Wharton, TX Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

You have to retain a personal injury attorney. Make sure the police know the other person fled the scene. This is a criminal offense. Provide your attorney with all police and accident reports together with the other party's insurance information.

Depending on what kind of change you are thinking of making to your business, I don't believe a lawsuit automatically prevents you from making the change, HOWEVER, if you are a partner in a partnership (for example) and wish to change your partnership into a corporation, the change will have taken place AFTER whatever circumstances led to the lawsuit being filed, so you will still be considered a partner for the purposes of the lawsuit. In other words, you can gain whatever benefit can be gained from changing the nature of your business, but NOT retroactively.

Quite possibly, but the hospital will need to obtain a judgment before that can be done. Further, you likely have a homestead exemption which will protect at least part of the equity in your home. Hospitals will customarily work with you on payment of delinquent bills.