{"id":2140,"date":"2011-07-25T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T20:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgs.com\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2011-07-25T14:38:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T20:38:14","slug":"to-all-do-it-yourselfers-call-before-going-to-conciliation-court-after-a-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/25\/to-all-do-it-yourselfers-call-before-going-to-conciliation-court-after-a-car-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"To All Do-It-Yourselfers: Call Before Going To Conciliation Court After a Car Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the internet and so many resources available, many people are doing things on their own without hiring others in order to save money.<br \/>\nConciliation Court is actually set up for the \u201cDo-It-Yourself-er\u201d to resolve legal disputes involving up to $7,500.00. However, a person involved in a car crash that uses Conciliation Court can unwittingly lose other rights arising form that same crash. A recent Minnesota Supreme Court case highlights the danger. The Court ruled on July 20, 2011, that the injured party who had previously won a judgment in Conciliation Court for damages to her car could continue for her claim with physical injuries but had to forfeit her Conciliation Court judgment and repay the defendant. The Supreme Court overturned a Court of Appeals decision that threw out her <a href=\"https:\/\/bgs.com\/personal-injury-law\/what-to-do-if-youre-hit-on-a-bicycle\/\">personal injury claim<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlaintiff ran into a little-known doctrine which prevents \u201csplitting a cause of action.\u201d This generally means that you can\u2019t sue the same defendant or an agent of the defendant more than once for different claims arising from the same injury. Plaintiff, at first brought a Conciliation Court claim for property damage when the defendant\u2019s insured failed to pay for all of the damage to her car. She hadn\u2019t hired a lawyer yet but had talked to one briefly. She tried to do it herself and get money for her damaged car. She didn\u2019t realize until two years later that she had met the \u201ctort threshold\u201d and that her physical injuries would not resolve. She hired an attorney to try to pursue her more important claim for her own injuries. The small Conciliation Court judgment almost cost her her more valuable personal injury claim.<br \/>\nSo, if you\u2019re in a car crash, call a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bgs.com\/areas-of-practice\/personal-injury-law\/\">personal injury\u00a0attorney<\/a> before you bring any claim against one of the other drivers in Conciliation Court.<br \/>\n~ <a href=\"https:\/\/bgs.com\/professional-staff\/attorneys\/buchman-john-t\/\">John T. Buchman<\/a><br \/>\nPerson Injury Attorney<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the internet and so many resources available, many people are doing things on their own without hiring others in order to save money. Conciliation Court is actually set up for the \u201cDo-It-Yourself-er\u201d to resolve legal disputes involving up to $7,500.00. However, a person involved in a car crash that uses Conciliation Court can unwittingly lose other rights arising form that same crash. A recent Minnesota Supreme Court case highlights the danger. The Court ruled on July 20, 2011, that the injured party who had previously won a judgment in Conciliation Court for damages to her car could continue for her claim with physical injuries but had to forfeit her Conciliation Court judgment and repay the defendant. The Supreme Court overturned a Court of Appeals decision that threw out her personal injury claim. Plaintiff ran into a little-known doctrine which prevents \u201csplitting a cause of action.\u201d This generally means that you can\u2019t sue the same defendant or an agent of the defendant more than once for different claims arising from the same injury. Plaintiff, at first brought a Conciliation Court claim for property damage when the defendant\u2019s insured failed to pay for all of the damage to her car. She hadn\u2019t hired a lawyer yet but had talked to one briefly. 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