When you have been injured or lost a loved one in a car accident that was caused by another party, you deserve to be compensated for your damages.
However, car insurance companies and defense attorneys will not simply hand over compensation for your damages. You must prove what party or parties are at fault in causing your injuries and the value of all your damages.
To prove your claim, you will need to discover and collect evidence.
The experienced Baton Rouge car accident lawyers at Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys know how to locate, protect, and gather essential evidence to build your strongest case. We have been representing car accident injury clients for decades and have recovered more than $10 billion for our clients.Â
We want to help you recover the compensation you are entitled to. Call (225) 999-1111 or complete the short form on our contact page to schedule a free consultation.
Why You Need Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys
- We have successfully handled thousands of car accident claims, recovering more than $10 billion for our clients.
- We are excellent investigators who have the experience, knowledge, and resources to identify and collect important evidence in your car accident case to help you collect maximum compensation for your damages.
- We pay all expenses related to pursuing your claim and gathering the evidence needed to build your strongest case, and you pay nothing until we win.
- We have extensive knowledge of Louisiana’s car accident laws, including the one-year prescription period for filing claims and pure comparative fault system, allowing us to strategically build your case within crucial legal deadlines and maximize your compensation even if you were partially at fault.
Schedule a free consultation to discuss your car accident injury case. You will quickly understand why you need to be represented by Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys.
What Type of Evidence Is Important to My Case?
You will need to prove who the at-fault party or parties are for your injuries, and you will need to prove the value of your damages. So, the most important evidence helps you prove those two elements.
Eyewitness Testimony
If there are witnesses to the accident, their testimony can be vital to proving causation. While passengers in the vehicles certainly can provide important testimony, their testimony may be biased. The best type of eyewitness testimony is that of a neutral third party who saw the accident happen.
Eyewitness testimony may also be used to help prove the extent of your damages and how your injuries impact your daily life.
Police Reports
In Louisiana, you are required to report any accident that results in injury or death of a person or property damage greater than $500. This means that almost all car accidents must be reported.
The responding officer will file a police report that includes important information. Police reports typically include:
- Statements from drivers and vehicle occupants
- Statements from eyewitnesses
- The officer’s assessment of the road conditions, positioning of the vehicles, and a summary of events based on statements and observations
- The officer’s opinion of who is at fault
The police report can be a valuable tool in negotiating a fair settlement.
Photographs and Video Footage
Photographs of the accident scene, including visible injuries, road conditions, the position of vehicles, and other features, can be very useful in proving your case. When possible, it is best to have photographs taken from all angles.
Video footage can also be helpful and show details that photographs may not. When possible, it is wise to use your phone and take photographs and video footage at the scene of an accident.
Surveillance video from nearby homes, businesses, dash cams, and traffic cameras might capture the accident or the moments before or after it. This type of evidence can provide a neutral view of what happened.
Surveillance video is often overwritten quickly. An experienced car accident injury attorney will act quickly to help preserve essential evidence before it is lost, destroyed, or diminished.
Medical Records
Medical records provide crucial evidence about the type and extent of your injuries, your prognosis for recovery, and the expectation of further medical care, surgeries, or procedures. This is vital in proving the costs of your injuries as well as the extent of your pain and suffering, emotional distress, and other intangible losses.
Expert Testimony and Reports
At Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys, we frequently work with experts to help prove causation and damages.
We may use medical experts, mental health professionals, accident reconstructionists, or economists to provide testimony and/or expert reports as vital evidence.
Experienced, skillful car accident attorneys will act quickly to protect and gather the strongest evidence possible to prove your claim.
Do I Really Need an Attorney?
Attorneys conduct discovery to identify and collect evidence in personal injury cases, including taking depositions and issuing subpoenas. It is rare to be able to recover all the essential evidence and know how to use it without an attorney advising you.
Gathering evidence and litigating a car accident injury case can be expensive. However, most personal injury attorneys handle cases on a contingency fee basis and do not charge you until they recover compensation.
Most importantly, you will almost always achieve a significantly better outcome when you are represented by an experienced car accident injury attorney.
Schedule a Free Consultation With An Experienced Car Accident Injury Attorney
If you have been injured in a car accident that was not your fault, you deserve to be compensated for your injuries. However, you will need evidence to prove who is at fault and how much you should be paid for your damages.
At Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys, we have decades of experience winning maximum compensation for Louisiana car accident injury victims. We know how to identify, protect, and gather essential evidence to build your strongest case.
Call (225) 999-1111 or visit our contact page to schedule a free consultation to discuss your case.