xpost- I need a lawyers opinion
so i was in a really bad accident last thanksgiving. my car was rear ended on the LIE by a kid in a truck. We were going about 40 mph,(traffic) he hit me doing 60. the force of him hitting me pushed my car into the HOV lane where I was hit AGAIN by a minivan full of people.
My car was totalled (rear window blown out, trunk crushed, side airbags out, and axles broken. but I walked out with not a scratch on me. the kid who hit me was ok as well, but one of the 6 passangers in the minivan had to be taken to the hospital. I didnt go through insurance and settled w his insurance for a settlement to which I got a new car. (mine was paid in full and I got the reimbursement for a new one)
I just got in the mail a summons that I am a defendant in the case against the car full of asian immegrants (yes they do not reside in this country) and they are suing me. The summons states that I need to make a personal apperiance or written notice to plaintiff's attorney within 20 days.
My issue is that THEY HIT ME!!! and they were not wearing seatbells, which is why the woman when flying from the bench seat in the middle to hit her head on the dash board of the front of the car.
I dont have an attorney and do not want to go through my insurance as I dropped them after the accident and when i got my new car 3 months later i got a new insurance company. Can I still go through my old company even though I am not a client?
HELP!
My car was totalled (rear window blown out, trunk crushed, side airbags out, and axles broken. but I walked out with not a scratch on me. the kid who hit me was ok as well, but one of the 6 passangers in the minivan had to be taken to the hospital. I didnt go through insurance and settled w his insurance for a settlement to which I got a new car. (mine was paid in full and I got the reimbursement for a new one)
I just got in the mail a summons that I am a defendant in the case against the car full of asian immegrants (yes they do not reside in this country) and they are suing me. The summons states that I need to make a personal apperiance or written notice to plaintiff's attorney within 20 days.
My issue is that THEY HIT ME!!! and they were not wearing seatbells, which is why the woman when flying from the bench seat in the middle to hit her head on the dash board of the front of the car.
I dont have an attorney and do not want to go through my insurance as I dropped them after the accident and when i got my new car 3 months later i got a new insurance company. Can I still go through my old company even though I am not a client?
HELP!
