Can Parents Be Held Responsible for their Teen Driver’s Car Accident?
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare to have their teen involved in a serious car accident. No one wants to lose a child in a terrible car crash. Every year in Washington State, teen drivers are involved in thousands of accidents; some caused by teenage drivers and some not. Sadly, many teens lose their lives in car accidents each year and others are seriously injured with lasting or permanent injuries.
As car accident lawyers, we get calls from parents wondering how they can file a car accident claim on behalf of their injured child and about parental liability for teen accidents when their teen driver causes a car accident.