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Getting the compensation you need after a car accident can be challenging. Fortunately, our lawyers are here to fight your claim and get coverage for your damages.
Starting your legal claim after your accident is critical. As soon as our team has interviewed you, we will begin investigating your case. The sooner you start, the more likely we will collect all the needed evidence. Some evidence, like debris from the scene or surveillance footage, does not last long. We can use our resources to gather this evidence and more. We will also obtain your medical records from your various providers and organize them for the court. We can also track down witnesses and arrange for them to testify on your behalf.
Contact Wruck Paupore at (219) 322-1166 for a free case assessment with our car accident attorneys.
To recover compensation for a car accident, you will need to prove how your accident was caused, who caused it, and the damages you sustained. This requires gathering evidence from various sources to piece together the events and substantiate your claims. Our car accident attorneys know where to find the evidence you need and can obtain it while you focus on your recovery. Some forms of evidence will already likely be in your possession, but other pieces will need to be gathered from the defendant. The following are common types of evidence used to prove a claim in Mishawaka:
When building your case, our team usually starts by reviewing the police collision report from your accident. The accident report can be quite helpful as it will record the important details of the accident that you might forget over time. The report will list the location of the crash when it occurred, and the drivers involved. The report will also contain the names and contact details of any witnesses who stopped to help. Thus, you should call the police to the accident scene, even if your crash was relatively minor.
The report will also indicate whether the other driver was ticketed for a traffic violation, which typically includes a brief description of the officer’s observations. Suppose the other driver’s negligence is clear in the report, and they were cited for breaking a traffic law. In that case, settlement negotiations might be resolved quicker since there will be less room for the insurance company to argue against liability.
A major source of evidence for your claim will be your medical records. Your medical records will detail your injuries and the treatment you received at the hospital. Most importantly, your doctor will note the likely cause of your current injuries, which is how we will connect your damages with the other driver’s negligence. Your records will also indicate any further treatment you will need during recovery.
After your accident, be sure to get medical attention. You should seek medical care even if you feel fine after the crash. You might discover injuries that you did not feel immediately after the accident. However, if you wait even a few days to get treatment, the defendant will likely argue that your injuries are not that serious. That is why it is important to get medical care as soon as possible and follow your treatment plan to the letter.
Physical evidence can also help prove your claim. For instance, you might have collected debris from the defendant’s car that can be matched to their vehicle in your claim. If alcohol was involved in the accident, you or the police might have gathered open containers from the scene. Our team can you determine the best use of the physical evidence you collected.
In many cases, having physical evidence in your possession is not practical or possible. When you cannot get the evidence itself, taking photos is the next best thing. For instance, if you see skid marks trailing the defendant’s vehicle, you will want to take pictures. Little details about the scene will add context to how the accident happened and how the defendant acted negligently.
Taking pictures with your phone will also preserve basic information, such as the time of day and weather when the accident occurred. If the defendant claims that the rain caused them to crash, but your pictures show it was a sunny day, your version of the accident will have much more credibility. Also, take photos of traffic signals, the surrounding area, and anything else that might seem important to your case.
Depending on where your accident occurred, surveillance cameras might have captured the crash. If your accident was at a major intersection or a commercial area, surveillance or traffic cameras might have recorded the incident. A doorbell camera might have also recorded your accident if you were injured in a residential neighborhood. During our investigation, our lawyers will go to the accident scene to determine if any surveillance cameras were nearby.
In this day and age, many drivers have dash-cams installed in their vehicles. Dash-cams are small recording devices that sit on the dashboard to record the road ahead. Dash-cams are relatively inexpensive and can be instrumental in settling a case quickly. In most cases, the other driver’s negligence will be clear on the recording. However, if the defendant had the dash-cam, we can demand that footage after filing your claim.
Your own testimony will often be the evidence that ties the other pieces mentioned above together. At some point during your claim, you will need to explain your side of the accident. You can explain how the accident occurred and identify the defendant as the liable party.
Most importantly, you can testify as to how your injuries have impacted your life. Your testimony is usually the basis for your “pain and suffering” damages. Only you can speak to the physical pain or emotional distress you have been living with since being injured.
Having eyewitnesses to your accident can be pivotal to proving your claim. Eyewitnesses offer a different perspective of the accident that can fill in gaps you might have since you were directly involved. It will also add credibility to your case since most witnesses do not know either party involved.
For accidents involving serious injuries or complex facts, we usually call an expert witness to testify on your behalf. These witnesses can explain complicated issues beyond a layperson's understanding.
Call Wruck Paupore at (219) 322-1166 to have your case reviewed free of charge by our car accident lawyers.
Don is a founding partner and one of the nation’s top-ranked personal injury litigators. He is a member of the Multi-million Dollar Advocates Forum, which includes less than 1% of the nation’s trial lawyers, and awarded the highest ranking given by Martindale Hubbel and AVVO.
More importantly, Don understands representing personal injury victims is about more than recovering the best settlement: it’s about helping clients get back on their feet and supporting them in every aspect of their recovery.
In nearly all cases, our clients seek compensation from the wrongdoer’s insurance company. Before forming Wruck Paupore, Jason worked for a prominent law firm representing some of the world’s largest insurers. This experience gives Jason a deep understanding of the insurance industry and the strategies it uses to pay injury victims as little as possible.
Jason -- and our entire team -- put this inside knowledge to work to force insurance companies to pay what is actually owed. Often, we use the insurance company’s own tactics against them as we fight for the full compensation our client deserves.
For more than four decades, Keith has been fighting for injury victims. During that time, he’s watched the insurance industry change, with insurers now more interested in protecting their stock price than treating injury victims fairly.
Since the beginning, Keith has put people first. From his childhood in Gary, Indiana during the 1960’s and working his way through law school, Keith has risen to become one of the Midwest’s most respected trial lawyers. He has never forgotten that being a lawyer is about helping people -- and seeing injury victims through struggles in a way that could change their lives forever.
Over the decades, Keith, Don and Jason have fought relentlessly for clients, even when other lawyers have said the case was impossible to win.
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