The personal injury lawyers at Schiller & Hamilton Law Firm in South Carolina educate you on how cases of distracted driving are handled by Schiller & Hamilton. Watch the video below to get your questions answered.
How Are Cases of Distracted Driving Handled by Schiller & Hamilton?
The attorneys at Schiller & Hamilton explained that we work closely with our motor vehicle accident clients to develop the facts and evidence that can prove that driver distraction played a significant part in causing the accident. Your own observations can stand as valuable evidence in many cases. The other driver will freely admit to talking on the phone, answering a text message, tuning a radio, or plugging in an iPod. Whether or not the other driver later denies it your testimony of what he or she told you will normally be admissible in court. Cell phone records can also establish the time and duration of conversations or text message exchanges. This evidence not only helps establish the other driver’s negligence in a distracted driving accident case, but it can also open the door for an award of punitive damages in much the same way that drunk drivers are exposed to punitive damages. In DUI accident cases anyone can make a mistake but people who invite disaster through higher degrees of carelessness can be made to pay the price in court.
The distracted driving accident attorneys of Schiller & Hamilton investigate and present damages claims under a wide range of distraction scenarios including cell phone calls texting while driving music distraction-overloaded cars, noisy passengers, eating, drinking, reading, or applying makeup while driving. For a free phone consultation contact Schiller & Hamilton Law Firm today.