What is the name of your state? Ohio
My daughter was involved in an auto accident in June of 2005. She was 17 at the time and has since turned 18. Fortunately the drivers of both vehicles survived, the other driver was injured more severly. After arriving at the scene of the accident my wife went with the ems with our daughter and I stayed to arrange for tow truck and to get our vehicles back home. My conversation with the Ohio Highway Patrol ( accident investigator that was called in) was trying to determine fault and his explanation to me was that pending direct conversation with the drivers, he had difficulty in determining fault. In a nutshell, time passes, months go by with no one being cited. Our insurance company claim representative is of course in communication with the Patrol and the information given them is that fault is not determined. This, then leaves the insurance companies to figure out fault. Since the time of the accident, my daughter, has no memory of what happened. She suffered a pretty good concussion. Now for the question to which I ask for some thought and advice. On approx. the 158 day after the accident she is asked to come to the police station because " We need to clean up some year end paperwork" (12-30-05) and just would like to ask a few questions. Needless to say a ticket for failure to control was issued. I have found out that there is a 6 month statute of limitation for this particular, but I am curious about what are the statute of limitations on issuing tickets of lessor charges. In juvenile court we denied the allegations and now face a pre trial. Any thoughts out there? Thanks
My daughter was involved in an auto accident in June of 2005. She was 17 at the time and has since turned 18. Fortunately the drivers of both vehicles survived, the other driver was injured more severly. After arriving at the scene of the accident my wife went with the ems with our daughter and I stayed to arrange for tow truck and to get our vehicles back home. My conversation with the Ohio Highway Patrol ( accident investigator that was called in) was trying to determine fault and his explanation to me was that pending direct conversation with the drivers, he had difficulty in determining fault. In a nutshell, time passes, months go by with no one being cited. Our insurance company claim representative is of course in communication with the Patrol and the information given them is that fault is not determined. This, then leaves the insurance companies to figure out fault. Since the time of the accident, my daughter, has no memory of what happened. She suffered a pretty good concussion. Now for the question to which I ask for some thought and advice. On approx. the 158 day after the accident she is asked to come to the police station because " We need to clean up some year end paperwork" (12-30-05) and just would like to ask a few questions. Needless to say a ticket for failure to control was issued. I have found out that there is a 6 month statute of limitation for this particular, but I am curious about what are the statute of limitations on issuing tickets of lessor charges. In juvenile court we denied the allegations and now face a pre trial. Any thoughts out there? Thanks