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joie
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joie asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 7 years ago

I was hit by a side view mirror on a lady's van. What can I do about it?

A lady driver & I were exchanging words. She suddenly, without warning, put her van in reverse & her driver side view mirror hit my left breast so hard it turn me 1/2 way around. I called out to her that she hit my breast. She wouldn't even look at me but kept shouting "Liar!" I went to the side of her car (not very close) & kept telling her I was hurt. I saw the mirror had turned in from the hit & I pointed this out to her. I kept saying to her to look at the mirror & how bent it was. She just drove off. I packed myself with ice for several hrs. The longer I go the more sore this becomes & I can hardly take a deep breath or lift my arm (I can but not without pain) & I have a hard time extending my arm out. Do I need to make a police report. I have the ladies name but she was driving her mother-in-laws van. Do I have to find out all this information or will the police be able to look it up. Do I put a claim into their auto insurance to help me get help with medical so I can get checked out in more detail. Thank you for your help in this matter.

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  • 7 years ago
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    1) You need to call the police and get a police report.

    2) You need to get the police to give you her auto insurance information. Don't try to do this yourself with someone obviously unhinged. Let the police do it.

    3) Submit medical claims to that insurance company along with the police report. They can figure out whether the auto owner is responsible or not.

    My friend's husband was hit by a pickup truck's side mirror when he was riding his bike (in the bike lane). He has a permanent head injury that has left him severely disabled. It's not a joke to hit someone with your car mirror.

  • 7 years ago

    If there are no witnesses willing to come forward and support your story then you got a case of I SAID, SHE SAID. it is not going to get you anywhere. If you feel you must do something, then go file a police report and go to the hospital and get your injuries documented.

  • 7 years ago

    I would say go to the hospital. You can call the police. The police will send you to the hospital.

  • Kim
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    Go on the Yahoo site that's for Law, especially in the US, if that's where it happened.

    This is the I-m-m-I-g-r-a-t-I-o-n Topic Forum.

  • 7 years ago

    yell at her

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