Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

Re: The Right To Sue? ? ?

You say you "backed into two people" but you don't say whether they were pedestrians or were in a car. If they were pedestrians then there is no reason they needed to have insurance. If they were in a car then their lack of insurance means they can't claim damages for pain and suffering, but they can still recover for medical expenses and property damage.

Non-citizens have the right to sue for injuries just like anyone else. (This is true even of illegal immigrants, though you didn't say whether these men were legal or not) Why, after all, should people who harm someone get a free pass just because the victim turns out not to be American?

Police are not required to cite people for every violation they observe. Looking the other way at a victim's minor violations serves the interests of society, since it prevents wrongdoers from escaping justice as you hope to do.

But I doubt the daughter (are you really sure she is the daughter of *both* men?) can sue you in her father's place. If they were injured then only they can sue. She could sue you for property damage if they were in her car, but she still could not sue you for any of their personal injuries.

Re: The Right To Sue? ? ?

I want to clarify something I said in my original answer. I wrote that, if the men you hit were in a car at the time, the lack of insurance would bar them from recovering for pain and suffering. That rule would only apply to the driver; passengers are not required to have insurance, and the fact that a driver is uninsured does not affect his passenger's rights.