The Defendant Doesn't Have To Pay Your Bills On An Ongoing Basis
A general rule of thumb is that the person responsible for your injuries will not have to pay your medical bills on an ongoing basis.
When you get into an accident, you are usually responsible for paying your medical bills as you receive them.
The only exception is usually car accidents that happen in no-fault states. We'll talk more about that below.
Accidents involving med-pay insurance coverage can also be exceptions.
Even if there is no doubt that the other person was clearly at fault, most laws do not require them to pay your medical bills on an ongoing basis.
The law does require that, if the other person is indeed found to be at fault, he or she must pay your damages.
In personal injury cases, medical bills are usually a significant part of those damages.
But, that payment usually comes long after the car accident when you are finished all of your medical treatments and fully recovered from the accident.
The defendant won't have to pay the medical bills as they come in.