I am being sued

[Jamash]

Could you try suing the county or department responsible for maintaining the road?

If they had don't they're job properly then the road wouldn't have been so hellish & you wouldn't have crashed.

Why did your brakes lock up if you were going slow & tapping them? Could you sue the last mechanic that serviced them or Buick?

Talk to the lawyer suing you & convince them that there's bigger & more profitable fish to fry.

 

[electric discordian]

If you make it too expensive and difficult for them to sue you they wont bother. So set a court date I believe as there brining the action there liable for the costs!

 

[EnzoHonda]

Ughh. Auto accidents suck. The worst thing? There is absolutely no reason to every admit it was your fault. Always find a reason to say it's the other person's fault. Why? Because nothing will happen to you. My brother drives a medium-sized truck for a living. A woman changed lanes into his rear-wheels. There were like five-ten witnesses that helped to clean up the mess and say how my brother was minding his own business in his lane. She still said it was his fault.

Every time people get involved with insurance claims, everything gets clogged-up, everyone gets greedy, and the whole thing generally sucks.

I wasn't going anywhere with this post. I just hate the insurance industry. Don't get me started on warranties. Anyway, good luck with the whole getting sued thing. Keep your cool, dress well, and don't swear. Everything will work out fine.

 

[PatientGrasshopper]

Depends what they're sueing you for really. It's probably a ploy to get more money on the part of the victim for "compensation". Hope your insurance company hired a good lawyer.

Yea today people could sue you for just about anything, if they don't like the way you look they can sue you and if they have a more expensive lawyer or play the race or victim card they have a good chance of winning.

 

[ElephantGuts]

Push the crappy roads defence! Also point out your previously perfectly safe driving record which I'm sure you have, being an intelligent civilized member of the Escapist. You'll be fine.

 

[jasoncyrus]

Sigh...i hate people who sue for compensation.

I'll use the first post as an example:

Assuming that its a genuine accident.

It's and ACCIDENT no one is at fault short of GOD. Go sue the church for their boss giving bad weather which caused his tyres to skid when his wheels locked and caused him to hit you.

Compensation should only occur when a malicious act is caused, (like someone cutting your brake lines). I'd personally have anyone applying for compensation shot in both feet for wasting my legal system's time. Greedy assholes >.>

EDIT: Just so the original poster knows. Bad weather = not your fault at all. Don't take the blame for nature trying to kill you. (Anti lock brakes might be something good to invest in if you survive this)

EDIT2: Just to be nasty if you succeed in proving them to be retarded then heres a phrase to make you smile...Counter Suit! For damaging your income by dragging you into court and putting you under unnecessary emotional stress which also affected your ability to work.

EDIT3: just saw the above posters edit. I'll tel you it depends on how solid your defence is in the initial suit.

 

[johnman]

Cast as much doubt upon the other drivers skill as possible. If there are no other witnesses then its your word versus hers and it will probly be thrown out of court. My brother had a similar case recently where he was knocked off his bike. Nothing came of it as both said completely opposite things.

 

[Amnestic]

Go sue the church for their boss giving bad weather

There was a film about that, I found it quite funny.

 

[jasoncyrus]

Go sue the church for their boss giving bad weather

There was a film about that, I found it quite funny.

YEah "The man who sued god." Billy Connelly was awesome in that ^_^

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

Run like hell?

Go to Mexico?

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Edit: Yes I should enlist Eggo as one of my lawyers maybe they can turn this into a hate crime against me seeing as I'm one of those awful gay folks (if you cant laugh at yourself then what can you laugh at)

only if you want him they install windows vista and that's about it

as for your situation, she'll probly claim whiplash, have your lawyer dig up the study showing whiplash only gets claimed in countries they allow it and by that i mean people will only say how sore their neck is and the symptoms of whiplash, not an actual neck injury. in the study they checked how many destruction derby drivers report whiplash injuries, they are actually 0

have them harp on the time it's taken to file the suit, 2 years is a bit long. she did not bring the suit in a timely fashion

don't counter sue at the most have them ask for fees at the most if they aren't being paid for by the insurance company

 

[Jaythulhu]

..my heart is swelling

Sounds like something incurred as a result of her inability to find appropriate parking for the situation/location. Anxiety attacks + heart swelling... perhaps a counter-suit?

 

[reaper_2k9]

..my heart is swelling

Sounds like something incurred as a result of her inability to find appropriate parking for the situation/location. Anxiety attacks + heart swelling... perhaps a counter-suit?

I think your right after the accident I began to run around snuggling kittens instead of eating them...my god what happened to me????

