Legal Question in Personal Injury in Illinois

I got into an auto accident in Febuary of 2007. I was my insurance had lasped and the other driver hit me. We were both cited for the accident. Me for failure to yield while making a left turn. I was in the intersection with a stop light that was green and waiting for traffic to clear so i could complete my left turn. Traffic did let up. the light chancge to red and i had to complete my turn or I would be blocking cross traffic. I proceded to make my left turn and a driver who was trying to beat the yellow light but didn't ran the red light and hit my truck in the center and back of the right side. The other driver was cited for failure to avoid an accident because she made no attmpt to brake or or swerve out of the way and exceeding the posted speed limit. I was taken away in an abulance and had no chance to collect witnesses, I paid my fines and went on with my life. Last week I got a letter from a company called Praxis saying that I own them money for property damage to the other drivers car. Praxis is a third party and not the drivers insurance. I havn't heard anything for the last 4 years and 10 months and now i got this letter saying i need to pay them. I read somewhere that the staute of limitations on property damage in Illinois is 5 years. Which is about two months away. Is this something I need to worry about? I dispute that I was completely at fault for the accident. I feel like i'm being intimidated in to paying for her damage. I have NEVER heard from the driver or her insurance company about damages. Just from this Praxis company. What are my options?


Asked on 12/05/11, 11:05 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
terrence rubino rubino ruman crosmer smith and sersic

ignore the letter. unless something has drastically changed that i am unaware of, the statute of limitations is 2 years for the accident whether it be injury and/or property damage. if you do get a summons or complaint, contact a lawyer in your area. however unless that happens don't lose sleep! probably the other guy's insurance paid his damage under collision coverage and then sold its subrogation accounts to a collection agency. it then is sending out letters to whoever trying to collect whatever it can. good luck.

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Answered on 12/05/11, 11:21 am


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