Marion, TX Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

The settlement was for an old injury. The new injury should not be covered by the old settlement, because it may not be related to the old incident. It seems as if you were injured a second time after the employer required you to do the exact same work that injured you the first time, and they failed to take steps to make the working environment safer. I would recommend that you hire a worker's compensation or employment attorney to help you with this case.

Yes. Generally speaking, homeowners' insurance provides coverage for liability and medical expenses arising from bodily injury sustained by a third party while on the insureds' property. However, it is possible that your insurance company may attempt to allege that this act is excluded from coverage because it was an "intentional" act. Intentional acts are excluded from Texas homeowners' insurance policies. Regarding your second question of parent-child liability, as a general rule minors are civilly responsible for their own torts. However, a parent can be liable for the acts of a child under various theories of liability including but not limited to negligent conduct, willful & malicious conduct, and a duty to control the child.

In Ohio there is a defined period of time within which you must file a lawsuit to recover for injuries and damages caused due to negligence. If you were a minor under the age of 18 at the time of the accident you had until you turned 20 years old unless the incident involved medical care in which event you had until you turned 19. Not knowing how old you were at the time of your accident, I assume from your description that the incident that occurred 20 years ago would place your claim beyond any statute of limitations unless you were and remain legally incompetent in which even the statute of limitations may be tolled. Sorry but it sounds like you are likely too late to do anything from a legal perspective.