Ronald Arthur Lowry's Answers

Slander,injury, and/or retaliation case?

In Georgia making "terroristic threats" is a crime. To falsely accuse someone of a crime orally is slander. To do so in writing is libel. The key is what words you said. If you used words that fit the definition of "terroristic threats" in the Georgia Code you may not only not have a case you may technically be guilty of the crime. I suggest you go to a search engine and enter "terroristic threats" and "Georgia Code" and see what you find. That should lead you to the Code section itself and you...

We live in Va.,am I responsible for the North Carolina hospital bill for my husband's recent heart attack? Home is in MY name.

If you signed nothing that says you are responsible for the bill at the time of admission or later, then you are not responsible. You are not the person who received treatment. Collection lawyers and bill collectors are famous for "blowing smoke" in an effort to collect money and often try to get money from people who are not legally obligated to pay. I do suggest that your husband attempt to negotiate a payment plan himself. Be sure you do not sign it though as that would obligate you.

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My laywer filed personal injury suit for me and then stuck me with another lawyer in the firm without knowlage

Often an attorney has other lawyers working for him or with him in the same firm. The fact that an associate or junior partner is working on a case is absolutely normal. Like most organizations a law firm has employees and the work is delegated with the supervising attorney still in charge of the case. That said, if you are unhappy with the second lawyer because of something he/she has done you should report that to the primary attorney.