moving accident- can I be sued?

[jaf72]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA

I just purchased a house, and I had some friends/co workers help me move. One of my co workers injured himself, requiring a visit to an ER and many stitches and has a broken finger. The injury occurred at my former residence, which is a house I had been renting. My co worker could be out of work for a while due to the nature of his injury. Am I in anyway liable? I am going to offer to pay his ER co-pay.

 

[Banned_Princess]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA

I just purchased a house, and I had some friends/co workers help me move. One of my co workers injured himself, requiring a visit to an ER and many stitches and has a broken finger. The injury occurred at my former residence, which is a house I had been renting. My co worker could be out of work for a while due to the nature of his injury. Am I in anyway liable? I am going to offer to pay his ER co-pay.

How did he injure himself?

 

[jaf72]

Moving a washer out of the basement. It fell down the stairs onto him and he gashed his arm open and broke a finger.

 

[Just Blue]

Moving a washer out of the basement. It fell down the stairs onto him and he gashed his arm open and broke a finger.

Do you have renters insurance? Does the injured friend have health insurance?

Non legal advice: Hire Professionals to move your items. Save a lot of back-problems.

 

[jaf72]

Hi again-

He has health insurance, but a $100 ER copay, which I will pay. I do not have renter's insurance. And I will never, ever move without professional movers again. What a nightmare.

 

[ecmst12]

More important - don't go another MINUTE without getting yourself renters insurance.

 

[startedone]

How's the washer? Really, do not have someone behind/below it when moving upwards. Simple solution.

 

[mistole]

If the owner of the property has insurance on the property, your coworker can file a claim with their insurance. Your insurance is primary and the owner/landlord's insurance is secondary. Since you don't have insurance, that would mean that the owner's insurance would automatically kick in.

 

[armstrong1988]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA

I just purchased a house, and I had some friends/co workers help me move. One of my co workers injured himself, requiring a visit to an ER and many stitches and has a broken finger. The injury occurred at my former residence, which is a house I had been renting. My co worker could be out of work for a while due to the nature of his injury. Am I in anyway liable? I am going to offer to pay his ER co-pay.

Based on your story. Your friend is helping you to move to your newly purchased house. Well, you're asking if you are liable? Your not, because it was an accident and no one wants it to happen. I appreciate that you want to help your friend in the medical issues that cause by the accident I think that was the best thing you can do for him.

 

[Zigner]

Based on your story. Your friend is helping you to move to your newly purchased house. Well, you're asking if you are liable? Your not, because it was an accident and no one wants it to happen. I appreciate that you want to help your friend in the medical issues that cause by the accident I think that was the best thing you can do for him.

I see you finding dead threads to post to and making stuff up. In this case, you are WRONG.

 

[sammathew]

First thing, you are not liable to pay him, as the accident was unintentional and he was helping on his free will. The most important thing here is that you don't have a renter's insurance, which is the first thing that a person should have. As you are moving to a new house, just get your your insurance done and consider it to be the top most priority.

 

[Mass_Shyster]

First thing, you are not liable to pay him, as the accident was unintentional and he was helping on his free will.

This statement is 100% wrong.

Intent has nothing to do with liability based on negligence.

 

[ecmst12]

Indeed, ALL accidents are unintentional, that's what makes them accidents. If it was intentional, it would be a crime!