Legal Question in Personal Injury in Maryland
Being sued for ''personal injury''
I was in an auto accident last year. I was making a left hand turn while the light was green and somebody ran the light and hit me. there were two people in the other car and only me in my car. The police was called and the ambulance but nobody was injured at the time and the ambulance left the scene. There was a witness that saw the whole accident, he as behind me and he saw that I had the green light and that the other car ran the light. My insurance listened me an the witness and decided that I was not at fault and did not pay the other drivers any money. Yesterday I reecieved a summons saying that both drivers are sueing me for 1.5 million dollars each claiming that they will never be able to work again.I don't understnad how all of this came about when the night of my accident my mother called the driver to get his insurance info and someone answered his phone aying that he was at a party. I am only 18 years old and there is no wawy that I would be able to come up with 3 million dollars if they did when. I'm not sure about this whole situation and was wondering how this will work.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Being sued for ''personal injury''
The facts as you state leave the attorney who is pursuing the case against you in a vulnerable position.
You may be able to counter claim on misuse of process.
Despite not having money to pay the claim, you may have your wages garnished for years to come if a judgment were to issue against you.
Another reason that you may being pursued relates to insurance matters and a pending or potential claim that the occupants of the other vehicle may have.
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Re: Being sued for ''personal injury''
This is why you have insurance. Just turn the defense of the case over to your insurance company. Act fast, as there may be only have a short time for them to hire a lawyer to represent you, but they will do so, and you will only be liable in the unlikely event of a judgment in excess of your policy limits. If that is a real possiblity, you may want to retain separate counsel without potentially dual loyalties to monitor the case and make sure the insurance co. acts in good faith towards you (although defense lawyers hired by insurance companies are not supposed to have loyalties to anyone other than you, the fact is that the insurance co. is paying the bill and is the source of repeat business, so you sometimes have to watch to make sure your interests are covered).
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