Shellman Bluff, GA Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

You may recover worker's compensation benefits for an on the job injury. Those benefits pay for your medical care and treatment and about 2/3 of your wage if you miss time from work due to the incident. Any pain and suffering claim would have to be against a 3rd party (ie: someone other than your employer) if the injury was due to the negligence of some person/company other than your employer. If you were at fault for your injury, any award would be reduced by your percentage of fault (and if your fault gets too large, then it impacts what damages are even available). If the press malfunctioned because your employer did not keep it in good working condition, then it is unlikely there is a 3rd party to sue and only if your employer intended to injure you could you sue the employer for an intentional tort (which cases rarely, if ever, win in Mi.).

If your daughter lives in your house, you are the head of the household, the car belongs to you and she is driving with your permission yes you can be sued and held responsible for her negligence. Usually when this happens the driver and the parent are both named as defendants but that is not required. Your automobile liability insurer pays for a lawyer (which they get to choose) to defend both you and your daughter in the case. The insurer is responsible to pay the jury award (or amount of the settlement if the case is settled without a trial) up to the limit of the policy. If you try the case and the jury returns a verdict in excess of the policy limit of your policy you have to pay the difference between what the insurance company paid and that amount.