A list of the challenges faced by a personal injury lawyer would have to include that of handling a case that had resulted from a T-bone collision. In fact, that challenging experience would belong at or near the top of such a list. All such cases force a judge or jury to determine exactly who is at fault.
Making that determination demands attention to all the gathered and presented evidence. At the accident scene the involved vehicles formed what has been described as a T-like shape. It resembled the shape of a T-bone, because the front end of one vehicle had smashed into the side of another vehicle. Three different scenarios can be used to illustrate the nature of a T-bone collision. In each scenario, specific questions must get answered, ideally by one or more witnesses. Answers to those specific questions are sough, in order to uncover the evidence that points to the party-at-fault.
What are the three scenarios?
This is the version of events in one scenario: A vehicle travels forward in a straight line. It comes to an intersection and hits a vehicle in which the driver is making a left turn. In this case development of timeline becomes necessary, in order to prove which driver was “at-fault.”
How rapidly did the one driver approach the intersection? How far from the intersection was that same driver, before the person at the wheel of the second automobile attempted to make a left turn? Did either driver have time to avoid the collision?
The other two scenarios are quite similar, but each has one noteworthy aspect, one that serves to distinguish the driver that seems most apt to be “at-fault.” In both situations one four-wheeled vehicle enters an intersection. In one case the driver of that same automobile strikes the car, truck, van or SUV that has ignored a traffic sign or a traffic signal. In the second case, the first driver gets hit by the one that has ignored the signal/sign.
What strategies can a lawyer use, in order to make a strong case?
It does not matter whether a client’s lawyer must represent the plaintiff or the defendant. Both of those injury lawyers need to convince a judge that their client played no part in the actions that all-but-guaranteed the collision of two vehicles. Presentation of convincing evidence will aid accomplishment of that particular task.
Both injury lawyers need witnesses. Even one witness would help. That witness should be able to state whether the injury lawyer’s client had the right of way, as he or she approached the intersection, the place where two vehicles collided.
In addition to witnesses, the Injury Lawyer in Red Deer ought to launch a thorough investigation. The investigating lawyer would probably plan to visit the scene of the collision. At the same time, that member of the legal profession would need to decide on the best method for presenting the existing evidence.