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  • 04-14-2007, 07:40 AM
    deluchr
    Possible Car Accident Lawsuit, Years After The Accident
    Hi was wondering if someone could please give me some insight on this. I was in a car accident years ago not sure exactly how long had to be at least 6 years ago though. The car I was driving was my mothers car and insured but I guess I wasnt insured when driving it. The accident occured at an intersection. I was driving north bound and went thru a yellow light. A car traveling west bound hit me on the passenger side and then hit a van sitting at the light driving south bound. The people in the van are now trying to sue me for either injury or property damage. The kicker is in the police report the cop wrote down that I ran a red light because the light was yellow. I didnt recieve any type of citation for running a red light though. The driver of the vehicle that hit me and the van was not licensed, insured and the car wasnt registered. I recieved papers from the van party a few years ago and wrote a document disputing this, now some few years later im I recieve a certified letter saying A certificate of readiness without being signed by all parties shall be filed with the Prothonotary 10 days from the date of this letter unless objections are sent in writing to the undersigned. My question is this. Am I liable for this accident and is this not past the statute of limitations for any type of lawsuit? I live in Pennsylvania.
  • 04-14-2007, 09:28 AM
    jk
    Re: Possible Car Accident Lawsuit, Years After The Accident
    Quote:

    I recieved papers from the van party a few years ago and wrote a document disputing this, now some few years later im I recieve a certified letter saying A certificate of readiness without being signed by all parties shall be filed with the Prothonotary 10 days from the date of this letter unless objections are sent in writing to the undersigned.
    I am not terribly familiar with Pa law but what it sounds like may have happened is that a suit was filed years ago, possibly within the SoL.

    The letter you just recieved sounds strangely like a default judgement in the making probably due to your inaction regarding a suit that was filed long ago.

    I would strongly suggest hiring a local atorney to determine exactly what has and is happening and apparently you need to do it very quickly.
  • 04-14-2007, 11:36 AM
    seniorjudge
    Re: Possible Car Accident Lawsuit, Years After The Accident
    Am I liable for this accident and is this not past the statute of limitations for any type of lawsuit?


    You may be. Sounds like you sat on your rights. As the other poster said, get a lawyer.

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