I was in a car accident recently. It wasn’t severe, but I sustained some muscular strain from the beginning. I also felt my knee was a bit sore; I assumed I hit it against something.

A couple of days afterward, I saw a physician and mentioned my knee pain to him. He examined it and determined it had a slight contusion – and suggested I just give it some rest and take some pain relievers.

After about 7 or so more days, I was feeling some real pressure in my knee and it was getting progressively worse. I went back in to see the physician and he ordered an MRI of my knee.

The MRI results showed tears of the meniscus. The physician’s report states that the reason for doing the MRI was because of the car accident and subsequent pain in the knee.

I spoke with the (other party’s) insurance adjuster today. She’s accepted liability for the accident, but says that it’s highly unlikely that the torn meniscus is due to the accident itself.

I wasn’t having any problems with my knee before the accident. Obviously, it’s impossible to tell with certainty what the cause of the tear was, but it seems pretty clear cut to me.

Is she correct that torn menisci are rare in auto accidents? I’m not trying to jack the system here. I just want to be sure my knee is treated properly – and that they pay, if they’re responsible.

I was in a car accident recently. It wasn’t severe, but I sustained some muscular strain from the beginning. I also felt my knee was a bit sore; I assumed I hit it against something.

A couple of days afterward, I saw a physician and mentioned my knee pain to him. He examined it and determined it had a slight contusion – and suggested I just give it some rest and take some pain relievers.

After about 7 or so more days, I was feeling some real pressure in my knee and it was getting progressively worse. I went back in to see the physician and he ordered an MRI of my knee.

The MRI results showed tears of the meniscus. The physician’s report states that the reason for doing the MRI was because of the car accident and subsequent pain in the knee.

I spoke with the (other party’s) insurance adjuster today. She’s accepted liability for the accident, but says that it’s highly unlikely that the torn meniscus is due to the accident itself.

I wasn’t having any problems with my knee before the accident. Obviously, it’s impossible to tell with certainty what the cause of the tear was, but it seems pretty clear cut to me.

Is she correct that torn menisci are rare in auto accidents? I’m not trying to jack the system here. I just want to be sure my knee is treated properly – and that they pay, if they’re responsible.

My 16yr old was involved in an auto accident. She was going straight on a highway and another car was making a left turn and turned in front of her causing my daughter to hit her car. The other driver was issued a ticket for careless operation. A car behind my daughter was a witness to the accident along with a passenger with my daughter. The driver at fault was a 78 yr old lady that was with her 80 yr old sister on their way to a casino. They are fighting the ticket saying that my daughter was speeding and didn’t even use her brakes because there were no skid marks. This was 8:30 pm and it was dark. They are also claiming that the elderly sister had injuries. But, when I asked if they were ok, they did mention the sister bumped her head on the window upon impact but she was ok. They also stated that she had an aneurism(sp?) 4 mos before. The police report states that my daughter was doing the speed limit and that the driver behind her did see her brake lights. Can they win?

My sister was in a six car pile up. She was the third car and the police report states that she was stationary. We live in NJ.

Now, she has been contacted by the legal teams of two of the other people involved. Is this something she should be concerned about, or do they typically just go after everyone? Is there something she could do to pre-empt any legal battles? We really do not want to get a lawyer or deal with any courts but if that is the next move, we would like to know now what to expect.

My daughter shattered her arm in an auto accident last weekend (Friday) and had surgery a week later (Friday) to fix it. She was the passenger in the car. She does not have any health insurance. The police report states that due to conflicting stories, they cannot place who was at fault. But I was able to obtain a CD from a service station that had the accident on tape. The other party turned in front of my daughter while they both had a green light. After asking around to friends and family, nobody knows of a good attorney for me to contact! I’m looking for all of her medical bills to be paid, as well as lost wages. Has anybody had success with a certain lawyer or know of a good one I can call? I would really like a referral instead of just picking one out of the phone book. Thanks!

I was arrested for DWI because I was sleeping in my car after having a night out with some friends. I was a little tipsy but I still did not want to drive until I had some time to sober up. While sleeping a cop pulled up to get something to eat at a restaurant that I was parked near and noticed me in the car asleep. I heard him knock on my window but apparently did not respond as quickly as he wanted so he opened my door and had me step out of the vehicle and then arrested me after I refused to speak with him. Is there anything that I can do about these charges.

The video does not show him entering my vehicle without permission but his report states that he did so. Also the keys were in the ignition when the cop arrived. I have a lawyer now and he is looking over the charges.