Hurt in a North Carolina Truck Crash? The Defendant is Already Preparing – And He or She May Have Been Doing So Even at the Scene of the Accident…
If you were hurt in a truck accident in North Carolina – or a loved one was seriously injured or killed – you’re likely feeling stunned and overwhelmed. Unfortunately, it’s highly plausible that the trucker, trucking company, and possible liable insurance company are already in the midst of building a case to defend against any charges you might bring.
It sounds kind of twisted.
But, unfortunately, insurance companies and large corporations can be ruthless, especially if large sums of money might be at stake. After all, if the truck accident led to a death or led to a life altering injury, the party found liable – even glancingly – for what happened could be compelled to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars or even millions of dollars.
To that end, representatives of insurance companies have been known to race out to the sites of Charlotte truck accidents and similar accidents elsewhere to begin to compile “exonerating” evidence.
Insurance company representatives have been known to follow victims to the hospital, believe it or not.
This may sound counterintuitive – after all, you might believe that personal injury lawyers have a reputation as “ambulance chasers” – but really this stereotype has it backwards.
It makes sense why insurers might do this. Think about it. Say you’re an insurance company representative, and you just found out that your business might be liable for millions of dollars due to a recent catastrophe. It’s in your financial interest to prevent that from happening – and to prevent it quickly.
What’s more, insurance companies also have a tremendous amount of experience dealing with these kinds of defensive responses, since that’s what they do, day-in, day-out, for years.
They have well-oiled processes and techniques for responding to emergencies in which they might be liable. So they’re very good about anticipating what you or your family might say that could potentially get them off the hook for any damages.
For instance, a few days after the crash, an insurance company representative might call you up and ask you how you’re feeling. If you respond, innocently enough, “a lot better, thanks,” that kind of admission can come back to haunt you and prevent you from getting damages – even if you just intended to say “on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the worst pain of my life and 1 being normal, I felt like a 10 after the accident, and I feel like an 8 now.”
For those and many other reasons, you might find it hugely useful to connect with a Charlotte auto accident law firm in short order. Whether you choose the team at the DeMayo law or not, by retaining counsel quickly, you can help to thwart unfair insurance company tactics and set yourself up for possible success – or at the very least keep your options open and regain a modicum of control, after all the unfortunate and complicated events of the past few hours or days.
