Covington, GA Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

Indiana is a comparative fault state. What this means is that you must compare the fault of everyone involved and assign a percentage to that person. The total has to be 100%. As long as you are not more than 50% fault then you are allowed to recover damages. Your damages then are multiplied by the percentage of fault of the person you are making a claim against. In the situation you discussed it is likely that some percentage of fault will be attributed to your girlfriend as well as the other driver. Clearly you did nothing wrong so you would be able to collect 100% of your damages. However you would have to collect from both your girlfriends insurance company as well as the insurance company for the other driver. How much fault will be assigned to the other driver is hard to tell from the facts that you listed. It appears that that person was traveling to fast for a parking lot. But the case would depend on whether there are witnesses that are independent.

First, make sure that you report each work accident to your supervisor. Then, contact a WC attorney asap. You need to select a doctor - don't just agree to the Employer's doctor. Your attorney can help you file a WC claim and make sure you are protected.

Depending on what, if anything, has occurred regarding your word-related injury so far, you may not be able to do anything regarding your injury. Generally, the statute of limitations for workers' compensation cases is the later of: (1) the date of your injury or (2) the date of the last payment by the employer or its workers' compensation insurer. If no payments have been made with regard to your neck and back injury and more than 2 years has elapsed since you were injured, the statute of limitations may have expired and you, assuming this is a raised as defense by your employer if you sue, your case would be dismissed. One exception to this 2 year statute of limitations rule is if you notified your employer about your injury shortly after it occurred but your employer never reported your injury to the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court as required by law. Assuming you are within the 2 year statute of limitations (or the exception applies) you had to have reported your injury to your employer as soon as possible after you were injured. If your employer has never been notified of your work injury, this could also prevent you from collecting any workers' compensation benefits. Assuming you are within the statute of limitations and you had promptly notified your employer about your injury you would then just need to contact the employer or its workers compensation insurer and notify them that you want to continue your workers' compensation case. If it has been a long time since you have received any treatment for your injury you may need to prove that the problems now are related to your work-injury. In most cases, this proof must come from a doctor. I would suggest talking to a workers' compensation lawyer. Most offer a free intial consultation so it will not cost you anything to learn more about your rights and options.