What is the name of your state? California
On 08/11/2003, my wife (D1) broadsided another vehicle (D2-w/3 occupants) at a T-intersection 1/2 mile from our house. There was no visible or reported injury to the other vehicle's occupant at the time. Police on scene concluded that my wife was at fault and cited her for failure to stop at a stop sign (to lessen the hassle, she did not contest the citation and paid the fines and went to traffic school). The Police Report makes no mention of D2 had the right turn signal on and ready to commit the turn by veering right and slowing down unto the street my wife was on. It had the wrong lane called out for D2, and inaccurate statement of my wife admitting all responsibility (my wife stated that she did not make such a statement to the on scene officer - and I believe her).
On 10/12/2005, we received an plain unlabeled white envelope that the plaintiffs' attorney has filed a pain and suffering, medical and loss of wages lawsuit on 07/29/2005 for total damage of approx. $500,000 (statue of limitation is 2 years). We still have not been officially served in any way. A few questions for you senior members:
Q1: Shouldn't the court filing be sent through something more than a plain un-labeled envelope to the defendants (I had almost mistaken it for junk mail)?
Q2: Could the Police Report be amended for inaccuracy?
Q3: I have AAA as our insurance carrier, what's their track record for defending against potential fraudulent ambulance chasing claims?
Please advise ASAP, because I don't have that kind of money and I smell something...
Thanks in advance!
On 08/11/2003, my wife (D1) broadsided another vehicle (D2-w/3 occupants) at a T-intersection 1/2 mile from our house. There was no visible or reported injury to the other vehicle's occupant at the time. Police on scene concluded that my wife was at fault and cited her for failure to stop at a stop sign (to lessen the hassle, she did not contest the citation and paid the fines and went to traffic school). The Police Report makes no mention of D2 had the right turn signal on and ready to commit the turn by veering right and slowing down unto the street my wife was on. It had the wrong lane called out for D2, and inaccurate statement of my wife admitting all responsibility (my wife stated that she did not make such a statement to the on scene officer - and I believe her).
On 10/12/2005, we received an plain unlabeled white envelope that the plaintiffs' attorney has filed a pain and suffering, medical and loss of wages lawsuit on 07/29/2005 for total damage of approx. $500,000 (statue of limitation is 2 years). We still have not been officially served in any way. A few questions for you senior members:
Q1: Shouldn't the court filing be sent through something more than a plain un-labeled envelope to the defendants (I had almost mistaken it for junk mail)?
Q2: Could the Police Report be amended for inaccuracy?
Q3: I have AAA as our insurance carrier, what's their track record for defending against potential fraudulent ambulance chasing claims?
Please advise ASAP, because I don't have that kind of money and I smell something...
Thanks in advance!