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Can Family Members Sue a Family Member Driver

A question that is posed to us frequently is whether one family member can sue another family member who has negligently driven an automobile and caused injury. The answer is yes, they can as there is no exclusion. A long time ago there was such an exclusion, but when the question was presented to the Iowa Supreme Court the Court said it would be unfair for a driver to be liable to a non-family member but not liable to a family member. Therefore, if you are a family member who was injured in a vehicular crash which was caused or contributed to causing injury by a family member driver you can sue the family member for damages.