Walk It Through: The Fender Bender
Stop and give the information, a felony with injury, and the nearest agency when no officer is near.
A driver sideswipes a car in a parking garage, and its driver is standing beside it.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One sideswipe, one pedestrian and one parked car. Insurance, a civil claim, and the officer's report are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.