Car Accident Case Timeline

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Technically, under the rules, the law says you have two years to bring an action from the date of the incident. This is  known as the statute of limitation. Although that’s true, you don’t want to wait that long. Evidence fades. Think about it like an ice cube. If you take an ice cube out of the freezer, it’s only going to last on the counter for so long before it melts into water. Then eventually, it’s going to evaporate and there’s not going to be any remanence of the ice cube. That’s what happens in a car crash.

Once the car crash happens, the facts about what happened are fresh on everybody’s mind. That’s the best time to start gathering information, looking for the evidence. You want to check to see if there are any videos. Is there any security footage or traffic cams? What kind of information is out there that we can find? What about police reports, or sometimes police officers move on. They leave jurisdictions. They retire. If we can no longer get a hold of them because we waited too long, that’s evidence that’s been lost. That’s evidence that could have helped your case should you ever have to go in front of a judge or a jury to fight for your rights. It’s never a good idea to wait two years until the very last minute to call a lawyer and tell them you were involved in a car crash and need help. When you tell them it was two years ago, the lawyer understands a lot of the evidence might be gone by that point.

Even though you have two years, it’s never a idea to wait the two years. It’s important to call a trial attorney immediately so that the trial attorney can start collecting all the evidence and preserve that ice cube. We don’t want to see evidence melt away. We want to get the evidence immediately so we can uphold your rights and take it to the insurance company, and hopefully, get your case resolved as quickly as possible and hopefully, put some money in your pocket. .