Philadelphia, PA asked in Personal Injury and Products Liability for Pennsylvania

Q: Good day, I have a case management hearing and no representation, how likely is it I will be treated fairly for justice?

I was severally injured in a car malfunction due to Auto fraud and product liability. My former attorneys mishandled my case and no one will represent me. I am not giving up on justice. My life will never be the same, my health is getting worse as I suffer physically, emotionally and financially for what's been done to me.

2 Lawyer Answers

A: You will be treated fairly but no case is self proving. Do you have expert reports? You are required to. As the plaintiff it is your burden of proof.

Do you have a) medical reports and b) a report of a medical expert?

If you are claiming a product case, do you have deposition evidence? Do you have an expert?

If the answer to these questions is no, the court will expect you to have them by dates certain. If not, your case may well be terminated.

A: Proving malfunction cases is extremely difficult, and be prepared to spend $60,000 or more to obtain experts, have tests done.

It is not enough just to say it happened this way. You need experts to say it happened that way due to a defect in design, manufacture, or the failure of a part, and show that the failure was due to faulty design or manufacture.

Just saying "I was driving along and all of the sudden....." isn't proof of defect. It's proof something happened but the other side doesn't have to do anything--you, the plaintiff must show the defect.

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