Legal Question in Personal Injury in New York

Re: lawsuit for personal injury

You may have more coverage available to you. Any separate auto insurance policies of those family members that live with you may be available to the party suing. Also, the $1,000,000 asked for in the complaint is generally not a real number or reflection of how much money the plaintiff will recover. If you need a private attorney (I am attorney that works as counsel to insurance companies full time) please feel free to contact me.

Re: lawsuit for personal injury

You always sue for more than you expect to recieve. Most likely your insurance company will settle the matter and you won't lose any personal assets.

Re: lawsuit for personal injury

Suggest you retain private counsel to work with your insurance company attorney. At some point, your interests may differ. I handle these all the time. good luck.

Re: lawsuit for personal injury

Relax. Just because a plaintiff asks doesn't mean they are going to get. A demand is simply that, they will have to prove fault and damages and what you describe doesn't sound like it's likely to arise to $1,000,000 in damages. Make sure the accident is reproted to your insurance company and let them handle a defense.

Should you decide at some future time that you needto hire separate private counsel you can always do so.

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