How Car Accident Evidence Can Help You Win Your Case

A Boston car accident is a devastating event when your injuries affect day-to-day life. You may be unable to work or engage in normal activities because of pain and suffering. When it happens to you, nothing is more important than getting the compensation you deserve to reclaim your life. Car accident evidence is critical for helping your attorney prove your case.

Getting a settlement can be a frustrating journey when dealing with insurance companies. They do all they can to shift the blame to you. Hiring a car accident attorney to protect your rights is crucial for recovery. Jason Stone Injury Lawyers is here to walk you through the process of collecting evidence and how it can help you win your case. 

Collect Evidence From the Scene

Collect all possible information from the scene of an accident. This evidence is used in your claim to detail how an accident occurred, what the conditions were surrounding the crash, and who might have witnessed the event. The smallest details could make a big difference in the outcome of your claim.

Get a Copy of the Police Report

Request a copy of the police report. A police report can help your attorney prove your case, because it:

• Provides an official date and time of the crash
• Notes where the accident happened
• Gives the conditions at the time (factors that may have contributed to a crash)
• Includes vehicles, people, and property involved
• Contains driver, passenger, and witness statements
• Has a sketch of the scene (vehicle paths, accident location, and collision details)
• Presents officer findings and conclusions about the cause
• Shows if a ticket was issued

If anything in your accident report looks incorrect, notify your attorney immediately.

Obtain Photos and Videos

Photos and videos after a car accident provide a first-hand record of the accident scene that can help your attorney negotiate a settlement on your behalf. Sources of video evidence and imagery may include: 

• Mobile phone footage
• Traffic camera footage
• Surveillance footage from home or business security cameras
• Dashcam footage from any cars involved in the crash
• Photos captured by insurance companies or police officers

Images and video that show the crash site from multiple angles can be critical evidence in proving the other driver’s negligence.  

Gather Medical Records

Following a car crash, it’s important to seek immediate medical treatment, even if you have no visible injuries. Internal injuries may not be evident right away, and they can become lifelong problems if not detected early. 

Keep records of all medical appointments, tests, and treatment related to your accident. Thorough medical documentation can help your attorney negotiate fair compensation for your medical expenses and any lost wages, if your injuries prevent you from working. 

How Your Lawyer Builds a Case

Once the basic facts of your case are laid out it is important to put together details to fill in crucial information. Your Boston car accident lawyer does this by gathering information that supports your injury claim.

Reviews Eyewitness Statements

Witness testimony helps build the basis for your case. Third-party observers provide valuable insight about what happened. They can attest to injuries they observed, as well as dangerous driving behavior or traffic violations they witnessed. Unbiased statements from accident witnesses can help prove another party’s responsibility.

Reviews Traffic Safety Laws

Rear-end collisions and left-turn car crashes are accidents where fault is presumed in Massachusetts. Your lawyer checks for safety laws that may help prove liability in your car accident case.

Enlists Expert Help

To establish fault, a lawyer may hire an expert to analyze the moments leading up to the car accident. Testimony from accident reconstructionists can make all the difference in a car accident lawsuit. A lawyer may also hire a medical expert to prove that a plaintiff’s injuries were specifically caused by a recent car accident.

Puts the Details Together

Your attorney takes all these details about an accident scene along with witness and expert testimony to prove your injuries occurred because of a car accident. There are many types of injuries that are consistent with car crashes, such as whiplash, fractures, contusions, lacerations, soft tissue damage, spinal damage, and traumatic brain injuries from impact force. 

Even if you suffered previous whiplash or spinal injuries from another accident, an expert helps differentiate when those injuries occurred. Newly occurring injuries are marked by different physical factors that a knowledgeable medical expert can point to.

Why Is Proving Fault Important?

To recover compensation for you in an auto accident claim, your attorney must prove that you were injured in the accident, and the other driver was at fault. 

There are four elements of liability your attorney must prove for a recovery:

1. That a defendant owed you a duty of care. Personal injury cases revolve around a defendant’s duty to a plaintiff. A “duty” may be the need to follow traffic safety to laws to protect other drivers.
2. That a defendant was in violation of a duty. A clear breach of duty makes the defendant liable for damages.
3. That you were harmed in the accident. If you were not injured or no financial losses were incurred, there is no damage claim to pursue.
4. That a defendant’s breach of duty was the direct cause of your injury.

Your lawyer collects the evidence to prove your injury happened as the result of a car accident and uses this information to support your claim for damages.

Why Do You Need a Car Accident Lawyer?

In many accident cases, a person’s injuries are so serious it is difficult to gather information and evidence after an accident. You need time to heal and may require rehabilitative care. A car accident case requires a lot of communication and paperwork when insurance companies or another party’s legal team is involved. You need someone by your side to represent you and make sure you are heard. These are some of the ways your attorney assists you in a car accident injury claim:

• Reviews your claim for merit
• Sends demand for damages (informal or formal)
• Coordinates the discovery process (collects the facts)
• Negotiates settlement offers with an insurance company
• Handles communications and legal motions
• Provides you with ongoing legal counsel

As many as 96% of personal injury claims settle outside of court, but it can be a battle with an insurance company or legal defense team fighting against you. Your lawyer will oversee the entire legal process, whether you reach a settlement or go to court. The important thing is that you have time to heal while an experienced attorney manages your case for you.

Work With an Experienced Car Accident Lawyer

Jason Stone Injury Lawyers is the team you need to protect your rights when you are injured in a car accident. We understand the physical, financial and emotional impact a car accident can have on your life. When a person’s negligence in an accident causes you harm, we work to help you recover damages, so you have the resources to get your life back on track.

Our Stone Cold Guarantee® is 10 promises we make to ensure you get the necessary personal support and skilled legal representation needed after an accident. We don’t get paid unless your case is settled. Ask for your free consultation today! There’s No Obligation, Just Information®.