How Attorneys Can Rebut A Driver's Untrue Account Of The Accident
Accidents happen. That is also true for accidents involving motor vehicles and pedestrians. Attorneys experienced in handling pedestrian injury lawsuits are adept at appreciating not only the mechanics of the accident, the insurance issues, and the medical issues with the injuries to the pedestrian, but also the psychology of the people concerned. Lawyers understand that people now and again recollect events in keeping with their own self-image, an image of a person who is a careful driver, of someone who is not able to be responsible for causing harm to someone else. These attorneys also understand that sometimes all you need to establish the truth is a little bit of common sense. Consider the example offered by the following:
In this accident a 75 year old male pedestrian was struck while crossing the street to get back to his double-parked car. The potential defendant was driving a van when the accident happened. He claimed that the man came out suddenly from the middle of two cars that were parked at the side of the road and that the man in fact ran into the car leading to damage to the its side. He sustained a fracture to his shoulder, a fracture to his collarbone, and a fracture to his ankle. He required screws and a metal plate inserted into his ankle. An energetic man prior to the accident his life changed greatly following the accident.
The law firm that represented the pedestrian requested that the defense produce evidence of the damage to the side of the van professed by the driver. No such evidence was ever supplied by the defendant. The only damage that was noted was a cracked windshield - as would be expected from the front of the van hitting the pedestrian and inconsistent with the pedestrian hitting the side of the van. Yet, the defendant