Reverse parking accident - who is at fault?
My question involves a traffic accident in the State of: Massachusettes
I was driving behind a mini-van when the driver stopped just before a pedestrian crossing. I stopped behind that car as well with at least a 4 feet gap between the two cars. Without any indicator light signal, the driver of the other car started reversing to park into an open spot. I honked a warning but the other car ended up hitting my right front bumper. There are minor scratches on my car and a scrape on the other car's bumper.
The driver of the other car insists that I am at fault because I came too close to her car. She says insurance companies would view this as a case of rear car responsbility. I feel that she did not give any indication (blinker lights or parking signal) of reversing to park which resulted in the accident. We would like to avoid going to insurance companies to settle this, so I would like to know the opinions of the members of this forum?
Thanks!