Legal Question in Personal Injury in Indiana

If you have assets or wages, you should probably retain an attorney to defend you. Once the lawsuit is filed, you will have 20 days to file an Answer to the Complaint. Once the answer is filed, the plaintiff's attorney will likely send you some written interrogatories for you to answer and also will likely take your deposition to find out what your version of events is and to find out if you have any assets from which he can satisfy a judgment if he gets one against you.

In addtition to what Mr. Jackson indicated, you are likely to have your license suspended for not following the Financial Repsonsibility Law. You should definately hire an attorney to review the facts of the case. In Indiana, the other party's own fault can be used to lower the amount of damages or eliminate it entirely. This concept is called comparative fault. For example, if the other party suffered $100,000 in damages but was 40% at fault , a judgment would be for $60,000. However If the other party is more than 50% at fault and went to trial, no judgment would be entered against you. You need somone to provide an opinion to you now as a decision needs to be made whether you should spend money to hire an attorney to defend the case or whether to just negotiate for you in an effort to obtain a lower damage amount. You may feel free to contact me if you wish and I can quote a fee for an analysis.

Good luck.