Unadilla, NY Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

It is not too late to bring this issue up. It would be too late if you were convicted and sentenced, but considering you have court in the future you should definitely bring it up with your lawyer. It is not true that the police have to read a person their rights simply when they are arrested. The police do have to read a person their rights upon a custodial interrogation. In your case, the lawyer needs to examine the circumstances surrounding your statements to the police. If under a reasonably objective standard you were in police custody while they questioned you then they had to read you your rights and the result may be that the statements you made would be excluded from trial.

There is no set formula for the value of any particular case/injury. Each case is dependent on it's facts re: both liability and damages. You would have to consult with an attorney who routinely handles these cases and there would likely have to be a process of investigation of the facts of the incident, and collection of medical treatment records and billings, before any range of value could be assigned to your possible case. You should know that in Michigan the open & obvious doctrine often bars, or certainly devalues, premises liability cases. Generally insurance companies value a case by a factor/multiplier of your "specials" (medical bills, wage loss, and other economic and quantifiable damages).

You have a claim for malpractice; whether you can prove it remains to be seen. First, a med. malpractice attorney will have to review the case (in many states, a licensed physician would also have to review the medical record and certify that there is a viable claim). Second, a lawsuit will have to be filed and a discovery (investigation) be conducted. Depending on its results, the doctor's and the hospital's malpractice insurance will either settle the case or proceed to trial. In any event, if you are hurt, don't wait too long before talking to an attorney because claims against many hospitals have to be preserved by filing a notice within a very short time.