here is the deal. a friend of mine laid on another friend of mines car hood. my friend driving was talking to a another friend and starting rolling his car. he turned his head to look forward and saw my friend on the hood and slammed on his breaks. my friend fell off the hood and had some scratches and cuts. this happend 16 months ago. all the scracthes are gone and healed now. he played in an entire football, wrestling, bought 2 gym memberships and got in an auto accident. does he have any case at all
2006-12-10 17:28:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Your friend is not hurt. He doesn't have any case at all. I had a friend die in the same situation. Yours should consider himself lucky!
2006-12-10 17:32:19 · answer #1 · answered by queensassey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't waste your time trying; your friend doesn't have a case. To sue someone in civil court, you have to prove that the Defendant caused the plaintiff harm (among other things). Because of the lapse in time between when the alleged injuries happened and when the plaintiff chose to prosecute the case, proving causation will not be possible. The court/jury would find that there are too many possibilities for intervening causes. Likewise with the harm. The harm your frined received was small. It would not be worth his time to pursue this. The money it would take to get a lawyer or to figure out how to file a small claims case would be way more than the amount of money he would receive, which would most likely be nothing, and at the most, maybe a few hundred dollars.
2006-12-11 02:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by John Tiggity 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most civil matters must be acted upon with a year of the incident... I'd say there probably was a cause for a lawsuit, but the time elapsed since the incident would make any type of action very difficult.
2006-12-11 03:24:03 · answer #3 · answered by shroomigator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can file a lawsuit over anything, I doubt if a lawyer would take this without being paid first and I doubt if a judge would hear it. probably dismiss it if it ever got to court.
2006-12-11 01:32:47 · answer #4 · answered by danp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he could take it to civil justices court...but he would lose...just by proving that he was looking out for the best interests of your friend would win your other friend the case.
2006-12-11 01:36:49 · answer #5 · answered by arj7002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You didn't give alot of information, but what you did give, is for him to talk to a civil actions attorney. As the old saying goes, any one can sue anybody,, CIVILALLY.
2006-12-11 01:36:05 · answer #6 · answered by hoosiernumber1daddy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