Personal Injury Case

[Dotty44]

What is the name of your state? Illinos

I'm currently involved in a personal injury case that has been going on for almost a year. I recently contacted my lawyer regarding the status of the case and his response by email was that he was mediating the lead case this month. He also said that he hopes it will set a example for my case as well as the others that had the same personal injury. I tried to email/call him again to find out what that exactly means but he will be out of the office for the next week and a half. I'm confused does that mean they are going to court in that case? His previous response to me was that it would be a long protracted litigation but now he is saying mediating. What is the difference?
Thanks for any help I can get on this.

[stephenk]

are you part of a class action? what type of injury case is this?

[Dotty44]

Originally Posted by stephenk

are you part of a class action? what type of injury case is this?

It was originally suppose to be a class action but now he is dealing with the cases individually, 13 in total. The case involves a medical product malfunction that caused alot of people to be hospitalized, some cases are worse then me. I think one lady even lost her vision. So from my understanding he is mediating the lead (worst) case this month but I have no idea if that means court or does that sound more like negotiations?

[stephenk]

mediation is a form of settlement negotiations involving a mediator. The mediator helps negotiate a settlement, if possible.