A similar thing happened with my wife,she let a van out of a petrol station,she saw him move forward and she did as well,but he stopped abruptly,the damage to her car,was a cracked number plate,the damage to the van was nil,but the van driver and his girlfriend claimed for whiplash etc etc,the bill came to £4,500.
It's just so wrong, think its just too easy for people to claim for stuff that's no real, no wonder we pay so much for insurance these days, kept getting phone calls saying that money had been put to one side for my partner to claim for injuries and distress due to the accident, kept telling them there was no injuries and to do one, I hate ambulance chasers