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Parking lot incident in GA (Accidents & Personal Injury Law)

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:02:00 GMT

What is the name of your state? GA (Georgia)
Scenerio: I was at a dealership, private property, in the parking lot. I was backing my car out of the parking space when I hit another car's front bumper. I had only back out for about 2 feet, the other car driver was in his car at the time. Seeing that it was my fault, I agreed to pay for the damages(the other car wants to replace the entire front bumper). I can't really say that this was entirely my fault as he was parking there. We did not call the police, we worked this out between us.
Damages: about a cantaloupe size, 3 inch, indention on the driver's side of the front bumper.
Aftermath: after calming down and thinking through the incident, I felt that i reacted too quickly and made some big mistakes.
Questions:
1. What is the law concerning this type of incident?
2. Was I even obligated for the damages?
3. What did I do wrong?
4. Could I have done something differently?
I will payout this person, but I want to learn from this experience with people inputs, so that if this ever happens again, I would better handle it.
Thank you in advance.

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  • Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:54:00 GMT(1)
  • I read that you might have some question as to the true damages. Are you questioning if the other car's bumper really needs to be completely replaced, and if it could, instead, be easily repaired at less expense. No?
  • Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:36:00 GMT(2)
  • You hit a parked car. It's entirely your responsibility, regardless of where the other car was parked.
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