Originally posted by Maugan_VX
On the parked illegally thing, same thing happened to an old roommate of mine in an apartment complex. He wasn't paying attention, and a saturn was parked behind him in a yellow curb zone in front of a fire hydrant. Somehow he got out of it without paying any damages because the car was not in a valid parking area or something or other. Can't remember how he did it, but it might be worth looking into, especially since the woman was such a bitch about your accident.
Spoke to my lawyer about it and he said that unless the vehicle was parked such that an accident was unavoidable (e.g. in the middle of a highway where you couldn't see it), the liability is mine. Also, I don't want to cause problems with my neighbor. I'm trying to get them to agree to updating the outside of the building (I'm gonna sell my place soon) and I guess this will grease the pipes a bit. The quote came to $750 - so I look at it as a $750 investment to get $10,000 more for my place when I sell it.