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Walk It Through: The Dent in the Parking Lot

An empty car with a crumpled door, a note under the wiper, and a report at $1,000 of damage.

Backing out at the grocery store, a driver crumples the door of a parked car with no one in it.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A parking lot crash with an empty car and no one hurt. An injury crash, a crash with a moving vehicle, and the insurance claim afterward are left out.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.