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Our Boca Raton Car Crash Lawyers May Be Able to Use Eyewitness Testimony to Enhance Your Claim’s Chances
Unfortunately, people involved in car crashes often have differing accounts of what happened and who was at fault. Even if you believe your injuries, car damage and resultant bills tell a clear story, the other driver and their insurance company may strive to find ways to misconstrue or twist what happened, alleging you were at fault for your damages. There’s also not always recorded footage of a crash, making it hard for the plaintiff to definitively establish and defend their version of events. Having an eyewitness testify to what they saw can mitigate these concerns.
Types of Eyewitnesses in an Auto Accident
- Other drivers or motorcyclists
- Passengers
- Pedestrians
- Emergency responders (e.g., police officers, paramedics, firefighters)
- Bystanders (e.g., nearby residents or workers)
Why Eyewitnesses Are Important
Individuals who witnessed the accident but weren’t directly involved may be able to provide critical details about the accident, establishing context and confirming the sequence of events. Eyewitness testimony from an uninterested third party may help verify your version of events, bolstering the validity of your claim.
Eyewitnesses are particularly valuable when liability is in dispute. By recounting what they observed and experienced from an outside perspective, they can help establish broader context of the accident and the behavior of both drivers prior to the car crash.
Insight Eyewitnesses Can Provide
- Physical Descriptions: Eyewitnesses can provide descriptions of the drivers or pedestrians involved, including their appearance, clothing, behavior and any distinguishing features about them or their vehicle. This can be especially useful if the other driver was behaving negligently prior to the crash, like looking at their phone. The descriptions can also be vital in hit-and-run accidents, where it may be necessary to confirm the identity of the at-fault driver.
- Emotional Impact: They can describe the emotional impact of an event, including the reactions of individuals involved and bystanders. This can help corroborate your request for comprehensive compensation that covers both your quantifiable damages and your pain and suffering.
- Critical Details: Eyewitnesses may recall details that are crucial for an investigation but might have been overlooked by others. These details can include a sensory experience of the accident – e.g., sights, sounds and smells – that you may have missed due to being injured and/or in shock.
- Timeline: They can help establish the chronological order of events, providing a reconstructed timeline of events and identifying any gaps or inconsistencies in the other driver’s accounts.
- Interpretation: Similarly to emotional impact, eyewitnesses offer their own interpretation of the event, which can shed light on how different individuals experienced what happened. This can help defend victims against the at-fault driver and their insurance company’s attempts to diffuse the seriousness of the accident and its aftermath.
Complications with Eyewitnesses
Eyewitness testimony isn’t always immune from cross-examination or questions regarding the accurate representation of events. Human memory is malleable and not an infallible store of detail. Lapses in memory and perception biases may influence how a person remembers an event, or their recall of the details can lessen over time.
The trauma of witnessing an accident can result in altered details or confusion regarding the timeline of events, while time and stress (whether related to the accident or otherwise) can deteriorate their ability to accurately recollect. There’s also the issue of memory reconstruction, in which an eyewitness’s memories are altered through questioning or discussion.
These issues can have the potential to hinder rather than help your claim. The at-fault party can use an unreliable testimony riddled with distortions and inconsistencies against you, weakening your claim’s chances of success.
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How Our Boca Raton Auto Accident Attorneys Can Defend Your Eyewitness’s Credibility
At Kanner & Pintaluga, we understand the importance of finding and using credible witnesses and safeguarding their testimony. As seasoned negotiators and trial attorneys, we’ve helped prepare eyewitnesses to testify accurately and without bias to uphold their credibility to the involved parties and juries if necessary, increasing your chances of securing your ideal case outcome.
Our auto accident attorneys will conduct prompt and thorough interviews with eyewitnesses, verifying their credibility and ability to articulate their observations confidently before utilizing their testimony in your claim. It’s crucial to ensure they’ll be more of a help than a hindrance. In some cases, no eyewitness may be better than an unreliable one.
The auto accident attorneys at our Boca Raton firm have experience strategizing proactive measures against the at-fault party’s attempts at discrediting witnesses and consequently your claim. We’ll work hard and fast to maximize your chances of success on your behalf.
Hire Zealous Auto Accident Attorneys in Boca Raton Who Will Fight for Your Ideal Case Outcome
At Kanner & Pintaluga, our Boca Raton Auto Accident lawyers will compile a plethora of evidence, constructing a compelling narrative that bolsters your credibility and increases the likelihood of obtaining compensation. Our team will pursue what you deserve for you so you can focus on your recovery.
Call (800) 586-5555 today to talk one-on-one with an experienced Boca Raton car accident lawyer about your case at no cost or obligation on your part.
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