What Happens When Defendants Put Fault For The Accident On The Victim
Accidents take place. That is also true for accidents involving motor vehicles and pedestrians. Lawyers skilled in dealing with pedestrian injury cases are knowledgeable about not only the technical factors of the accident, the insurance problems, and the medical aspects of the injuries to the pedestrian, but also the psychology of the people concerned. Attorneys understand that individuals on occasion remember incidents in keeping with their own self-image, an image of an individual who is a mindful driver, of a person not able to be responsible for causing an injury to others. These attorneys also realize that sometimes all you need to bring out the truth is a little bit of common sense. Consider the example presented by the following:
In this case a 75 year old male pedestrian was struck while going across the street to get back to his double-parked car. The potential defendant was driving a van at the time of the accident. He said that the victim 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 causing damage to the its side. He sustained a fracture to his shoulder, a fracture to his collarbone, and a fracture to his ankle. He needed screws and a metal plate inserted into his ankle. An productive person before the accident his life changed significantly after.
The law firm that represented the pedestrian requested that the defense produce evidence of the damage to the side of the van claimed by the driver. No such evidence was ever offered by the defendant. The only damage that was noted was a cracked windshield - as would be expected from the front of the van striking the pedestrian and inconsistent with the pedestrian hitting the side of the van. Yet, the defendant