QUESTION
Can I sue the CHP for taking away my medication after an accident?
Asked on Dec 26th, 2011 on Personal Injury - New York
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I got in a car accident, nobody was hurt. It was my wife's car, it was totaled, the CHP had it towed to local yard. I had all my medications in the car at the time and the CHP refused to release them to me. The next day I ended up in the hospital due to not taking my medications. They all had my name on them. I was driving on a suspended license but don't feel because of that they had the right to hold my meds. Can they do that?
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Help me out here. who is CHP? Usually a wrecker operator or storage yard will refuse you permission to sort thru the contents of a towd vehicle. Is that what you are describing?
Answered on Jul 08th, 2013 at 2:28 AM
What do you mean by a CHP?
Answered on Jul 08th, 2013 at 2:26 AM
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It sounds like the local yard actually denied your medication. What kind of medication was it and why couldn't you simply go to your pharmacy and get another refill?
Answered on Jul 02nd, 2013 at 11:51 PM
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I don't think they should have done this but, you're in California and I'm a NY lawyer so I really don't know.
Answered on Dec 30th, 2011 at 9:16 AM
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The medications were yours, you had the right to them. But, "CHP" ( I assume that's the name of the towing company?) could defend on the theory that the damages are remote and indirect.
Answered on Dec 29th, 2011 at 2:34 PM