POLICE REPORTS IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES (ALTHOUGH POLICE REPORTS ARE NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE, THEY DO HELP IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES)
How does our law firm use police reports in personal injury cases?
A police report in a personal injury case can help tremendously because it spells out what took place, witness statements, and contact information so that your personal injury lawyer can contact the relevant parties and their insurance companies.
What is contained in a police report?
Police reports almost always contain:
-what happened leading up to the injury
-what injuries may have occurred
-whether medical treatment was rendered
-witness statements
-information of the party that is at fault (property owner, restaurant employees, etc.)
-the other driver’s information (in motor vehicle accidents)
-the other driver’s car insurance information (in motor vehicle accidents)
Although police reports are not filed in many personal injury cases, they certainly help your case when your personal injury lawyer needs to establish who is at fault and what injuries were sustained.
How Do Police Reports Help in Personal Injury Cases?
Juries in personal injury cases tend to give weight to the police officer’s perspective, so who the police officer believes is at fault can play a critical role in a personal injury case. For example, in a car accident, if the other driver is cited for reckless driving or some other violation, that will help your personal injury case because it shows that the other driver was most likely at fault. If the personal injury case is not from a car accident, for instance, like if you fell while at the mall, then the police report can show that something else caused your fall–perhaps a malfunctioning escalator.
The police officer will most likely describe how the incident happened, and our law firm uses that in your personal injury case to show the insurance company that you have a strong case.
Additionally, police reports can describe the extent of your injuries, such as information that you suffered a concussion and claimed of pain to certain body parts, and that an ambulance was called to render emergency aid.
Call the Nghi Lam Law Firm About Your Personal Injury Case
If you are a loved one has been injured, call the Nghi Lam Law Firm to discuss your personal injury case. We fight aggressively to get our personal injury clients as much compensation as they deserve for their pain and suffering, future care expenses, and other things. We take pride in caring for our personal injury clients and we believe that’s what makes us a great law firm. We handle personal injury cases in Orange County, Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County, Riverside County, and all of California. Call us at 213-235-7969 and speak directly to a lawyer about your personal injury case.
