Legal Question in Personal Injury in California

Re: Will I be sued?

Your actions were involuntary. That should be enough to prevent you from being liable.

Re: Will I be sued?

Thanks for your posting, and I am sorry to hear about your accident.

There are several factors in your question that make it difficult to state "yes" or "no" to a question like yours. The willingness of the person you fell on to sue is one factor, as well as whether or not this had happened to you at work before, which may go to your negligence or the store's negligence, if any.

I would tend to suspect that any attorney would want to go after the deep pockets, i.e., the store, instead of you personally, although you could still be sued individually to get at the store.

If you have no assets to go after, you may be "judgment proof", meaning that any judgment against you could be meaningless. Have you also considered bankruptcy?

I hope this answer helps you, but if you have other questions, or want more information, or even feel you need legal representation, I'd be happy to help you in any way I can. Please feel free to contact me via email directly at [email protected].

Re: Will I be sued?

most likely you will escape liability based on the two following reasons, based on your facts so far: 1) the plaintiff will probably sue the store rather than you personally since the store would be the deep pocket defendant with the money to payout in a lawsuit. and 2) your actions sound involuntary and you cannot be sued unless your actions were voluntary of volitional.

hope this has helped.

Re: Will I be sued?

Even if you are sued, you were in the course and scope of your employment so your employer has to defend and indemnify you. Sodon't worry.

Re: Will I be sued?

I see you've gotton other responses so this may be a duplicate. If you were "on the job and in the course of employment", you are covered by your employer if you are negligent in any way and cause injury to a customer. The customer's claim would be against the store-not you personally but even if you were sued as a separate defendant, your employer would provide defense attys for you at no charge and pay any claim settlements. If you are in the Orange County area and have further questions, I'd be glad to give you a free consultation. Sam Eagle 714-963-5123.