Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

A friend of mine suffered an injury while he was in the back seat of a police car. Another officer driving another police car backed I to the car he was in causing a reinjury to a previous injury he had. He was taken to the er and had many scans done. Doctors confirmed that an old I jury had been irritated due to the impact of the accident.

He hired an attorney to file a claim for the Injury . The co tract was signed with the attorney. This was in January of this year. A few weeks ago he heard back from that attorney that he is dropping the claim that he can’t do it for him because hes being harassed by the cops that were involved in the accident . Then tells him the statute of limitation will be up soon to file claim . I know there’s a 6 mos statute of limitation to file the administrative claim im guessing that’s what he was talking about. Question is since it was already filed with thst attorney does it qualify as being done in time r rn though thst attorney is no longer handling the claim.?


Asked on 8/24/23, 9:38 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

You never said the govt claim was filed, only a deal with an attorney. Go hire a different attorney asap to file the personal injury lawsuit and to immediately file the govt claim, or do it yourself if you can figure out how to do so properly.

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Answered on 8/25/23, 10:17 am


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