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Being Sued For A Crash That Happened 3 Years After Geico Claimed Vehicle As A Total Loss

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I was involved in a rear end crash at a red light in fall of 2021. I was at a red light and a drunk driver hit me from behind. The car was not drivable off scene and geico handled the tow of the car from the scene and I never saw it again. I sent I'm my title later and was paid out for the total loss.

Fast forward to this last monday, someone came to my house and served me papers summoning me for a court case for an accident occurring December 2024, where me and the new apparent driver of the car are being sued for just shy of 10k. In the case it states the driver was driving with permission of me and was at fault for a variety of reason. I haven't seen the car in almost 5 years and hadn't for over 3 years at the time of the accident.

I am going to have to send something into the court for dismissal but am curious if geico is at all responsible for this mismanagement of ownership and if i should be reaching out to request legal help from them, as well if they are liable to provide me that legal help.

Any recommendations would be great.

Location: Ada County, Idaho

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