 

[Copter400]

In the future, the word 'conversation' would have vanished from the English language. It will be replaced by 'litigation'.

 

[Zomni42]

If i were you.. i'd ask your lawyer and not the Escapists brought up on Law and Order and the Ace Attorney series... just saying. Not that i now anything really.. but if your in a no fault state, i'd say you're fine, but again.. proly a better idea to ask a lawyer... and not a gaming magazine...

finally if you take anyone's advice from the forumn.. even mine.. your likely hood of getting screwed went up by ALOT. JUST SAYING

 

[reaper_2k9]

If i were you.. i'd ask your lawyer and not the Escapists brought up on Law and Order and the Ace Attorney series... just saying. Not that i now anything really.. but if your in a no fault state, i'd say you're fine, but again.. proly a better idea to ask a lawyer... and not a gaming magazine...

finally if you take anyone's advice from the forum.. even mine.. your likely hood of getting screwed went up by A LOT. JUST SAYING

Nope we are not a no fault state and my mom who works in an insurance office said it would be a lot worse on me if we were. I simply asking because I wanted to know if this has happened to anyone else and the results from it.

 

[mike1921]

EDIT: If they choose to drop the suit, and your lawyer advises you to counter sue, don't listen to him/her. Settle for no less then a drop of charges, and settle for no greater as well.

Why not, given that this lady is sueing based on an accident that happened 2 fricken years ago she deserves to lose some cash.

 

[Phantom2595]

I'm still wondering how it could be your fault if you were paying attention, yet lost control of your car on a particularly difficult curve. You made it sound like it was either hitting another car, or going off the side of the road and down an incline.

To me this is a clear money grabber case. Here in Canada these cases almost never happen unless insurance companies didn't pay their dues.

We don't have accidents here , all our cars are stuck in the snow .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0id9fUYb95A

 

[cleverlymadeup]

EDIT: If they choose to drop the suit, and your lawyer advises you to counter sue, don't listen to him/her. Settle for no less then a drop of charges, and settle for no greater as well.

Why not, given that this lady is sueing based on an accident that happened 2 fricken years ago she deserves to lose some cash.

well he wouldn't want to seem greedy, if you counter sue the courts sometimes look as you being greedy and taking up the court's time instead of just wanting the suit over with and out of the system

 

[NewClassic_v1legacy]

In the future, the word 'conversation' would have vanished from the English language. It will be replaced by 'litigation'.

I would like to have this statement stricken from the record, it's misleading and unrelated to the case.

If i were you.. i'd ask your lawyer and not the Escapists brought up on Law and Order and the Ace Attorney series... just saying. Not that i now anything really.. but if your in a no fault state, i'd say you're fine, but again.. proly a better idea to ask a lawyer... and not a gaming magazine...

finally if you take anyone's advice from the forumn.. even mine.. your likely hood of getting screwed went up by ALOT. JUST SAYING

For me personally, it's having some experience in law from a couple of classes, knowing a few lawyers, and admittedly watching a lot of television. Although the only Law and Order series that could even remotely help here would be Trial by Jury, which I never really liked.

Although, if you read through the previous posts, a lot of people suggest talking to their lawyer. It's actually a very common trend, which is something you seem to think we're incapable of. Frankly, I find it kind of insulting that you peg each of our words of advice as increased likelihood of screwing something up. According to what I've seen everything but "Run like hell, to Mexico." has been pretty decent advice, with exception to the obvious jokes.

EDIT: If they choose to drop the suit, and your lawyer advises you to counter sue, don't listen to him/her. Settle for no less then a drop of charges, and settle for no greater as well.

Why not, given that this lady is sueing based on an accident that happened 2 fricken years ago she deserves to lose some cash.

Nope. Think about it for a minute, what would the counter-suit be, emotional distress? This is a thing that's very expensive to get court-proven documentation for, which requires a psychiatrist evaluation, as well as a pretty lengthy and harsh treatment on the witness stand (assuming it goes to trial). By the end of the whole thing, not to mention trawling through the red tape, you're short several hundred dollars in court fees and litigation nonsense, in which any lawyer worth their salt would probably have thrown this case out on the grounds of being as frivolous as the case that spawned it. Necro had the right idea, don't counter-sue.

Although I disagree with the no-settle policy. Sometimes, it can save you a lot of money if they're willing to settle out of court for a reasonably low amount, which would save you the court costs should it fail to be thrown out.

Although, that's really up to you and your lawyer, reaper. I know I give a lot of advice, but always, and I mean always, check everything through with your lawyer. They know the specifics and local laws, my advice is just general legal.

Although, I do recommend you try to get this thrown out, as it seems pretty frivolous from this end.