Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Should your attorney go to the crash scene?

A:

One action that can very seriously impact the course that an automobile accident case takes is the attorney's ability to visit the scene of the accident. I once read about a case where the police officer had cited the pedestrian who was hit by an oncoming car for being partially at fault for the accident because he was wearing dark clothing and he was crossing the road outside of a designated cross-walk.  The attorney who had acquired the case had sent out an investigator onto the scene and the investigator had indicated that the officer's presumption that somehow the plaintiff's dark clothing gave away some of the liability of the defendant turned out to be erroneous because the area was covered by snow banks. In addition, there was a car dealership right across the street from where the pedestrian was crossing that used massive lighting to advertise its inventory which would have very clearly lit up the defendant and his dark clothing against snow banks as he was walking across the street. This type of investigative effort on the behalf of the attorney and his staff may have greatly enhanced the plaintiff's ability to recover funds from an injury setting against an insurance company.  Your attorney should be willing to take whatever measures necessary to ensure you, the client, a favorable outcome.