by Guest » Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:24 am
Hi,
My friend had a car accident and gave my details as passenger for injury claim without me knowing, I was not present in the car at the time of the accident. I have now received a letter from solicitors telling they are dealing for this claim for me and this is when I found out about the accident, I was unaware of this accident.
I don't want to pay the fees for the solicitors or for the claim to go ahead and i have not contacted any claims company or these solicitors for a claim, I have never spoken to them and not signed any documents. How can they act for me, they have said they have authority from a claims company.
I am in trouble as I believe I have not done anything, my friend has used my name and address and has passed it onto the claims department.
Please help - Thanks
My friend had a car accident and gave my details as passenger for injury claim without me knowing, I was not present in the car at the time of the accident. I have now received a letter from solicitors telling they are dealing for this claim for me and this is when I found out about the accident, I was unaware of this accident.
I don't want to pay the fees for the solicitors or for the claim to go ahead and i have not contacted any claims company or these solicitors for a claim, I have never spoken to them and not signed any documents. How can they act for me, they have said they have authority from a claims company.
I am in trouble as I believe I have not done anything, my friend has used my name and address and has passed it onto the claims department.
Please help - Thanks
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 05:05 pm Post Subject:
No entity can act on your behalf without your authority. If your "friend" included you in the event which you are not part of, simply state this to the insurance company or adjuster should you be contacted for a statement about the "incident". As far as the "solicitors", ignore them.
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 01:27 pm Post Subject:
Trench has the best solution for us all. You don't need to inform the solicitors anything. There's nothing to be scared of right now. You haven't committed a fraud. Just inform the right thing to the adjuster.
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