Oddly enough, cell phones do have a use in the event of a car crash; a use that may serve you well if you have to take your case to court with the help of an auto accident attorney.
These days, there seems to be a great deal of media coverage about the dangers of cell phone usage when driving. In particular, texting or talking on the phone. Graphic pictures often accompany many of the stories with quotes from those involved in the carnage, or from an auto accident attorney outlining the possible personal injury lawsuit compensation at the end of the day.
Assessing personal injury cases for court is a difficult thing to do, but your auto accident attorney is highly trained and skilled at doing this. There are a number of variables to be taken into consideration which include who was responsible or at fault for the wreck, how much were they responsible, how much “you” were liable for events happening and was the other guy “more” than just reckless.
The nature and duration of your injuries also plays a huge part in any potential settlement or jury verdict, but this is something that will need to be discussed with your auto accident attorney prior to going to court.
Filing an accident claim is usually the first step in the long process to getting reimbursed and ultimately getting justice if you are getting the run around from the insurance company. When the accident happens, no one thinks straight. This is why you need to be prepared in advance for the “what ifs” in life.
For instance, “what if” you do get involved in a car crash? Besides knowing right away that you will need to talk to an auto accident attorney, what other things need to be done? One of the first things you need to do is carry a camera.
Now you might be thinking that’s a major pain to have a camera on hand just in case you get into an accident. Think cell phone. Most cell phones have the capability of taking pictures that are downloadable to a computer or other device. What better way to use a cell phone for instant and irrefutable pictures of the crash? In addition, if your auto accident attorney has gone high tech, and most of them have, they will be able to enhance these photos for court.
Not too many people think about doing this rather vital thing; check the police report to see how accurate it is. They figure the auto accident attorney will do that later. If you don’t check the police report for yourself early on in this process, you may find later there were errors in the way the accident was reported. It’s happened. Don’t let it happen to you. And you need to know this as well, if you don’t check the report, your auto accident attorney will not only have the wrong details to work with, but they can’t get the report amended later.
Just one more thing might make the difference in filing a successful claim and/or court case; making notes right after the crash and putting down everything you remember. Get the names and phone numbers of any witnesses and make a note of license plate numbers while you’re at it.