If a product from a certain company didnt work correctly which caused severe injury to many people..how long will it take for settlements ect? I believe a lawyer has been working on my case for a year, and said its still pending..
2007-05-07 15:57:58 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
many moons...light years
2007-05-07 16:02:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This sounds like a product liability case. These cases which this one seems to be a class action suit could take many years. I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it usually does unless there is an early settlement and even that can take years.
Another thing to consider that it depends on if it is in federal court or state court. Also depends on what state it's filed in and what that state's court calendar is like. There is a lot of difference between the different states.
Talk to your lawyer. You hired him/her and should respond to your questions in a reasonable amount of time. Even if it's a class action suit. Usually they send out updates. Do some of your own research. Don't let the attorney just keep you hanging. Ask questions of course.
Just don't count on getting money from the suit or settlement at all. It may never come and probably won't come if it ever does when you need it or depend on it. Good Luck. I wish I had a better answer for you but I don't think it's possible to answer such a question with the limited information you have given. These things just usually take much more time than they should and there are so many variables.
2007-05-07 16:01:13 · answer #2 · answered by lag_time2 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
A lawsuit can take years and thousands of dollars and even more years and more thousands of dollars if the case is appealed. There is no time limit to bring a case to settlement. Most cases have court mandated deadlines for proceedings, but with postponements and agreed extensions, those deadlines can be extended for what seems almost indefinitely.
2007-05-07 16:09:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, yours is well under the average, and not as long as decades it takes others!
They have bean counter's. They know they have a defective product in many cases but weight the profit against any loss that may occur! Class action suits, when they get their awards, at times sounds like larges sums of money. In the end, usually Republican judges have knocked the amount down to nothing!
Exxon, who made record profits last quarter( I think it was an increase of 6 or 8 Billion dollars), still has not paid for the Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska which devastated the habitat.
2007-05-07 16:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A product liability case can take as long as 4-5 years if the company is putting up a fight. One year barely gets you out of the discovery phase in these very complex cases.
2007-05-07 17:09:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is not unusual at all for something like this to take a long time. It could take years since the company is so big. They will try to tie it up in court for a while and try to get you to drop the case or have it take so long that they may not even have a case against them. If it is pretty bad though it should not be that long though. Try going to a higher power to see if your case can get some attention and speed some things up a little bit.
2007-05-07 16:04:14 · answer #6 · answered by Nick D 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This is how it works.......If your case is a solid case and the big company knows this......they are going to drag their heels as long as they can in order to keep their money. They want to withhold it from you as long as possible. (It could take a very long time, then you have to worry about if and when they lose, how many times will they appeal the decision. There is not a set amount of time.) Once they have you dangling in the wind, they often times offer a out of court settlement in the hopes of your being so discouraged you will settle for anything..........Don't do it! If they bargain to settle out of court then you can probably triple that amount by going to court.
Good Luck to You!
2007-05-07 16:14:12 · answer #7 · answered by LucySD 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it could take years the lawsuit i am in with state farm has been about 2 years and it still isnt done
but less than 1% of lawsuites go to the court room the rest are settled out side of court
2007-05-07 16:04:03 · answer #8 · answered by kyle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Lawsuit time, a year is just a short time ago.
This may be like watching a tree grow. it does take time and may appear nothing is happening., and many times this is exactly what is happening..nothing.
. There is little you can do to speed things up.
2007-05-07 16:12:26 · answer #9 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the bigger the company, the longer it will take. they spend money on lawyers to keep it going, in hopes that you give up. do not give up. if you can find others who the company has hurt, you can get a class action lawsuit going.
what is the company? what did they do?
2007-05-07 16:04:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take it to the media. seriously. companys do not like negative attention. just like the whole swiffer wet thing. it killed some pets, and it was taking to long to get settled in court, so people went to the media, and that made swiffer worry, and it was settled very very fast after that
2007-05-07 16:07:20 · answer #11 · answered by Dork with Questions 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