Can’t be that long ago...2 years is usually the limit in cases like this. Did they demand from you? or your insurance company? If they are looking for a payout they will be expecting you to give it to your insurance who, based on the case, either fight it (if it costs little to do) or they’ll buy out to the limit of your policy.
It depends on how you found out about this, I guess. If they are asking for millions and don’t have some reasonable evidence of bills and disability, I’d wait and consult with my insurance. Likely they just want a quick payout of what the insurance company is willing to piss away.
I had no insurance due to a mistake on my part, once... and a dumbell tenant tried to sue me...
I told his lawyer there was no insurance I and was broke so there was not going to be ANY Payout...
The lawyer convinced him to drop it.
Try to convince the lawyer there is nothing to pay out- he will give up.
If, after reading the above posts, you still want to research this person, call a private investigator. For $200 or so you can find out what type/size condom he buys.
Having said that, people don’t sue unless there’s insurance involved. It costs $5000 down and $500/hour to operate the legal system. I wouldn’t worry. Even if he has you served, just respond as required. Most of these are dropped.
Hire a lawyer. Let them investigate for you. They’ll do a better job. Search engine investigation isn’t good enough.
There is a statute of limitations on this kind of thing. How long ago was it?
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If you want a really thorough search, there is no “automated” engine that will do the job for you, because there are many counties and municipalities where criminal records can’t be accessed remotely. You may have to go to the court house and look through the records the old-fashioned way. Most good credit agencies will also do this manual check for you, at least at the last few known residencies of the person in question, but you may have to request it, and there is an additional cost.
Also, they could always have been convicted in a jurisdiction they never lived in, that doesn’t have their records online. In that case, none of the searches/agencies are likely to find that out for you.
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Statute of limitations varies by state. It is 2 years in Texas. Your insurance carrier *at the time the accident occurred* (or allegedly occurred) has to defend, in court, any action that you/ they were liable for during that time. It doesn’t matter if you are no longer a client.
I think what you are wanting is the/ a Property Insurance Loss Register. If you google that, there are pages of hits. There used to be the Southwest Index Bureau (SWIB). They may still exist in some form or for other regions in the country. The first hit for PILR (spelled out) on google does appear to include Bodily Injury claims if that is what they’re alleging.
Public Data has vehicle information for some states, driver information for some states & criminal history/ sex offenders for some states. No particular database is a be all- end all. You can locate some pretty slippery people using the internet & sometimes, going to their last known place of residence. I’m not sure how legal this is for individuals (rather than insurance adjusters). Be careful, though.
Hope this helps.
ps. If you need help, if you will PM me the info you have on the person you’re looking for, I will see what I can find. DH has been a property/ casualty adjuster
(GAB, Crawford, & others) for 35 years, this month. I’ve done some legwork for him on local claims for 26 of those.
Many years ago a lady pulled out from a side street, while her view was blocked.
I had the right of way, churning along at 55.
I broke be hit her.
Cop gave her the ticket.
6 month later I got a letter from her shyster lawyer, demanding all sorts of financial information.
I resisted the urge to respond and just gave it to my insurance company.
They told me to forget about it.
The end.....