Help! I Was Hit By An Underage Driver! What Should I Do?

Contact The Police Immediately

If you’ve been in a car accident, you know how scary and inconvenient they can be. If the other driver is underage, you might be tempted to forego taking action out of sympathy for them and their future. This could leave you without enough compensation to cover the injury to you or your car. It is understandable that teenagers can be eager to drive and live their own lives. That said, you won’t do yourself any favors by not reporting the accident to the authorities. Contact the police immediately to ensure that you get the compensation you deserve. It’s important to have is a record of the accident. You have to tell the police if you are hit by an underage driver.

What Will Happen To The Underage Driver?

An underage (and therefore unlawful) driver most likely does not have liability insurance. The Missouri Department of Revenue is tasked with enforcing state mandatory liability laws. You should contact their office if you are hit by an uninsured underage driver. Luckily, Missouri law requires that vehicle owners have insurance covering uninsured motorist accidents. In Missouri, drivers must have uninsured motorist insurance covering $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident.

Contact Your Insurance

Your insurance company needs to know about the accident as soon as possible. Your insurance policy likely states that you have to tell the company about an accident within 24 hours of it happening. Even if you feel like you want to hold off on calling your insurance company so you and the child driver can “work something out,” don’t do it. Waiting to contact your insurance company following an accident can mean losing out on coverage and assistance with the matter.

Call A Kansas City Car Accident Lawyer

Having a good car accident attorney on your side when you’ve been hit by an underage driver can make all the difference. Call Krause & Kinsman, a firm with experienced a car accident attorney. You deserve quality legal representation, and Krause & Kinsman offer just that.

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The Krause & Kinsman Law Firm is made up of some of the nation’s foremost legal minds in the mass-tort field. That’s why our clients & co-counsel partners choose us.

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee, and Co-Chair of the Law & Briefing Committee in MDL 2846:

In Re: Davol, Inc./C.R. Bard, Inc., Polypropylene Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in MDL 2974:

In Re: Paragard IUD Products Liability Litigation

Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in MDL 2924:

In Re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation

Along with the aforementioned MDLs,

Plaintiff’s Counsel has prosecuted thousands of cases across other Multi-District Litigations and Mass-Torts, including:

MDL No. 3043:

Acetaminophen ASD/ADHD Product Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2753:

Atrium Medical Corp. C-Qur Mesh Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2782:

Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability Litigation

MCL No. 627:

In Re: Physiomesh Litigation, MCL

MCL No. 633:

In Re: Prolene Hernia System Mesh Litigation

MDL No. 2750:

Cook Medical, Inc., IVC Filters Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2641:

Bard IVC Filters Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2326:

In Re: Boston Scientific Corp. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2606:

Benicar (Olmesartan) Product Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2666:

In Re: Forced Air Warming Devices Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2591:

Syngenta AG MIR162 Corn Litigation

MDL No. 2936:

In Re: Smity’s/CAM2303 Tractor Hydraulic Fluid Marketing, Sales Practices and Products Liability Litigation

MCL No. 630:

In Re: Proceed Mesh Litigation

MDL No. 2543:

In Re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

MDL No. 2004:

In Re: Mentor Corp. ObTape Transobturator Sling Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2187:

In Re: C. R. Bard, Inc. Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2325:

In Re: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2327:

In Re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 2387:

In Re: Coloplast Corp. Pelvic Support Systems Products Liability Litigation

MDL No. 251:

In Re: Neomedic Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation

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