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Involved in a car accident while traveling abroad?

Say, a foreigner traveling in the US got involved in a car accident. A car hits him that resulted in a broken leg and an arm and the aftereffects of the accident was severe. He starts processing the lawsuits or whatever anyone needs to do after becoming a victim of a car accident. But his travel visa would be expired before all the procedures are to be done.

How can he deal with this situation? Can he do the process from his homeland? How can he collect whatever the compensations that he's to get from the person hit him?

MR asked in Legal 7 months ago | Report

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  • _mg_6294_small
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    He can assign his claim to a resident of the jurisdiction. Pretty simple actually. The problem is that he may need to return to testify.

    Alex J. Higgins answered in Legal 7 months ago | Report
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  • Min-wage_small
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    He should do the same thing a U.S. citizen should - hire a lawyer to represent him in court. There are tons of lawyers who would take on a case like this for a share of the judgment. If the case does go to trial they could probably arrange for another visa to cover the time he has to return to the U.S. to testify.

    The lawyer would take care of all the paperwork and filings, and if they won the case they could arrange collection of the judgment too.

    asteria answered in Legal 7 months ago | Report
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