My Friend Crashed My Car
Location: arizona
Could I be legally responsible for something my friend did with my car?
A few months ago, I let a close friend borrow my car for the weekend. He told me he was just going to visit someone a few hours away and would bring it back Sunday evening.
On Saturday night, he called me and said he had gotten into an accident. He wasn’t seriously injured, but the other driver’s car was badly damaged. My car also had significant damage.
The problem is that I later found out he had been drinking before the accident. He initially told me he hadn’t been drinking, but the police report apparently says otherwise.
Now the other driver is saying they may take legal action against me because the car is registered in my name. My friend keeps telling me that he’ll handle everything, but I’m worried because I was the owner of the vehicle even though I wasn’t there and didn’t know he was going to drink and drive.
I never gave him permission to drive after drinking, obviously.
I’m trying to understand where I stand legally. Can the owner of a vehicle be held responsible when someone else was driving it and caused an accident while intoxicated?
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