i'm getting sued

Was there a police report filed when the car was stolen? With that in hand, you should be fine. If not, then by not pressing charges you could be construed as tacitly giving the 15 year old permission for his "rampage".

(Not a lawyer, just spent a lot of time in court.)

What a bullshit case.

Any attorney fresh out of law school should be able to beat that. The only way I can figure you'd be remotely liable is if there's some part of the story we're not hearing.

I'm certainly not suggesting anything, but if you or your daughter provided alcohol that the dumbass kid drank, or your daughter handed him the keys and said "here, take it for a ride" or something like that.

As a side note, I had a 10 year old Mazda Protege when I was 17...I had a 86 Pontiac Sunfire stationwagon. I pimped that no airconditioned, no radio, overheating, oil burning POS for almost 2 years!

GM D, Whats your 17 year old doing driving a Lexus?

I had a 86 Pontiac Sunfire stationwagon.

GM D, Whats your 17 year old doing driving a Lexus?

Wow, you owned the ONLY one in existence. :Flush:



That was my first thought too...if you gave her a crap car like a 17 year-old deserves, no one would want to steal it.

Not to try to blame you or doubt your daughter, but are you SURE she had just fallen asleep and had her purse invaded? Why was she sleeping with other people still awake? Not that the punk kid has any defense for leading the cops on a chase and crashing someone else's car, but maybe his story was that she gave him the keys, thus making her involved and making you the agent because she's a minor.

I'm also just trying to figure out how you could possibly be blamed and sued for this.

You should be OK. I'm in the insurance business and can only comment on how it would be handled here in Va and not in Pa as I think that is where you live. In Va. that would be a theft claim which is not a chargable loss. You need to foward this to your Insurance Co. and chance are they will tell them to go jump in a lake. Then the aty. will probably just decide its not worth persuing. If they do just let the Ins co handle the case. Laws vary from state to state but I just don't se how you could be held liable for this loss sense the car was reported as stolen. I hope you reported the car as stolen?

Wow, you owned the ONLY one in existence. :Flush:



. Sunbird.....sorry.

http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/pictures/1986_Pontiac_Sunbird.jpg

Sunbird.....sorry.

http://www.stationwagon.com/gallery/pictures/1986_Pontiac_Sunbird.jpg

Man, what a nice car. Wow.

Let us know how it all goes down dmek. Best of luck.

thanks, and i just talked to my lawyer. he seems to think its a waste of time. hopefully, he is right:)

Sounds like a waste of time - if all of the facts you presented are accurate, it'll get kicked on demurrer (or whatever you have for a motion to dismiss in PA). However, if they have a witness who will testify that your daughter was somehow complicit, that could get trickier.

For the record, I had a 1983 Mazda GLC. In 1993. Nobody ever tried to steal it.

For the record, I had a 1983 Mazda GLC. In 1993. Nobody ever tried to steal it.

Curious.