What can I do if I am being sued for damages for a personal injury? 50 Answers as of February 20, 2012

Turn the Summons and Complaint over to your insurance company right away and it will defend you free of charge.

Retain and/or consult with a defendant's personal injury lawyer to timely defend you in the litigation.

Immediately contact your insurance agent and tell him about this, and ask him (or her) where to fax the summons and complaint which you received. If you carried bodily injury liability insurance, then your insurance company should provide a defense for you. If your agent tells you that you had insurance for this type of occurrence, immediately call the attorney's office who is suing you, and tell that attorney not to default you, that you are providing the paperwork you were served to your insurance company. Act NOW though, and don't wait. Waiting and not doing something about it could be very damaging to your defense.

I suggest you hire an attorney to reprsent you if you are confused and dont know what to do upon service of a lawsuit on you. Please note that this is not legal advise and should not be construed as such.

As a plaintiffs lawyer, I am certainly not the most qualified to respond to your question however, I suggest that you immediately speak with your insurance carrier that you had coverage with at the time of the accident.

You need to contact your automobile liability insurance company ASAP and tell them you were served with the lawsuit papers. Make arrangements to turn over the papers to the insurer who will arrange for a lawyer to defend the case. The insurer is supposed to defend you free of charge to you and pay any settlement or judgment up to the limits of the policy. Move quickly as delay in turning over the papers to the insurer can sometimes be used by the insurer as a basis for terminating coverage.

Since you have your own automobile insurance, you should contact your carrier immediately and provide them with a copy of the lawsuit. They should then hire an attorney to defend you.

Call carrier and find out about the attorney. Believe the carrier has an obligation to defend. Did you send the carrier a copy of the complaint?

You need to advise your insurance company of the lawsuit immediately. They should hire a lawyer to represent you. Be aware you have a very short period of time to respond to the Complaint or you will be defaulted. Go talk to a lawyer right away if your insurance company isn't helping you. Good luck.

Turn the papers over to your insurance company

If you were insured at the time of the accident you should turn the writ over to your carrier. If you were not insured you should consult with an attorney to discuss your options. Disclaimer: This answer is not meant, nor should it be construed to be legal advice, Further, it is not intended to, nor does it create a lawyer/client relationship with any firm or individual to whom this answer is communicated.

Turn it right over to your insurance company. They will defend you for free and cover damages up to your policy limits.

If you had insurance, you need to contact your insurance carrier right away. They will assume the defense for you and pay any amounts you are ordered to pay. They also will try and resolve it on your behalf. If you did not have insurance, you need to seek out the advice of an attorney as soon as possible. There are deadlines regardless of which of the above applies.

Send the summons and complaint to your auto insurance company. They will handle.

You should contact your insurance company immediately. The insurance company should provide an attorney for you and pay for damages up to the limits of your coverage.

You insurance company should defend this claim. Contact them and let them know what is going on.

Call your insurance company you had t that time and they will have defend the lawsuit for you

Your insurance carrier should defend you and take care of it up to the limits of your coverage. Contact your insurance carrier asap.

Give the papers to your insurance company. They will provide you with an attorney and will defend your case.

Contact your carrier and send them the papers. They will assign you a lawyer.

Contact your insurance company immediately It should handle this matter for you , particularly since you already notified them of the matter. Probably, the insurance company was unable to settle the matter and so the case has now been filed as a lawsuit. Just make sure you let them know of the suit papers right away in order to avoid a default judgment.

You must take this claim to your insurance company right away! Even if they are no longer your insurance company they were during your claim so they must protect you. If they don't you should contact an attorney about suing your insurance company.

If you had insurance in force at the time, call the insurance company ASAP. Failure to report could be a defense to coverage. If you had no insurance, then you will have to hire your own lawyer.

Send the papers to the insurance company you had at the time of the accident.

Call whatever insurer was insuring your car when the accident occurred.

If you were insured at the time, call your insurance company and let them know you were served with a lawsuit. They will have an attorney assigned to handle the matter for you.

Report this to your insurance company immediately. As long as you had liability coverage in place at the time, your insurance company should defend you and appoint a lawyer. Act quickly!

Turn the lawsuit over to the insurance company that you had at the time. They will hire a lawyer and defend you.

All you need to do is contact your insurance company and it will hire you a lawyer.

Your automobile insurance company will provide you with a defense. Send them a copy of the documents you received and they will hire the lawyer to defend the claims, at no cost to you.

You should provide your insurance company, who insured your vehicle at the time of the accident, with a copy of the lawsuit that you received. Pursuant to your automobile insurance policy, your insurance company has a duty to defend and indemnify you for claims arising out of the operation of your automobile, up to your policy limits.

your auto insurance company should provide you with an attorney notify it of the suit

Contact your insurance company IMMEDIATELY and send them a copy of the summons and complaint. They should hire you an attorney at their expense; and take care of this for you.

Of course, you may elect to also talk with another attorney in your community, too. But move very quickly, because your attorney will need to file an answer within 30 days of service, to avoid default, along with other important matters. Good luck.