Broward Injury Lawyers: CAUTION - Personal Injury Case (with severe head injury) Dismissed Due to Untruthful Interrogatory Answers
In a recent October 2008 case, the 4th District of Appeal sustained a lower court’s ruling that a plaintiff in response to her interrogatories made false statements that were absolute, intentional, and untruthful responses that were intended to impede discovery. What basically happened was that plaintiff while on a motorcycle was involved in a car accident with a City vehicle that injured her. The City sent her interrogatories to respond to and asked her about her injuries and if they were permanent and for names and addresses of prior physicians she may have seen in the last 10 years. She was also asked if she was ever a party to a lawsuit. In her response, plaintiff failed to list 3 or 4 doctors that she had seen in the past 10 years and also stated that she had not been involved in any lawsuits in the past when she had been. In the case at hand, the plaintiff is seeking damages for head an neck injuries sustained in a motorcycle/car accident. Yet, she failed to disclose a rather extensive history of migraine headaches for which she treated over several years. Accordingly, the case was thrown out. Thus, remember, when answering interrogatories, do not lie or mislead or withhold information because the court does have a remedy when falsehoods do occur and that is dismissing your case!
If you have a similar scenario that you would like to find out the answers to, please call and speak to either attorney Andrew S. Alitowski or William Ryan Moore at 888-ASK-ANDREW (275-2637). We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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