Friends car crash dispute

[MusicTeacherSussex]

Names obviously fake.

Alice was driving her car with Jenny as a passenger, and they had a crash, the fault of another driver.

Alice's shoulder, already damaged, got worse so she applied for the forms to fill out for compensation. She encouraged Jenny to do the same.

Jenny filled hers out and received 600. Alice decided not to bother, even though she would have been entitled to much much more.

Alice is now demanding that Jenny gives her half of the sum. Jenny has said no, and that she didn't agree to split the money. Alice is also demanding that Jenny puts the sum towards a holiday for them both. Jenny is offering to help Alice complete her claim form. I am offering to help Alice complete her claim form.

I think Alice is being rude and cannot believe she asked. Jenny is now considering giving her half to preserve their friendship. I think it sounds like bullying to me, and I think Alice should leave her alone and fill out her own claim.

Who is being unreasonable here.

[HaveAtEm]

Tell Alice to fuck right off...seriously...use those EXACT words!

[TimelyManor]

Alice is a user and not worth Jenny's worry.

[MusicTeacherSussex]

I second the cocktails!

[CoraPirbright]

Alice is an utter twat. Why on earth can’t she just fill in her own fucking forms? It’s not just Jenny that should dump Alice as a friend, its everyone!!

[Devlocopop]

Alice is out of order. How fucking lazy can you get?

[Sparklfairy]

When I was a passenger the driver didn't even tell the insurance company I was in the car with him. It was only when I rang up with his numberplate that I dropped him in it. He was a slimy little weasel.

[Cheeseandwin5]

Off course is being unreasonable, but I would be careful about openly taking sides.
They are adults and should be able to sort it out themselves.
Saying that I would quietly have a word with Jenny and tell her your view and also put some distance between you and Alice- she sounds like an entitled horror. I assume she intends to share any compensation she gets??

[Flynn999]

Alice needs to give her head a wobble. 🤦‍♀️

[DuineArBith]

Jenny should tell Alice that when Alice's own claim has been settled, she will be happy to do a 50/50 split of the lot. I suspect Alice would think a claim by Jenny against her own damages would be absolutely outrageous.

[Beautiful3]

She couldn't be bothered to claim so wants yours? That's not how it works! Tou shouldn't give her anything. Its yours. If she asks again about you paying for a holiday, just say you paid off a loan so dont have anything left.

[DuineArBith]

@fairydustandpixies, you should have entered your claim when you divorced the drive. If you are within three years of the accident, you can still do so.

[MusicTeacherSussex]

@cheeseandwin5 Jenny has come to me for advice about it. I can't really believe it if I'm honest, never heard of someone doing this.

Thankfully I'm not that involved with Alice and wouldn't miss her if she flounced. It has been suggested to Alice that if she is adamant to split it then they both wait until Alice has her compensation too.

I get the feeling if she gets a lot more, she will VERY quickly forget about splitting it.

[Spam88]

Alice is barking.

She thinks Jenny owes her money for the privilege of being in her car when she had a crash, in which she should have been seriously hurt? The money is Jenny's, Alice can make her own claim. I can't imagine there's a single person who would agree with Alice.

[GinDrinker00]

Jenny needs to ditch Alice.
Alice is a leech.

[GreenCoxing]

I wonder if there is more to this. Alice has 3 years to claim. It's fairly easy to bring a low value whiplash claim (as Jenny has shown)...

I wonder if Alice may have actually instigated a claim and she either was told she wouldn't recover anything either because she had a pre-existing shoulder problems and the medico-legal expert says couldn't say if accident made worse or..

Jenny should tell Alice to get lost.

She maybe didn't tell her sols the truth about everything (so for example said she couldn't drive for weeks and in fact there are pics on social media of her doing that the day before) and they have refused to carry on the claim because of concerns over fundamental dishonesty.

[GreenCoxing]

Not sure what happened there

Jenny should tell Alice to get should have been at the end

[nowlook]

Alice is a nob.
I would discourage either your or Jenny from helping her complete the forms though...no good deed goes unpunished by the likes of Alice. Let her be completely responsible for any claims she makes- you don't want to be caught up in it if she exaggerates. If the insurer offers, say, 2k, she'll want 5k. Then you'll be stuck administering it while medical evidence is sought. Before you know it, you'll be in court representing her

[nowlook]

@GreenCoxing
Sounds like we're on similar lines!

[SchadenfreudePersonified]

Why the heck didn't Alice fill out her own form?

If she had, and had received (say) £5,000, would she have wanted to combine both payments and split them down the middle so each got £2,800?

You can bet your life she wouldn't have!

This "friendship" isn't worth keeping. Tell Alice to get lost!

[Whatisthisfuckery]

Alice is clearly a lazy sod who expects other people to do all the work for her. If she wants compo she needs to fill out her own paperwork. If she can’t be arsed then she gets nowt.

Is she proposing to make her own claim and share the money with her friend? No, I bet she isn’t.

[ResumetonormalASAP]

@Sunnydayshereatlast

Who the fuck is Alice??

Alice, Alice, Who the fuck is Alice?

[ThatsNotMyMeerkat]

Alice is a loon and Jenny is completely in the right.
(However I’m currently rewatching the L Word and I have to say, the fake names were around the wrong way! 😂😂😂)

[pudcat]

Surely when you inform the insurance company of the accident you have to say who was injured and they help you fill in form.

[connellwaldron]

This one is a no brainer. Alice is being a dick. Please don't back down Jenny, don't encourage dickish behaviour

[MummaGiles]

Alice has got about 6 years from the accident date to put in her own claim for injury.

No she doesn’t. It’s not 6 years for personal injury claims, it’s 3. Please don’t give out false information.