sunshinee50
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What is the name of your state? PA
I was involved in a car accident 3 years ago to which I rear ended another car. It has been in the discovery stages all this time. The plaintiff and I both drove our cars away, he said he was fine, my brother was a witness to the fact that he was fine who was a police officer, the officer who came to the accident did not cite me with the accident. I had no accidents prior to this (30 years of clean driving record). A year later I get served papers that he is suing me for injuries claiming he was and has been in excruciating pain since. He had prior health problems that relate to the claims he is making with doctor and tests revealing this. The insurance companies are the same. He had limited tort on a brand new car, I had full tort. My question is this: If they win my case, why can't I sue him for purgery, for putting me through such grief and stress and to make him a model for those who do this on a regular basis which makes our insurance costs sky rocket? I admit I hit him, even though we believe he stopped on purpose as he had just settled on a prior law suit for a slip and fall a month before this where he makes the same injury claims, but how can he get away with making such outrageous claims? The 4 lawyers involved tell me I can't.
I was involved in a car accident 3 years ago to which I rear ended another car. It has been in the discovery stages all this time. The plaintiff and I both drove our cars away, he said he was fine, my brother was a witness to the fact that he was fine who was a police officer, the officer who came to the accident did not cite me with the accident. I had no accidents prior to this (30 years of clean driving record). A year later I get served papers that he is suing me for injuries claiming he was and has been in excruciating pain since. He had prior health problems that relate to the claims he is making with doctor and tests revealing this. The insurance companies are the same. He had limited tort on a brand new car, I had full tort. My question is this: If they win my case, why can't I sue him for purgery, for putting me through such grief and stress and to make him a model for those who do this on a regular basis which makes our insurance costs sky rocket? I admit I hit him, even though we believe he stopped on purpose as he had just settled on a prior law suit for a slip and fall a month before this where he makes the same injury claims, but how can he get away with making such outrageous claims? The 4 lawyers involved tell me I can't.