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Call your insurance company!! A claims adjuster will handle the claim for you and if you do get sued, promptly provide any documents to your insurance company so that they can assign you a lawyer. If you do not have insurance, you will likely need to pay a lawyer on an hourly basis to represent you or at least advise you.

Maybe. It largely depends on the value of your car and the extent of the damage. If you have frame damage, and your car is reported to have salvaged title, you may have a claim to diminished value and you may need a special estimate to determine the exact amount. Whether the insurance company is happy to pay that full amount is another issue entirely.

It depends on the facts of the incident. If it was as result of the negligence of another person/company/entity, then you may have a claim. You would want to determine who owns or manages the property or maintains the thing tripped on and very often, they will be looking at any negligence on your part or contribution to your injury. Sometimes it takes some digging on these cases to figure out who is responsible for the incident.

The PIP insurance of the car you are riding in pays your medical bills first and if/when they exhaust, your own car insurance PIP should cover your bills, and if that expires or exhausts, your health insurance would pay next.

In Oregon, generally you have $15,000, but occasionally people carry higher limits, so you always want to consult the declarations page of your insurance policy. In Washington, the minimum is $10,000, but it can be waived. If the insurance company says you waived it, ask for a copy of the signed waiver. You can also pay for higher limits in WA and need to consult your policy for specific coverages.