“Will I be held liable for car collision by not yielding right of way as claimed by other driver’s insurance company?”

I approached on a one lane T intersection feeding into a main roadway, with a car in front of me. It took me about five seconds to reach him, and he was signaling a left turn all that time, and he was far enough forward over the stop line to allow enough room on the right for me to make a right turn. I proceeded to pass on his right side when he then changed to a right turn in front of me and I held down my horn to warn him before he hit me, but he hit my front left fender and bumper, but did not stop. He proceeded further against my car front, causing scratches on my fender and pulled out my front bumper. His gouges and scratches ran from his left front wheel fender continuously back over his front and rear door panels and into his rear wheel fender. His insurance company said I did not yield right of way and was liable for damages. If he had stopped upon the first impact which was his duty, he created major damages to both of our vehicles. Am I liable for the collision?

Traffic Lawyer Richard Simon’s Answer

In general this sounds like he is liable. But to give you a full answer, I need more facts.
Questions:
Why is your insurance company not fighting this?
Did the police make a determination?(did you call them)
Assuming you have insurance, your insurance company should be fighting this for you. If you do not have insurance, then of course the other insurance company would find you liable.