QUESTION: My car insurance said that my policy cover may not be enough to cover the damages. What should I do? A month ago I hit a pedestrian, I did not know I hit her until heard a noise on the second door on my right. I am fully covered but my insurance said that my insurance policy might not be enough since its only 50,000/100,000. What should I do? Is there a source I can go to? ANSWER: No matter how severe the injury, top settlement value is necessarily.
QUESTION: Do I have to file a lawsuit to get the policy limits from that at-fault driver? He rear-ended me and was speeding. 3 attorneys have declined to take my case. The police report says that he was speeding and was at fault. He refuses to release his policy limits, is 24 years old, works minimum wage job, lives with parents, has a cheap car ($1,900). The attorneys said that he might have bodily injury liability of $15000 and it is not worth their time. I have little-underinsured insurance, my.
“Causation” is an essential element of a tort action. Defendants are not liable unless their conduct such as the act or omission constituting a breach of duty to plaintiff was a “legal cause” of plaintiff’s injury. [Saelzler v. Advanced Group 400 (2001). Legal causation is generally a question of fact to be determined by the jury … unless, as a matter of law, the facts admit of only one conclusion. [Ortega v. Kmart Corp. (2001)]. The burden of proving lack of causation is properly shifted to a defendant who, being.
QUESTION: My roommate who was a foreign student who stayed with me and my parents for a while had an auto accident in April 2014. I was told that her insurance company had already paid for the damages and the case was closed. After the case was closed, my roommate went back to her home country. Yesterday, my father received the summons and complaint. I think the other party has started a civil lawsuit against my former roommate. Should I call the lawyer and explain that she does not live.
QUESTION: There was a property damage accident to our classic car, the party at fault insurance paid out, and was not enough to fix the car, so our insurance sent us a check. We were never told we could take one and not the other. Now 3 years later we got a letter from our insurance saying we have to pay the amount to them which the other insurance paid us-because they settled and the amount of 3kas subtracted from the settlement. If we do not pay within 10 days.
QUESTION: I had a serious car accident and I was refused medical help. Is it normal in the US or can I do something about it? I’m a tourist in the US and I was in a serious car accident on a freeway in LA (passenger-not our fault). The paramedics took me to a community hospital but neither a doctor or nurse looked at me because they said as long as I can stand on my own feet, I’m fine. I suggested that an x-ray or general exam might be.
QUESTION: What does an attorney gain by keeping all the records of the auto injury/medical records before signing a retainer’s agreement? – I went to see an Auto injury attorney and he wanted to keep all the prior third-party insurance letters and all the records including medical records for this accident, which he wants to keep for a couple of days before making up his mind about taking this case or not. What are the disadvantages for me? Can this attorney scan my documents and save them on his computer?.
QUESTION: Last night I was getting off the freeway ramp and realized that the car in front of me decides to slow all the way to about 10mph. I decided to get into the other lane, drive up, and safely get back to the original lane I needed to get into. I asked the passenger what he was doing, and she told me that he was full on texting while driving. I stopped at the stop light ahead, and 5 minutes later I feel a ram into my car and.
QUESTION: There is a potential lawsuit involving an auto accident. The other side claims he had 10 fractured ribs on the left, fractured left shoulder, right leg behind the knee injury. His attorney said his medical bill was over $400,000. I don’t think it is out of pocket expense. He is 74 years old and should be covered under Medicare and possibly private medical insurance. How do you determine the damage they can go after? Is it non reimbursed bill he paid out of pocket or it can be reimbursed.
QUESTION: On August 9, 2012, I had been a passenger in my friend’s car wherein we were rear-ended. I am 46 years old. The other driver said it was her fault 100%. My friend’s lawyer filed a claim and found out the person only has 15/30. My friend’s car was totaled which they paid for. I have not got a lawyer because I am still seeing an Orthopedic Surgeon and have to get a facet block and then possibly surgery because I can’t stand for long, legs go out on.
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