What should I do if I’m sued by the drunk driver and the passenger that hit the vehicle I was driving?

You should call the insurance company that insures the vehicle you were driving immediately and notify them they you have been sued. Unless you are somehow excluded from coverage under the policy, which I cannot answer completely but it is unlikely if you had permission to drive the vehicle, then the insurance company will hire an attorney to represent you. In addition, the insurance company will also pay, up to its Bodily Injury Coverage limits any damages the people suing you are entitled to. If you have your own car insurance policy you might want to notify that company as well. A vehicle's car insurance is always primary; your personal policy would be secondary. If you are not covered by the vehicle you were driving policy then your own car insurance would hire an attorney for you and pay up to its limits. As to why you are being sued I cannot answer without more information about the accident. Simply because the other driver was intoxicated and ticketed for driving on a suspended license does not automatically mean that the driver was at-fault for the accident. For example, if the vehicle was sitting waiting at a red light and you rear-ended the vehicle, then you would be at fault and the fact that the driver was intoxicated or had a suspended license would not be relevant to whose fault the accident was. However, under different facts the other driver's intoxication could make a difference. The other driver's passenger could, depending on the facts of the accident, could sue both you and her own driver.

You need to call your automobile insurance as soon as possible and advise that you have been sued. Your insurance company, as well as the insurance company of the vehicle you were driving, will provide an attorney to represent you in the lawsuit.

Turn the papers over to your auto insurance company; they'll take care of it. If you were also hurt, contact a lawyer yourself, and file a counter suit.

You'd better call the insurance company that had the coverage on the car you were driving, ASAP.? The passenger might have sued the other driver as well as you, so as to make sure there could be no absent driver to blame. The insurance company should hire a lawyer to defend you, but if you want to counter-sue for your own injuries you'll need a lawyer of your own.

If you drive someone else's car with their permission, their insurance company will defend you.

You should just pass the paperwork on to your insurance company, and they should handle it for you.

Send a copy of the documents you were served immediately to the insurance carrier covering the car and also your own insurance and put them on notice. One of them will provide you a defense (a lawyer who will represent you in this claim). I am assuming this is not a small claims action. There is a limited amount of time within which to ask so you should act immediately.

In this situation, it would be wise to forward copies of the documents that were served on you to both your automobile insurance company and the automobile insurance company covering the vehicle. They should handle the claims being made against you and should raise all possible defenses in hopes of protecting you from any liability.

Just turn the paperwork over to your own insurance company and let them handle it. Like the old Greyhound commercial: leave the driving to them.

you are covered if you drove with permission. Your friends insurance company should be fully informed. No lawyer will take a drunk driver into court and ask for damages(maybe unless the lawyer himself is drunk)

Insurance coverage follows the vehicle and as result your friend's carrier, who insured the vehicle, as long as you are driving with your friend's permission you are an insured and if you are being sued as a result of your operation of the vehicle your friend's carrier is obligated to provide you a defense. If there is a traffic collision report which outlines who caused the accident, much less that driver of other vehicle, who apparently is suing you, hard to believe that is claim they will pursue for very long. Would contact your friend's carrier and tender or submit the suit for them to designate counsel to defend you. Under those circumstances, if you are injured at all would pursue your personal injuries against the intoxicated at fault party.

You should contact the insurance company for the car that you were driving. Under the usual circumstances, the company will provide coverage for you.

Call your insurance carrier and mail your carrier a copy of the parts you were served. You must do this right away so you don't give the carrier a justification not to defend you against the lawsuit.