r/AskLegal

A friend who is staying at my place for the last month after getting in a fight with his wife has now received the "Don't contact me directly, Contact my lawyer" text after they had one last fight (over text) this week. She retained a lawyer, he has not. He needs to get into the house to get his passport, but is not sure now if that is good idea given the last text. He needs to leave the country in 3 days. What should he do?

Someone told me they were about to be actively harmed so I called 911. The dispatcher took my last name and phone number, and the person was subsequently arrested. I’m concerned about retaliation. Will they find out who reported it?

Anyone gone through a similar personal injury lawsuit? Looking for insight on the litigation timeline/process

I’m looking for people who have actually gone through a personal injury lawsuit involving a rideshare accident and had significant injuries/treatment. I’m not really looking for settlement amount predictions — I’m more interested in hearing what the litigation process was like and how long everything took, especially once the case went into litigation.

I was a passenger in a Lyft accident in Texas in 2025. I was sitting in the rear passenger seat and the vehicle was hit on my side. I ended up with multiple injuries and have been dealing with treatment for well over a year.

My injuries/treatment have included:

Neck injuries with multiple cervical herniated discs

Lower-back herniated disc(s)

Middle-back issues

Shoulder injury, including a requested/approved MRI with contrast

Head injury/concussion symptoms — I was initially diagnosed at the ER with a closed head wound, and later neurology treated it as a concussion

PTSD/mental health counseling related to the accident

Chiropractic treatment and rehabilitation

Multiple injections in my neck and back

Medial branch blocks

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for my neck/back pain

Medication for nerve/pain symptoms

Continued pain after the RFA eventually wore off

Decompression treatment for my neck and back

My doctors have discussed the possibility of more serious future treatment/surgery because of the spinal issues

The injuries have affected my ability to work and my normal day-to-day activities

At this point, I've basically been through a pretty extensive amount of treatment and I'm still dealing with symptoms.

The case itself has also been a long process. My attorney sent the demand, the case eventually went into litigation, and the other side has answered and there has been written discovery.

One of the biggest problems we've had is locating the other driver. My attorney has been trying to get him served for months. We had an address that didn't work, but recently the firm obtained an email address and phone number for him. My attorney told me they believe they can now get him served electronically, and someone at the firm is working with the process server on that.

My attorney also recently mentioned that he was starting a deposition, although I'm not sure yet exactly whose deposition it is.

So that's basically where I'm at: serious injuries, extensive treatment, litigation already underway, but a major delay because of difficulty locating/serving the other driver.

For anyone who's actually been through something similar:

How long did your entire litigation process take?

What happened after the defendant was finally served?

How long did it take to get through discovery/depositions, mediation, negotiations, etc.? Did your case settle during litigation, or did it end up going toward trial?

And if you had extensive spinal injuries, injections, RFA, decompression, possible future surgery, and lost wages/work because of the injuries, did the litigation process end up being significantly longer than you originally expected?

I'm mainly trying to get a realistic idea of what the road ahead looks like once the driver is finally served.

I'm not expecting anyone to tell me what my case is worth. I'm just interested in hearing from people who have actually gone through the process and what their timeline looked like.

Thanks in advance to anybody willing to share their experience.

I’m posting this on behalf of my friend because we aren’t really sure what to do. Basically, my friend let someone who she thought was a friend stay with her for a few weeks while this person figured out what to do as she was living in her car. My friend offered to help her financially but she declined. Now my friend is missing an envelope with $3500 cash, an entire safe containing more money plus personal documents, jewelry and a spare set of car keys. There is no one else who knew about the $3500 and no one else who had access to the apartment. This girl is denying everything and even going as far as trying to frame my friend’s mom for doing it and framing her for harassment by fabricating text messages. A police report has been filed but there’s not much the police will do as they say it is my friend’s word against hers. Conveniently this girl now has a new apartment and a new kitten. What would you do?