Originally Posted by
79pmooney
I'd be inclined to contact a lawyer for one reason. As nice as the person who hit you was, that will make zero difference to the insurance company that has to pony up the cash. They have agents that are very skilled at getting you to say the right words to weaken your claim and lessen their payout. They will call you. If you have first called a lawyer, you can say "I'm talking to a lawyer". That silences the caller very fast.
Ben
^^^Words of wisdom. I have read stories where the driver accepted responsibility at the scene, only to reverse their entire story later on. Don't take any chances here. Protect yourself.
EDIT: and no matter what you heard the driver say, you don't know everything she told the cops after they took you away, or what's in the report.