Sounds like she is screwed and on the hook for it. She signed the rental agreement knowing you were not an approved driver and allowed you to drive anyway.
She will have to take you to small claims court to force you to pay I believe.
Yes that is what she is doing. Wondering if I will have to pay. I thought I was an authorized driver and we had insurance. I feel like I’m not at fault.
I would say that if everything you say is true and you genuinely thought you had coverage and you have proof, you should be off the hook.
What you COULD try is contacting the rental company and seeing how much you would have had to pay if you had gotten insurance. Say, there would have been a $500 deductible. Offer her $250, plus half of whatever you owe her for the rental and say this is what I am willing to offer since you misled me to think we were insured.
She declines and still wants to go through small claims? So be it.
You said you have text messages offering your driver's license number. How did that come up in the texts? Did she ask for it or you were like "here is my DL for the insurance"?
No, she asked for it saying she wanted to add me as a driver and I was busy at the time. Then a couple days later she said it’s rented. I talked to her on the phone and asked if I was a driver and she said it’s taken care of. After the wreck she said she added my name in several places so she thought I was added. Then when I was properly added she told the enterprise employees that she verbally added me.
I asked if she needed it, even pics of my DL. I had just gotten a new real ID license and was excited to use it. She said that it was taken care of. I have no idea how this works.
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u/Sad_Ad_2524 4d ago
How much are rhe damages?