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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone who hit another car from behind is at fault for hitting the car in front of them.  Only blameless person is the first car.  All the rest carry fault for following too closely.  [/quote]

This is the correct answer. Everyone who rear-ended anyone is at fault for failing to keep a safe distance. [/quote]

If cars 1-3 are stationary and car 4 rear-ends 3 which is pushed into 2 which is pushed into 1 then the at-fault party varies by state law.  This actually happened to me once outside the DMV area and in that state, car 4 was responsible for all the vehicle damage.  Even in areas where each car is responsible for being pushed into the one ahead of them, if they can show that car 4 was driving excessively fast then they might be able to prove that they were in fact stopped far enough away that a bump shouldn't have pushed them into the enxt car.  This is what your insurance company is for.

In the case of the OP's situation where it seems to have happened in the reverse (2->1 then 3->2 then 4->3 rather than 4->3->2->1), it's clear that car 2 is responsible for hitting car 1.  Car 3 is responsible for hitting car 2.  Car 4 is responsible for hitting car 3.  This isn't a "chain reaction" like the previous example I gave.  Each of these cars had their own crash.  Anyone following correctly should have been able to stop and not crash into the pile-up.  That doesn't necessarily mean that, for example, car 2 will be able to get their car fixed from car 3's insurance because the damage done by car 3 to car 2 could be minor and the entire front end could be crumpled from the first accident.[/quote]

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