Janesville, CA Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

It is hard to provide you any specific guidance without more information. I will try to provide some general information that may be useful. There is generally, especially in personal injury cases, no duty to notify someone that they are going to be sued. When a lawsuit is filed, a copy of the complaint and a summons must be served upon the defendant (the person being sued). Usually this is done by the sheriff, constable or by certified mail. If the defendant cannot be found, the person suing (the plaintiff) can ask the court for permission to file a notice in a newspaper about the lawsuit. The "summons" indicates the date by which a defendant has to file an answer or other legal document. The "complaint" would list the basic facts for why you are being sued and what the person suing you wants. In certain types of cases, such as evictions, the summons does indicate the date the defendant must appear in court. The papers you received should have been a summons and the complaint. I cannot comment what the "7/23/12" date means without knowing what document it was on. It could be the date the lawsuit was filed against you, it could be the date you have to file an answer or many other things. You should consider talking to an attorney to get more information about what the papers you received mean and what you need to do to defend yourself.

An attorney in most states, including North Carolina, is required to consult reasonably with his or her client. This duty requires the attorney to keep the client informed about the status of a matter, respond to client's requests for information, and provide updates with respect to decisions that have been made with respect to a client's informed consent. In general, communication with clients on the weekend is within the discretion of the attorney. Depending on the urgency, communication with a client on the weekend may be reasonable. However, in most instances, this is not the case.

A Medical Malpractice case may be cost prohibitive, ie, it might cost more than corrective surgery. I have seen cases such as your brought for breach of contract rather than medical malpractice. Basically, you do not have to prove negligence, only that you had a n agreement that the doctor would fix your nose and he failed to do fix it. It would cost less in expert witness fees. Below is a summary of what you need to sue for malpractice. To successfully sue for malpractice, you need three things: 1. Evidence that the doctor/nurse deviated from acceptable standards of due care, either by act or omission. This is also referred to as negligence. A bad outcome, in of itself, is not evidence of negligence. You need a doctor to testify that the doctor/nurse was negligent. 2. Evidence that the negligence cause some harm. 3. Significant damages. If the negligence caused minor damages, it would not be economically feasible to bring a ,malpractice case, because the cost in expert witness fees would exceed your damages. I know some malpractice attorneys who require at least $500,000 in medical bills or lost wages caused by the negligence before they will consider the case.