What can I do if someone has not paid car accident damages? 44 Answers as of February 21, 2012

Submit the estimate to her ins company or go through yours if you have coverage.

It depends on the amount of damages. If less than $7,500 you can take her to Small Claims Court. If over $7,500 you must file a lawsuit in Superior Court and may need an attorney. If you know the other person's insurance company, contact them directly and make a claim.

You should contact her insurance company and get them involved.

First, report the accident to the other driver's insurance company. Hopefully, not too much time has elapsed which would preclude you from getting compensated for the damage to your vehicle. Secondly, you should retain and consult with an attorney who handles motor vehicle accidents

Make a claim against her insurance immediately.

Tell her you are going to file a small claim if not paid in 10 days, then file on the morning of the 11th day so she will know you mean business small claim limit in NC is $5000

You may be able to submit the claim through your own insurance company and let them go after her and/or her insurance company for repayment.
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File a lawsuit against her. Which court you file in (small claims, district or circuit) depends on the amount of damages.

Submit it through your insurance company if you have collision insurance and if not, then hire an attorney to sue her. Good luck.

You can call her insurance company (it should be listed on the police report) or sue her - if the damages are $5000 or less you can go through small claims.

Turn it over to her insurance company. You are also entitled to loss of use damages as well. Ie- rental car. You are the victim here. Move quickly.

File a claim with her insurance.

Depending on the value you can bring her to small claims court. If the amount of damage is higher you can sue her in the regular court.

Go through the insurance company. It is why we all pay the big bucks to our auto insurance companies. For whatever faults they may have, the insurance companies have a system in place for dealing with claims and they have the resources to handle accident claims properly. It is always a bad idea to not go through the insurance company. In fact, the law in most states requires that motorists exchange insurance information at the scene of an accident. So, if it is not too late, insist that you go through her insurance. If she refuses, then your recourse is to file a claim against her in the small claims court and sit around and wait for the hearing.

I recommend contacting her insurance. If she did not give you insurance information, you can and should complete a traffic accident report with DMV. They will send a request for information from her so you can get her insurance information. The longer you wait the more complicated it can become.

Report it to your insurance company and have your car repaired. They will seek reimbursement from the at-fault party.

File a claim against her insurance company if you have the information. If you don't get satisfaction from her, tell her you will proceed with filing a lawsuit and contacting the insurance company.

You should notify her insurer. If you don't have that information, you should make a written demand for payment, and if she doesn't pay up, you will need to sue her for your damages.

You could file a claim with her insurance or your own. Otherwise, you would need to go through small claims court or your county district court.

You can give it to your insurance company and they will pursue her or you can sue her in small claims. I would give it to your insurance company. If they recover from her, they will reimburse your deductible. This is no know on your insurance since you are not at fault.

Contact her and ask for her insurance information. If she will not give it to you, contact the Department of Motor Vehicles, or Department of Public Safety and report that someone hit you and has not paid property damages. It may be helpful to have the green form called an FR-10 that the police officer should have given you. If you get the run around with the DMV and the Department of Public Safety, call the officer who wrote the report. If a driver causes an accident and does not pay the property damage, the DMV will suspend their license until they pay.

Contact the Florida insurance commissioner who will identify her insurance company and then you can make your claimor, if you have comprehensive coverage on your policy, claim against your insurance company who will then seek reimbursement from her company.

If you know who she is and where she lives, you can file suit against her in small claims. If she didn't report it to her insurance company she might have waived her coverage (which will make it much more difficult to collect). Be careful though, if you were injured in the accident a small claims suit that doesn't cover your personal injuries will waive your claim for them.

If a police report was filed; the officer should have gotten her insurance information. Contact the woman; tell her that if you don't receive a check in 5 days; you are going to call her insurance company. And then do it.

You can either contact her insurance company yourself and try to be compensated that way, or you can bring a lawsuit against her for the damages. You could probably handle this in small claims court, depending on the amount of damage. Another option is contacting your own insurance company if you carried collision insurance.

Many people try to get out of paying for damages by telling you they will pay for everything if you don't report the claim, but then they just put you off and hope you will not pursue anything further. The other party may not have extra money to pay for the damage. I would contact a local attorney immediately and also put a claim in to the insurance company so you can get your vehicle fixed.

You need to sue her. Then, get a judgment and you can try to take here driver's license for failing to have insurance to pay for your damage.

Assuming the other driver provided the police officer with her insurance information, you should contact that insurance company.

Advise her that if she fails to resolve your property damage claim, you'll file suit against her. If you must file suit, once she is served with the complaint and summons, she will notify her insurance company and request that it defend and indemnify her.

Tell her you will be filing a claim in small claims court.

Sue her.

You should now sue her!