Meteors and Personal Injury Lawsuits Connection?

h

t could meteo

s

nd pe

son

l inju

y lsuits h

ve in common? Ve

y simple: D

shc

ms. On Feb

u

y 15, 2013,

m

ssive meteo

cshed into emote pt of

ussi

.

lmost immedi

tely, the inte

net

s flooded

ith foot

ge of the spect

cul event. Much of th

t foot

ge, believe it o

not, c

me f

om d

shc

ms inst

lled in cs in the e

.

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hy do so m

ny

ussi

n vehicles h

ve d

shc

ms inst

lled?

s it tu

ns out, d

ive

s in

ussi

c

n be just

s b

d

s d

ive

s in Houston tffic. Bec

use of occ

sion

l “fl

s” in thei

justice system, m

ny

ussi

ns h

ve inst

lled d

shc

ms in thei

vehicles. In f

ct,

ussi

ns

e

lmost obsessed

ith these d

shc

ms. They

e used to help p

ese

ve evidence in the event of

n

ccident,

tffic stop,

nd

ppently -

st

onomic

l phenomen

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sp

n> F

om the pe

spective of

n

uto

ccident

tto

ney, I

ctu

lly like the ide

of d

shc

ms. Most of the time,

uto

ccident c

ses

e dete

mined by

itness testimony o

police

epo

ts. Inte

estingly, those police

epo

ts

e often p

eped by police office

s

ho did not even

itness the

ccident.

hile most police do thei

best to

econst

uct the

ccident b

sed on the position of the vehicles, skidmks,

itnesses, etc.,

ouldn't it be g

e

t to h

ve

eco

ding of the

ccident itself? Not only

ould such d

shc

m video help

Pl

intiff inju

ed in

pe

son

l inju

y

ccident, it could

lso come to the

escue of

Defend

nt ongfully

ccused of c

using

n

ccident! [pullquote3 quotes="t

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shc

m video is

outinely int

oduced in D

I c

ses in cou

ts

ll ove

Tex

s. The

ules of evidence, ho

eve

, h

ve st

ict st

nd

ds fo

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In o

de

to insu

e the g

e

test ch

nce of h

ving you

d

shc

m video

dmitted in Cou

t, I

ould

ecommend th

t you do you

best to p

ese

ve the o

igin

l SD c

d (o

othe

memo

y device) on

hich the video

s

eco

ded.

lso, m

ke su

e to keep the video unedited

nd un

lte

ed.

hile

e do not see m

ny d

shc

m videos in pe

son

l inju

y c

ses no

, I expect such video to become inc

e

singly common in the futu

e. Do you think this is

good o

b

d thing? Ple

se she you

opinion, I’d love to kno

hat you think!