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I am not familiar with a legal document known as a "warrant in debt". You also mention a summons to appear. If it is a civil lawsuit, your insurance company should handle it. You should turn it over to your insurance company. It will hire a lawyer to defend the case for you. In South Carolina, a civil suit for damages from an automobile accident is commenced by filing a summons and complaint. You are not required to appear in court (ultimately you may have to if the case is not settled). Rather, you have 30 days to file a response to the complaint. It is possible that the plaintiff (the individual who filed suit) opted to sue rather than file a claim with the insurance company. More likely, the plaintiff filed a claim, your insurance company tried to settle the claim, but the plaintiff would not accept the insurance company's best offer and chose to go to court. If what you received was something other than a summons and complaint, then i would have to see the papers to advise you how to proceed.

Yes, yes and yes. You can e charged for allowing an unlicensed driver drive your car, you will have no insurance and the car will mot probably be towed if the authorities are aware of the circumstances. Do not do it.

I cannot tell from your description of the accident whether they are liable. The are not liable just because you were injured on their property. You would have to show that they were negligent somehow. You say "it quickly shut on my food" I assume you mean foot. I cannot tell whether you shut it, they shut it, or it is some sort of automatic gate. If they shut it as you walked through, they are probably liable. The fact that they are offering to pay your bills might indicate that they agree that they are liable. If they are liable, you could be entitled to damages for missing your class, and pain and suffering and disfigurement for a a car.