Who is at fault if you lost control on wet pavement while exiting the freeway and were rear ended after you came to a stop?

Answer 1

Regardless of the circumstances its always the person who hit you from behind. They did not take due care to avoid a collision. Will almost always get you a share of the responsibility, especially if your vehicle crossed lanes, and will certainly place all the fault on you if you enter a lane of traffic traveling in the opposite direction. Answer 1's "...regardless of the circumstances..." is INCORRECT. A proper answer depends on a lot more information than is available in your question. You need the services of an expert, a PROFESSIONAL investigator, who specializes in vehicle accidents. He/she will gather a lot of evidence in order to make a valid analysis of who is responsible, and if more than one party is determined to be responsible, their relative degree of contribution. Depending on the circumstances, you may not have any responsibility, or you may be partially, or even fully responsible. For ONLY one example, consider that your out of control vehicle came to that stop you mention, directly in front of the second vehicle which was not out of control, ONLY seconds before the collision, not giving the other driver a chance to avoid the collision. If that driver was in full control of his vehicle, was not driving at an unsafe speed for the conditions, and the cirmstances did not allow him to avoid the collision, then he should not be responsible. This is only one example of maybe dozens of possible cirmstances which would preclude placing liability on the other driver. Get professional help on this one ! If you cannot find a profesional accident investigator, check out engineering consulting firms, or an attorney who specializes in traffic accidents. They will know of one or more qualified investigators.