Legal Question in Personal Injury in Nevada
How long can our lawyer keep the settlement check?
State of accident - Nevada
My husband was involved in an auto accident two and a half years ago. He was the passenger in a vehicle and the accident was caused by the other motorist. To make a long story short he had to have two knee surgeries and extensive physical therapy. Our lawyer finally reached a settlement with the driver's insurance that caused the accident, but that was 6 months ago and he still hasn't paid our medical liens or given us any money. He is saying that now he is trying to get a settlement from the insurance for the person that was driving the vehicle my husband was riding in. My question is there a time limit to how long he can hold on to our settlement check before paying our liens and us? Also even if he still has a settlement pending with the second insurance is there anything that would stop him from being able to split up the settlement from the first insurance?
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: How long can our lawyer keep the settlement check?
there MIGHT be reasons they are waiting to do a disbursal, but usually the disbursal should occur right when the settlement is received.
Joel Selik
Nevada and California
800-894-2889
Re: How long can our lawyer keep the settlement check?
If the accident was 2.5 years ago; I hope he filed a law suit to protect your statute of limitations. If he didn't file you may have a major problem because you only have 2 years to bring an action or you can't bring it after that time. If seems like 6 months is a very long time to hold your money. I would demand to know what is going on and that they distribute the money or a part of it. IF you have more questions my phone number is 454-2111.
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