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I got failure to yield other vehicle was speeding and failed to yield accident
answered on May 5, 2015
You need to hire a traffic ticket lawyer to help you with the ticket and a personal injury lawyer if you were injured.
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Have been to a car accident. A guy hit me and admits his fault. No police arrived to the scene and we claimed it to his insurance. 10 days later an adjuster from his insurance company calls me back and tells me that he partially sees my responsibility and wants to split the payment.... View More 
answered on May 5, 2015
If the other insurance company does not assume full liability, your best course is to file the claim through your insurance company. Yes, you will have to pay the deductible, But your insurance company will try to get reimbursement from the other company. If they collect 100% of the loss, you get... View More
I have been served a subpoena in which I am named as the defendant in a personal injury lawsuit resulting from an automobile accident.
answered on May 5, 2015
If you had car insurance at the time of the accident, just turn it over to your insurance company. They will provide a lawyer to defend you. You do not have to hire a lawyer. If you did not have insurance, you will need to hire a lawyer to answer the summons.
Am I liable in any way
answered on May 5, 2015
Generally, when a car rear-ends another car, the car doing the rear-ending will be found 100% at fault. If you are injured you should contact a personal injury lawyer in your area.
I moved 6 years ago couldnt survive off income . Moved in with family. Haven't bben doctors or attorney since I moved. I do excerise they taught me and still use the H-wave machine they gave me for my leg. Am I legally obligated to settlement or should I see a doctor again. My attorney has... View More
answered on May 5, 2015
You need to speak with your lawyer. You are not obligated to settle your case until you decide to do so.
I had a pacemaker put in wrongly in Deborah Heart and Lung center in NJ - where do I file a malpractice law suit?
answered on May 5, 2015
Are you planning to represent yourself in a medical malpractice lawsuit? You should contact a medical malpractice lawyer in your area who can review your claim to see if it is viable. The consultation will be free.
answered on May 4, 2015
A little more information would be helpful. Are you talking about a possible defamation claim? Generally, insensitive speech is not a good basis for a lawsuit.
answered on May 4, 2015
A little more information would be helpful. Threatening to do something and actually doing it are two different things.
Accident occured in idaho from an oregon resident.
answered on May 4, 2015
A little more information would be helpful. What type of lawsuit? Car accident? Depending on when the accident happened, and the statute of limitations, you may not have to start a lawsuit right away. Any lawyer can handle a case that is settleable with an insurance company.
answered on May 4, 2015
Torts are wrongdoings that are done by one party against another. As a result of the wrongdoing, the injured person may take civil action against the other party. If the wrongdoing, or negligence, harms an individual, it would be considered a personal injury claim.
I am fostering for a rescue a pit mix who has broken leg. It was set by their vet with pins and screws. The vet carelessly did not rewrap well and a screw got caught in his crate. While trying to free him I was bit several times and was in hospital for 5 days and had hand surgery. Both vet and... View More
answered on May 4, 2015
You may want to contact a personal injury lawyer in your area for a free consultation. Yours sounds like a difficult case of negligence against the vet. But get that free consultation.
He was transported to hospital.police reports taken needs help with this whole process where and what should he do?
answered on May 4, 2015
You need to contact a persona injury lawyer in your area for a free consultation. If the insurance company contacts you, do not speak with them until you have first spoken to a lawyer. You can look for lawyers in your area on this site.
I am now 30 and my medical conditions are getting worse. Is it too late?
answered on May 4, 2015
It appears your time to look into a lawsuit has passed. Maryland has a three year statute of limitations. As you were a minor at the time, you would have had until your 21st birthday.
I believe that my husbands recent death was due to medical malpractice and have independent information from another hospital on what he suffered through the first hospitals negligence as well as direct injury to his heart and also staph infections that caused severe sepsis.
answered on May 4, 2015
The best way to determine if you have a viable medical malpractice case is to contact a medical malpractice lawyer in your area who can go into this in more detail. The consultation will be free. I am sorry for your loss.
I received blood tests in January that showed dangerous levels of creatine in my blood a sign of kidney failure. Nothing was said to me. I now am showing signs of kidney failure 4 months later and they are just telling me about January. so now they begin treatment. If i was informed in January I... View More
answered on May 4, 2015
It is hard to say whether or not the four month delay could be the basis for a medical malpractice case. You should contact a medical malpractice lawyer in your area who can go into this in more detail. The consultation will be free.
If i was pregnant 2 years ago and went to emergency because I started bleeding horribly and they only checked my blood and sent me home to come back in 3 days for an appointment and when I come back I find out out I wasn't even in their system for an appointment but they ran test and saw my... View More
answered on May 4, 2015
In your state, a medical malpractice action for injury must be brought within one year from the date the claimant discovered the negligent act, but no more than three years from the date of injury. It appears your time to look into a possible case has expired. I do not think you would have had a... View More
answered on May 4, 2015
You have not given any details about why you think you have a lawsuit against your lawyer. The way to sue a lawyer is to find a legal malpractice lawyer to take your case.
For pain and suffering, punitive damages, defamation of character and criminal negligence. How much is too much?
answered on May 4, 2015
You have not mentioned what you feel is the basis for a lawsuit. You should get a free consultation from a personal injury lawyer who can go into this in more detail.
answered on May 3, 2015
Your question is confusing. How could someone be the driver of a vehicle and not be in the vehicle?
My father was killed 4 weeks in a house fire. There were multiple violations on the home & there also were no smoke detectors so I would like to sue the landlord for negligence, however, my mother was married to my father at the time of his death and she has already filed a lawsuit. As his... View More
answered on May 3, 2015
Only one lawsuit can be filed on behalf of the estate. As you are a distributee under New York's estate laws, you should recover a share of any settlement proceeds according to the laws of intestacy. You should contact the lawyer your mother retained to discuss this further.
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