How to Dispute Car Accident Fault

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n be one of the biggest conflicts you encounte

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In some c

ses, f

ult is cle

s d

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ex

mple, if you

e

e

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t ed light

nd

e

e

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speeding c

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ho s

t f

ult fo

the

ccident! Othe

times, ho

eve

, d

ive

s —

nd thei

insu

nce comp

nies —

ill be locked in

b

ttle of bl

me. If you

c

ccident insunce cl

im h

s been denied o

disputed, you don’t h

ve to th

o

in the to

el

nd give up hope. Don't p

y fo

d

m

ge you didn't c

use! You should neve

be held leg

lly li

ble fo

something th

t sn't you

f

ult. If you’

e being t

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ted unf

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ho Dete

mines F

ult in

C

ccident?

F

ult c

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mined by sevel people o

g

oups, such

s insu

nce comp

nies

nd thei

insunce

djuste

s, o judge

nd/o

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pe

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Most c

ccident cl

ims tend to follo

the s

me p

tte

n:

hen you

epo

t

n

ccident, you

insu

nce comp

ny

nd the othe

d

ive

’s insunce comp

ny

ill begin investig

ting in o

de

to dete

mine f

ult.

But just ho

do insunce comp

nies dete

mine f

ult?

ften

ccident is

epo

ted, the insu

nce comp

ny

ill

ttempt to collect st

tements f

om d

ive

s, p

ssenge

s,

nd

itnesses. They

ill

lso

evie

photogphs of the scene

nd send

n insunce

djuste

out to t

ke

look

t the d

m

ged vehicles in pe

son. Once they believe they kno

the c

use of the

ccident, the insu

nce comp

ny

ill

ssign f

ult to one o

mo

e d

ive

s. (Yes, f

ult c

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ed. Mo

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e you being bl

med fon

ccident you did not c

use? By collecting evidence f

om multiple sou

ces,

c

ccident lye

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n put togethe

the pieces of the puzzle

nd p

ove you

e

e not

t f

ult.

The evidence th

t is used to dete

mine f

ult in

c

ccident c

se is gene

lly divided into t

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• i
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itness Testimony<

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itness testimony includes st

tements f

om the follo

ing individu

ls:

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  ho s the

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• i
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  ive

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• i
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  s

  ho

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• i
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  ho t

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• i
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ccident inju

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s ho

to collect the

pp

op

i

te evidence to dete

mine f

ult. Ho

eve

, sometimes insu

nce

djuste

s m

ke mist

kes du

ing thei

o

n f

ult dete

min

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ke pti

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If

n insunce comp

ny is

ongly bl

ming you fo c

ccident you did not c

use, he

e’s ho

to dispute f

ult:

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  Immedi

  tely cont

  ct the insunce comp

  ny to dispute thei

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Cont

ct them by phone

nd in

iting.

p

pe

til (o

em

il til!) is impo

t

nt in m

tte

s like these. "C

e

ting eco

d of dis

g

eement” sounds like

b

d thing, but it’s

ctu

lly helpful in this c

se! Be consistent

nd st

nd fi

m in you

sse

tion th

t you did not c

use the

ccident. N

tully, you

lette

should include the specific info

m

tion you e disputing,

s

ell

s evidence th

t p

oves

hy the insunce comp

ny is

ong. Keep

copy of this lette

fo

you

self,

s

ell

s copies of

ll othe

communic

tion f

om the insunce comp

ny.

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  Obt

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  copy of the police

  ccident

  epo

  t.

Insu

nce

djuste

s le

n he

vily on the info

m

tion in

police

epo

t, but

h

t if the

epo

t cont

ins mist

kes like incoect o

incomplete info

m

tion? You m

y be

ble to m

ke

co

ection o

ddendum. You

nd you

c

ccident

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ney h

ve the

ight to investig

te the f

cts

nd

mend

ny e

o

s found in the csh

epo

t. If f

cts like you

identifying info

m

tion, you

insu

nce c

ie

, o

you

c

‘s m

ke o

model

e

ong, you c

n e

sily co

ect these by p

oviding the p

ope

document

tion. If you

e disputing othe

judgments itten in the

epo

t — such

s f

ult — you c

n

ite do

n you

o

n ve

sion of events.

lys h

ve you

c

ccident l

ye

evie

this itten st

tement p

io

to submission. You

st

tement c

n be included in the

epo

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  If you

  eceived

  ticket o

  cit

  tion, you must fight it in cou

  t.

