I don't get people saying A should have done something in the 30 seconds. If some dude fell between the front and back seats getting into my car I could totally see just chilling there for a minute and enjoying the moment while everyone figures their way into the car.

A normal or slightly firm pull should not rip the handle of a late model Civic, I call bs on the writeup and vote that OP is person C and that he pulled way too hard rather than what he's letting on and instead of just being mindful of the situation. He should pay and apologize for not respecting his friends things, but he probably can't afford it so they'll probably end up not being friends any more which kinda sucks for person B cause he seems like a hilarious guy to hang out with.

Person B and C should pay for it and then piss in driver A's gas tank and call it a day.

A is an asshat
C is a ******

A should of pulled away, C should of stopped ****ing with a stuck door. B has no fault just cause he fell but being a good dude wants to help and that's fine.

Also, as another possible test of your douchiness, since i'm assuming "not in the right state of mind = drunk/high/whatever, and you were the only one who WASN'T, did you even offer to drive your impaired buddies around, or just figured he could deal with the ramifications of possibly getting pulled over? (not to mention the obvious point that you, being the only sober one, should have been the one to think through the whole situation before you reverted to yanking the **** outta that mutha)

You don't need to stop and consider every possible outcome to say "hey, buddy "A", do the standard-not ******- move and pull forward a bit so's I can shut the door without destroying your property"

And was it still negligible, and not even worth thinking about after your so-called 30 seconds of trying?

A deserves a lot of responsibility for being a slow pony in his own car and not taking charge of situation that anyone whose had a license for more than a week should be able to remedy, but you definitely broke his door, and should be doing a lot more as a friend than trying to worm your way out of it.

The doorhandle broke because person C yanked it too hard.

Before anything else, person C should apoligize to person A and offer to pay for the damage.

If the group are just acquantainces, he should offer to pay for all the damage plus some sort of compensation for all the time and hassle.
If the group are friends, C should offer to 'take care of all the damage', as in making all necessary arrangements with the repair shop, taking and returning the car at a time somewhat convenient to person A, and paying for the repairs.

Once, just once, I'd like to see someone start a thread, find out the vast majority thinks they are wrong, admit they maybe were wrong, and do the right thing. Once.

I am wrong. B & C split the bill.

Grunch: just make life easy and split it three ways, rue the day this happened, and remain friends.

These three people are obviously under 25 years old.

haha, now that he gets dozens of responses saying "it's all your fault" he goes "oh, I should take up B on that offer to split it."

you're kind of a dirtbag.

Person C sounds like a careless dumbass who does not respect others.

Farewell "friend".

This, I have no idea how anything else is really an option.

You're kidding right? Why should B spend a penny here?

B's did not do anything that led directly to the damage — the damage was directly caused not by the doors having been inadvertently opened all the way into the snowbank, but by a moron yanking so hard on the handle to extricate it that he ripped it off. In legal terms, he was at worst negligent (and maybe not even that) and more importantly, his actions were not the proximate cause of the damage. In moral terms, all he did is slip and that's not what broke the door.

As for C, unless the door was already in terrible shape he's the one that caused the damage. Moreover, his actions were intentional (unlike B's) and the damage that resulted therefrom was entirely predictable, as clearly he was yanking much harder than is normal for a car door. And there was an obvious alternative — get out of the goddamn car and push — that would not have entailed the clear and obvious risk of damage to the car, not just because pushing is safer for the door than pulling, but because C knew or should have known that the door was stuck in part because of his (C's) weight being in the car. Yet he lazily, stupidly pulled on the handle hard enough to rip it out, without getting out of the car.

In legal terms, B was grossly negligent and his actions were the proximate cause of the damage.

Only if the door was already ready to fall apart is C off the hook. But I suspect in real life the best A can get out of C, who clearly is either not bright or not considerate, is partial payment.

from the OP:

"Is Person C in the right to split 3 ways instead of 2?"

I never asked to be off the hook.

These two lines led me to conclude that person C was not apologizing or offering money when it was clearly his fault and thus is a giant d-bag who tried to get out of responsibility.

I blame his parents.

I had no idea crackheads still posted in OOT

A should put in a small potion and B/C should chop up the majority. Like 40/40/20 since your all tards

Grunch:

Why the **** would anyone besides Person A pay a dime? It's Person A's vehicle, and he is a moron for parking so close that the door would get stuck and then when it does he just stands there and watches his idiot friends break the door.

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If I were Person A I wouldn't expect a dime. I also wouldn't expect a dime if I had people over to my home and they broke something.

yeah, i prefer to leave my vehicle in the middle of the road instead of the side

i don't even see how anyone is claiming that b's actions got the door stuck in snow? how does dude falling in to the car get the door stuck? it's far more likely that the additional weight of person C (or even just the weight of B, followed by C) is what gets the door stuck. so yeah, I see no reason that B should have to pay anything aside from him being a good dude who feels bad about situation. A and C should make restitution with C paying at least half and usually all, since well, C broke the door.

i thought i explained it pretty well, but i'll reiterate:

i open the door and place it against the snow bank (not above - against), B falls into the car, resultant is he kicked his feet out and drove the door into the bank.

the amount the door was buried though didn't seem like a large amount. if you can imagine the door's outer lower corner, that is the metal - then there's the seal of the door further up the door. it wasn't to the seal, it was just the metal corner buried. only the corner.

You should be a little embarrassed taking advantage of B's generosity.