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I am a trial attorney and I have a auto collision case where a guy driving a 2003 Honda Accord rear ended a woman after going down a hill, bottoming out at the bottom, then coming up a rolling section of the road where her struck her as she was waiting to turn left. The airbags all deployed on the Honda and pushed the 2005 Acura TL into the intersection where it struck another oncoming vehicle. The Honda left the scene but was found half a mile from the scene was the front bumper hanging off where the guy bailed out. Allstate is defending the case under the uninsured motorists policy and is arguing that the bumper of the Accord is 4 inches lower than the Acura and could not have caused the damage we are claiming. They used standard measurements of 22 inches from ground to top of bumper for the Honda and 26 inches from ground to top of bumper for Acura. There was extensive rear end damage to the Acura and there was a Honda emblem imprint at the bottom of the trunk of the Acura, I believe the Honda was traveling between 30 and 40 MPH down the hill, went into the dip at the bottom then came up on the incline without braking and struck the rear of the Acura. The question is will the suspension and coils on a 2003 Honda Accord traveling at that speed and hitting the incline from a dip in the road rise four inches or higher to make that kind of damage. My gut instinct is that, given that there is a Honda emblem impression in the rear trunk, it could if the suspension was worn (the collision happened in 2018). I would appreciate some feedback from anyone knowledgeable on Accord suspension or in vehicles in general. Thanks for any responses!

photo at scene

photo three years after collision

Honda Accord several blocks from scene