Cornwall-On-Hudson, NY Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

Every personal injury case has two main components: (1) liability and (2) damages. While the student dentist may have committed an error while working on you, the question is what are your damages? If nothing shows up on x-rays and theres no other evidence of injury, there are no damages and thus no case. If at some point down the road the piece of metal shows up elsewhere in your body, then the statute of limitations may run at that point from the date of discovery, but there could be an argument that you should have been diligent at this point to ascertain if the instrument is in fact somewhere else in your body. The other issue you may have is that I would imagine that you signed some type of consent form with multiple waivers. This may fall outside the waivers and consent if the student was truly negligent in causing the instrument to break, but you would have to look at the language of the consent form to see what you really waived.

In SC, in most instances, you would most likely not be liable personally. However, as far as his trust goes, a lot of that will depend upon how the trust is set up, what kinds of assets are in the trust, his rights and obligations in regards to the trust, as well as several other factors. You should consult with a local attorney as soon as possible in regards to these matters.