Dallas Car Wreck Attorney Suggests Two Things Not To Tell The Insurance Company If One Is Involved In A Car Accident.
If one has been in a car wreck caused by someone else, then he or she might immediately be contacted by some insurance adjusters. Sometimes these insurance adjusters contact the accident victims on the same day as the accident! The adjusters work for and are paid a salary by the liable person’s insurance company that insures this liable party. The only objective of the insurance adjusters is to pay the least amount of money as possible to the injured party. Therefore, the adjusters would make every attempt to discredit the injured victim. One way for the adjusters to do this is by taking recorded statements very shortly after the accident. The adjuster will ask all types of biased and leading questions from the injured party and will try to take the blame off of their insured driver.
In a car wreck claim case, if the injured victim is being represented by a personal injury lawyer then the adjusters are not allowed by law to contact the injured victim and must only contact the attorney. If for some reason the adjusters still communicate with the victim after the victim informed the adjusters of his or her attorney then the adjusters are violating the law. In this case the adjusters and/or insurance company should be reported to the Department of Insurance.
However, if the injured victim decides to provide a statement to the adjusters, then he or she, without making false statements, should refrain from at-least stating the following two things:
I Am Not Injured
According to Dallas car accident attorney Nick Feizy, it is very common, that immediately after an accident many people do not feel too much pain. Often, the pain does not show up until a few days after the accident. Thus, many times immediately after the accident the insurance adjuster knowingly will ask if there are any injuries. This is done only to discredit the injured victim so that a few days later when the pain finally starts, the injured victim cannot then claim he or she is injured.
Everything Happened So Fast, I Am Not Sure How The Collision Occurred
This statement would work against you as it shows you weren’t paying attention. In this case, anything the other driver says cannot be disputed by you. Therefore, always try to remember what exactly happened and make confident statements showing how the other party is or should be responsible.