Legal Question in Personal Injury in Connecticut
injury working on friends car
my friend asked me to fix his girlfriends brothers vehicle because I owed him a favor. I said yes and while fixing the car I was afraid a car passing by would hit me. my friend went into the car to get a cone and when he shut the door my finger was inside of it and the I had the tip of the finger chopped almost all the way off and the tip of the bone fractured. My insurance company paid the hospital bill but I was left with the co-pays, prescriptions, bandages and other out of pocket expenses. Is my friend that shut my finger in the door responsible to pay these.
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: injury working on friends car
You definitely can pursue a personal injury claim against your friend. You may be able to recover for the damage to your finger as well as for any incidental expenses (lost wages, co-pays, prescriptions, etc). If you were fixing the car at his house, he may be covered by his homeowner's insurance.
Please feel free to give me a call tomorrow. There is no fee for the initial consultation, and we typically handle these types of cases on a contigency basis (which means there is no fee unless we recover monetary damages for you).
Peter
www.salaw.us
Re: injury working on friends car
He may be responsible, but he is probably not going to admit it and pay for your expenses voluntarily. After all, the hospital is not a cheap place to visit. In order to recover, you should sue him for his negligence. This negligence is in the form of not acting with due care for your safety. As a result of his negligence, you suffered direct and indirect damages. You may be able to recover for these damages if you file suit. These types of cases are usually done on a contingency basis. In that, you only pay for expenses incurred during the suit. The lawyer's fees are only taken out of the final settlement award or judgment.
If you need help with this, you can contact me at www.findctlawyer.com or at [email protected]
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