Nuncia, MI Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

If you are now suing the doctor, these questions should be addressed to your lawyer. If you just want reimbursement for your co-pays, forget it, the expenses involved in bringing the lawsuit will be many times the amount of your co-pays.

Engage an attorney and provide all of the facts. It sounds as if they are holding the car as evidence which indicates there are many more relevant facts.

It depends on which type of Social Security disability benefits you are receiving. If you are on SSD (also known as SSDI) benefits then any personal injury settlement will not impact your SSD benefits. If you are on SSI (Supplemental Security Income) disability benefits then any settlement you receive will be counted as income to you in the month received and as a resource in subsequent months until spent down per Social Security rules. To avoid this, the funds would need to go from the other party to your attorney or a trust attorney who then puts the funds into a Special Needs Trust - the rules for these trusts are tricky and Social Security has very specific rules about how they are set up and administered - so if you need one of these be sure to consult with an attorney who has experience with them so that it is done correctly. A special needs trust also may help avoid some of the Mediare issues identified by my colleagues - again consult with an attorney experienced in these matters.