As awful as it sounds, personal injury cases in Phoenix, and throughout the U.S., aren’t decided on truth and fact. In most cases, they are decided on which side presented the strongest evidence and the most compelling argument.
If you’ve been injured by a negligent driver in a car accident, one possible way to bolster your case is to keep a diary following the accident. You must be sure to keep an accurate and consistent record. But by doing so, you are ensuring that if your case does go to trial, the jury will be able to hear an accurate account of the impact the injury has had on your life. This documented evidence is much stronger than just being able to tell the jury about how the accident affected your life.
Like any other issue related to a serious personal injury case, we recommend that you find the best Phoenix injury lawyer. An experienced attorney can review your case and determine whether or not keeping a diary or journal is a good idea for your case. They can also determine the best way to ensure that your journal isn’t used against you by the defendant.
Very rarely will personal injury attorneys in Phoenix advise their clients or potential clients to give a recorded statement to the insurance company. In cases where a recorded statement may be appropriate, you should have your personal injury lawyer next to you in almost every situation.
Often, insurance companies will argue that a recorded statement is required. Yet there is no Arizona law that says an injury victim must make a recorded statement to the insurance company that caused the accident. This is more often a tactic that insurance companies use in an attempt to twist an injured person’s words, which they can later use against him or her.
I have often told people not to give a recorded statement. Some object, saying they are just going to tell the truth. We know that our clients will tell the truth, as they are required to by law. No good personal injury or other lawyer will be willing to work with you if you do not tell the truth. Yet those who have been in a serious accident that was not their fault should ask whether the insurance company will deal with them honestly, or whether they will find a way to use their words against them. One must ask oneself why, if all they want to do is know what happened in the accident, does the insurance company want a recorded statement. The insurance company could rather ask you to put it in writing. Finding out this way about an accident will not enable the insurance company to easily twist your words later, and will make it much less likely for an injured person to say something flippantly without thinking, something that can easily happen if under the influence of heavy painkillers. Those are just some of the disadvantages to giving recorded statements.
It is for these reasons that we strongly encourage anyone considering a personal injury claim not to make any sort of recorded statement or to have any direct communication with the insurance company without talking first with an experienced personal injury lawyer. You can consult an Arizona injury attorney, who will advise about your rights and guide you in the best way to pursue your personal injury claim. At Breyer Law Offices, P.C. we will readily take phone calls or answer e-mails for people with questions about a potential accident injury claim, and will offer an honest evaluation on the best way to move your personal injury claim forward so that you achieve the fairest result possible.
There are so many lawyers, it seems, that making an educated decision as to what lawyer should be hired that is the best fit for you and your case has become very difficult. There are an abundance of television commercials, radio commercials, phonebooks, Internet websites, and other means by which lawyers all try to claim that they are the “best personal injury lawyer in Arizona.”
However, there may not be nearly as many lawyers if the question you ask yourself is “where can I find a lawyer that actually goes to trial and will provide me real information and honest answers?” In other words, how many of the lawyer commercials actually provide information to people who need it? How many lawyers actually have enough confidence in their abilities that they are happy to explain the law to potential clients so that those clients may decide, for themselves, whether or not they want to pursue a case?
We are big believers that finding the top injury lawyer is about more than just looking at credentials. Yes, we are very proud of our credentials and we think they speak for themselves. But we also believe that finding the best personal injury lawyer in Arizona is more about finding the best personal injury lawyer for you.
If you want a lawyer that will give you honest answers, fair advice, tell you the truth, and actually give you the information to help you make the decisions that you need to make, you have come to the right place. If you have been involved in an auto accident and you are wondering where to go in terms of hiring a lawyer, please feel free to give us a call at Breyer Law Offices, P.C. You will not receive a sales pitch. You will receive an honest evaluation from our office as to what we think is in your best interest and then we will allow you to make the decision that is best for you and your family during this difficult time.
