heydudeitsme
Junior Member
Kansas.
A few guys beat me up, police and security saw it and two guys were arrested.
The criminal trial is in 20 days. I found the guys on facebook and they look like they're about to graduate from college so I don't want to screw with their future but I have $1,700 in medical bills to pay for plus another $100-200 in damage to my clothes/phone (not really expecting any compensation for the clothes/phone).
Anyway, I was planning on taking them to small claims court after the criminal trial. I read on another website that I could receive about 3x the cost of my medical bills, Idk if thats true or not.
Is there anyway for me to settle this out of court? It would save me some hassle and although they don't deserve it, it would be doing them a favor.
My original thought was to just message them on facebook essentially saying, "give me x amount of money and I'll drop the charges" but that seems like blackmail.
How should I handle this?
A few guys beat me up, police and security saw it and two guys were arrested.
The criminal trial is in 20 days. I found the guys on facebook and they look like they're about to graduate from college so I don't want to screw with their future but I have $1,700 in medical bills to pay for plus another $100-200 in damage to my clothes/phone (not really expecting any compensation for the clothes/phone).
Anyway, I was planning on taking them to small claims court after the criminal trial. I read on another website that I could receive about 3x the cost of my medical bills, Idk if thats true or not.
Is there anyway for me to settle this out of court? It would save me some hassle and although they don't deserve it, it would be doing them a favor.
My original thought was to just message them on facebook essentially saying, "give me x amount of money and I'll drop the charges" but that seems like blackmail.
How should I handle this?