time, in which cases the fault and damages are split 50-50.
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That's not they way I understand it at all in that situation. If a person is backing out of their stall and hit someone traveling past them, the person backing out is charged 100%
Why they put the onus on the person that can see the least is beyone me though.