Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida
accident
what happens when a person who is responsible for the injury to another, comes to the emergency room and offers to pay their medical expences, offers to settle any future lawsuits for 500,000 or some amount of money, and amits liability? What if they don't admit liability? What if they only offer to pay medical bills?
Can their statments be used against them in court if the person refuses to offer and sues anyways
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: accident
Admitting liablity in a criminal case is different than in a civil case. If he goes to court an admission could come in, offers to pay may be evidence of guilt. In a civil case any offer to settle would not come in.
Re: accident
An admission of liability is admissible most of the time. 90.409 of the Florida Evidence Code only excludes "evidence of furnishing, or offering or promising to pay, medical or hospital expenses or other damages occasioned by an injury or accident." If someone admits liability while making the offer, nothing in 90.409 technically excludes it.
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