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1 Answer | Asked in Personal Injury for North Carolina on
Q: If I burned my breast from pizza roll sauce and it left a small scar on my new breast augmentation can I sue?
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answered on Aug 20, 2023

Well, first off, anyone could sue for anything. The actual question is whether you will be successful. In my opinion, you would not be successful. In order to be successful you have to prove that the party against whom you are making a claim was negligent. First of all, you dropped the sauce on... View More

3 Answers | Asked in Personal Injury and Criminal Law for New York on
Q: I accidentally side swiped a outdoor restaurant seating structure on the street? There was no real damage no police repo

There was a person in the structure that was not in contact with my vehicle but claimed he was assaulted? He also took a picture of my license? Is that legal? And was that assault? He refused me calling medical attention

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answered on Aug 6, 2023

Taking a photograph of your license plate is certainly legal. To prove assault, he would have to prove intent to harm. This sounds more like a simple, negligence action. If your car accidentally hit a structure, your liability insurance should cover the damage. Simply report the accident to your... View More

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2 Answers | Asked in Personal Injury for New York on
Q: Can a personal injury case in supreme court be heard after 30 yrs? I have a 1,000,000 suite against the city of NY

The attorney I had keep telling me he was trying to settle my case but I believe he did nothing. There was never a update on my case. The said attorney has been suspended in 2020 and has been still acting as my attorney. He told me he was retiring and a friend of his will take over the case and... View More

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answered on May 20, 2022

Well first of all, go on the court website and make sure that your case is marked ‘active’ and not ‘disposed’ which would be a problem. If it’s ‘disposed’ it means the case is closed and then someone would have to contact the court to get it re-opened. Unless of course, there was a... View More

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2 Answers | Asked in Car Accidents, Personal Injury and Workers' Compensation for New York on
Q: In regard of a car accident

I was involved in a car accident on October 2020. I did not hire an attorney because the insurance company said they would take full responsibility, the report said we were both at fault even though the driver cut me off on the opposite side and hit my driver side, I was injured. Upon taking days... View More

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answered on Mar 1, 2022

Unfortunately, you are 1 1/2 years late for getting the assistance you need if you are in NY. You really needed an attorney at the outset. I can only comment on New York Law, so if this is another state this response might not apply. In NY, you would not use your primary health insurance for... View More

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3 Answers | Asked in Personal Injury for New York on
Q: being sued by someone claiming personal injury from my car in 2018. He went through my insurance. Now he’s suing me

I have no property. All I have is a checking account I pay my rent with and a car worth $2,000. What do I do?

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answered on Oct 24, 2021

Claims are usually started with your insurance company. Perhaps the property damage claim was settled with your insurance company but apparently the bodily injury claim was not able to be settled. This generally occurs when the the offer made by your insurance company is significantly less than... View More

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