Legal Question in Personal Injury in Illinois

No, those are two different things--Although she will have a hard time proving that the accident was your fault. If you were injured and the other driver or her insurance company are giving your the runaround, you should speak with an attorney immediately--before you give any statement to anyone.

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Hopefully, you are not seriously hurt. She is not automatically at fault. For instance if the facts were different and you had hit her from behind and she had doen nothing to cause you to hit her, she would not have liability. Your facts are different. Based on what you posted, she will have a difficult time getting past the fact that her inalcohol use was not a significant factor in her driving in a negligent manner. Hope this helps