P

io

to you

cou

t d

te, you

nd you

lye

c

n

lso

ttempt to spe

k

ith the investig

ting office

s. Fighting

t

ffic ticket isn’t

lys

good ide

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n office

t

uly m

de

mist

ke, you don't nt it on youeco

d! You m

y be

ble to h

ve the ticket o

cit

tion dismissed in exch

nge fo

completing

defensive d

iving cou

se.

ddition

lly, if you dis

g

ee

ith

f

ult dete

min

tion, you m

y m

ke

n

ppe

l. Typic

lly,

thi

d-pty medi

to

ill be b

ought in to he you

side of the sto

y. P

ovide them

ith only the f

cts

nd do not let you

emotions get the best of you.

c

ccident l

ye

c

n p

ovide v

lu

ble guid

nce du

ing this time. (

emembe

, you e entitled to leg

l

ep

esent

tion

hile disputing

ticket.)

s

l

st

eso

t, if you

e still met

ith

esist

nce, you c

n esc

l

te the m

tte

to

civil lsuit

g

inst the insunce comp

ny. If you believe you

c csh cl

im is going to cou

t, you

ill definitely

nt

lye

by you

side fo

this step!

hen

ju

y dete

mines f

ult in

c

ccident c

se, you

lyeill fi

st p

esent them

ith the s

me evidence

e p

eviously mentioned.

hen you dispute

cl

im, you

nd you

l

ye

en't the only ones investig

ting. It’s likely th

t the othe

p

ty

nd thei

te

m

ill do

deep dive

s

ell. If you e

sked to give

eco

ded st

tement to the insu

nce comp

ny,

l

ys consult

ith you

l

ye

fi

st.

The det

ils of e

ch c

se

ill be diffe

ent, but

c

ccident inju

y l

ye

c

n help you dete

mine ex

ctly ho

to dispute

ongful f

ult dete

min

tion.

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hen it comes to c

ccidents, things

en’t

lys bl

ck

nd

hite

nd "I'm

ight, you’

e ong." In m

ny c

ccidents, the d

ive

s she f

ult fo

the csh. Fo

ex

mple, m

ybe one of them

s ove

the speed limit

nd the othe

s looking do

n

t thei

phone.

In st

tes

ith no-f

ult c insunce, the

hole bl

me g

me is p

etty ielev

nt.

hy? Bec

use inju

ed c

ccident victims

e expected to collect compens

tion f

om thei

o

n insu

nce comp

ny,

eg

dless of

ho c

used the

ccident. They c

n only m

ke

li

bility cl

im

g

inst the othe

d

ive

if thei

inju

y d

m

ges exceed

ce

t

in th

eshold. (Vehicle d

m

ge cl

ims

e h

ndled sep

tely,

nd f

ult m

y still come into pl

y.)

Ho

eve

, Tex

s is

comp

tive f

ult st

te th

t follo

s the 51% b

ule. This me

ns even if you

e

e pti

lly

esponsible fo

you

ccident, you m

y still be entitled to compens

tion unde

Tex

s c

ccident l! In

comp

tive f

ult st

te, you compe

ho is mo

e

t f

ult. If

d

ive

is found to be p

imily

t f

ult fon

ccident, they must t

ke fin

nci

l

esponsibility fo

it. Li

bility insu

nce is

equi

ed fo

ll Tex

s d

ive

s in o

de

to coveccidents like these. But in m

ny c

ses, eo

s f

om mo

e th

n one pe

son cont

ibute to

c

c

sh. It

ll depends on ho

much of the

ccident s you

f

ult.

c

ccident

tto

ney c

n help you so

t out the specifics, but he

e’s

quick ove

vie

: If you e hu

t in

Tex

s c

ccident

nd

e found to be less th

n 51%

esponsible fo

the

ccident, you c

n collect money f

om the

t-f

ult d

ivend thei

insu

nce comp

ny. Ho

eve

, the fin

l c

ccident insunce cl

im settlement m

y be

educed by you

deg

ee of f

ult. These f

ult pe

cent

ges

e dete

mined by consulting the evidence

e mentioned

bove. The highe

you

pe

cent

ge of f

ult, the lo

e

you

fin

l p

yout

ill be. In Tex

s, if you e mo

e th

n 51%

t f

ult, you

eceive nothing. But if you

e 50%

t f

ult, you

fin

l settlement

ill be

educed by h

lf. M

ke sense? He

e’s

n ex

mple of the m

th in

ction: if you e dete

mined to be 20%

t f

ult fo

n

ccident

ith

nothe

d

ivend you suffe

ed $50,000 in d

m

ges, you

nd youtto

ney could still pu

sue $40,000 in compens

tion.

Unfo

tun

tely, Tex

s

t f

ult

ccident l

s st

te th

t

victim c

nnot

ecoveny d

m

ges if they e found to be 51% o

mo

e

t f

ult. If you e found

holly o

even pti

lly

t f

ult

fte c

ccident, you

uto insu

nce

tes could inc

e

se

s

ell.

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c

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  ke photos<

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  ke photos of the d

  m

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  s

  ell

  s the suounding end sign

  ge. (If you

  e too inju

  ed to follo

  this step o

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  m

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  ct info

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  s

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  epo

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  ccident. This step is impo

  t

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  s

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  ult d

  ive

  s often don’t

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  you

  innocence.

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oughout these steps, do not

pologize

nd do not

dmit to

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ccident

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n feel like the deck is st

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s

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nce comp

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