Advice requarding a personal injury case from almost 4 years ago?

Question

My daugher was involved in a major auto accident on 5-25-03.
It was her vehical. First the other kids in the car told the Deputy she was driving. Later 2 of the other kids told her attny. that the other person in the car was the one driving. No charges were ever brought against him. My question is-who can we contact to have things investigated as to why. Our local Sherrifs Dept. really handled things all wrong. We were informed by them last week, that there was nothing they would do because time had run out on the statue of limitations. Is this true? We thought it was 7 years. Please any information would be great. Our daughters mental/physical health needs some closure.
Thanks

Sueing anyone is not our purpose.
We would just like to see justice done.
We are very fustrated and upset on how the way the county and Sheriffs Dept. handled the investigation, or lack there of. Wondering if there's a higher level we could go to, to file a complaint, and see if we can get something done.

At the hospital after the accident our daughter was placed under arrest, but no charges where brought against her, because her attorney found out that she wasn't the one driving. Her question is. Why didn't the co. press charges against the person driving her car? She did get a settlement from her insurance co. for the loss of her car and most of her medical (she had min. coverage)

Answer 1

Your question is very unclear. You are asking about a 4 year old case, and talking about injury, charges, and closure.
Most states have a personal injury lawsuit statute of limitations of 2 years from the time when a reasonable person would have known that injury had occurred. In the case of a major vehicle accident I think the time of injury is very apparent.

I am confused as to if you are wanting to sue, or simply to find out who was driving. Or if your daughter was charged, and you feel that she was wrongly charged in some way.

Answer 2

I dont know if the statues vary from state to state, but here in Illinois, you have two years to file a personal injury lawsuit.

I'm not quite certain who it is you'd be looking to sue for damages. I know there was a question of who was driving but if it was your daughter's insurance policy that paid out on the damages from the accident, the liability coverage would not cover her.

Answer 3

if your daughter was driving then it was her fault. if somebody else was driving "HER" car it is your daughters fault. closure, there you go. that being said, i charge $225 per hour prep and $400 per hour for trial. i require a seventy-five thousand dollar retainer. it will probably cost about 20 grand for me to determine who was at fault in the first place. then we proceed from there.