Articles tagged with: pedestrian accident
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It is not unusual for an attorney to assess a potential motor vehicle accident claim in which the individual who is harmed and wishes to pursue a lawsuit tells one story of how the accident happened and the potential defendant in the lawsuit tells an entirely different account – always one in which he or she is blameless and is not liable for the accident.
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In the event that a vehicle accident claim involves comparatively modest injuries and will probably be resolved with a comparatively modest settlement or award the economics of the case make it improbable that either the plaintiff or the defendant will use an expert witness. The expense incurred by using an expert witness might easily be more than the amount likely to be recovered in the claim. When the lawsuit involves serious injuries and a recovery would likely be significant things change.
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It is not out of the ordinary for an attorney to review a possible motor vehicle accident claim in which the individual who is injured and would like to go forward with a claim tells one story of how the accident took place and the driver who would be the defendant tells a completely contradictory account. Of course, in the defendant’s account he or she is blameless and is not liable for the accident. Lawyers recognize that individuals from time to time recall incidents as consistent with their own self-image, an image of an individual who is a careful driver, of someone not able to be responsible for causing harm to someone else.
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In this article we look at yet one more claim in which an insurer made only low ball offers to settle a car claim in which the plaintiff sustained a considerable injury, this time an injury that definitely affected the injured person’s ability to work. In this claim an individual driving an SUV was involved in an accident with bicyclist.
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It is not unusual for someone hurt in a motor vehicle accident to be faced with a defendant who denies liability. Sometimes, these defendants actually blame the victim for the accident. Given that a large number of vehicle accidents occur without any witnesses the outcome of these kinds of lawsuits may come down to the credibility of the plaintiff versus the credibility of the driver.



