Most insurance companies treat accidents in parking lots as 50-50. You will most likely be responsible for the damages to your car. Sorry.
If they were not parked illegally then they are not responsible for your accident.
It would be darned hard to assess the blame on the parked car. If one vehicle is in motion and the other is not, 99.99% of the time, the moving vehicle is at fault.
Any time there's a claim which will be paid by the Insurance co, a deductible is paid by the insured.
That IS what you carry insurance for. Contact the police to fill out a report, then turn it in to your insurance. If this is your first claim, it shouldn't affect your rates. If it's NOT he first claim, you might want to consider off-street parking.
They will wait for you to contact them! If you have comprehensive and collision coverage, you can file the claim with your agent and let them handle it for you. If not, file a claim with the at-fault driver's company.
It is a 'hit and run'. Go to the base PMO (MP's) and file a claim with them. This will help when you file your insurance.
You file a report claim.
No. It would be highly unlikely that you could ever prove liability of a vehicle that was not in motion at the time of your accident, even less likely if if that vehicle was not illegally parked.
The owner of the car that was wrongly parked still has the ability to sue. They should get the other driver's information and file a claim on their lawsuit.
Make a comprehensive claim.
The mechanic is not responsible for what happens in his parking lot. Your car has insurance, you will have to file the claim through your company. You should file a police report so that if the hit and run guy is caught, he will be responsible.
If the insurance is not involved, nor the courts involved, no one can force you to do anything. You need to be shown in fault to have to pay. The other driver cannot make the decision that he was not at fault, because you can decide the same and who is to decide who is right? * Yes. A police report is not necessary for an insurance claim or a lawsuit for recovery of damages to be implemented. Since the questioner admits they were backing out of the parking spot and exchanged insurance information, it would be quite easy for the injured party to prove negligence by the person who was leaving the parking spot. Regardless of where the incident occurred or if the other car was "speeding" any person entering into in traffic flow bears the responsibility of assuring that they have a clear right of way.