Car Accident Attorneys

Investigating Car Accidents Requires Expertise, Experience and Resources

Getting to the bottom of why the car accident occurred in the first place is the main focus of the investigating attorney and it may take a considerable amount of time and money to fully assess the various aspects of the accident. The source of the car accident that caused your injuries and who exactly is responsible for those injuries will need to be identified, and to do this, the investigating attorney will need to look into whether the accident was the fault of another driver. Or, perhaps a negligent bicyclist or an inattentive pedestrian was liable for the crash. Environmental factors may have played a role in the accident; or, perhaps defective tires, brakes, or other mechanical or electrical parts may have contributed to the car accident. It takes a team of highly skilled and knowledgeable car accident attorneys to thoroughly investigate your car accident case.

An important part of investigating a car accident is to consult with experts outside of the law. For instance, it may be important to your case to consult with a master mechanic or mechanical engineer if there is the possibility that a defect in the vehicle may have been a contributing factor to the accident. If there is the possibility that the physical condition of the roadway was a contributing factor in your car accident, then civil engineers may be consulted to give their expert opinion on the condition of the road and how there may be a deviation from how the roadway should have been constructed, designed or maintained.

Evidence is time-sensitive in a car accident case, so photographs should be taken immediately after the accident. Photos of the scene of the accident, the vehicles involved in the accident, and the injuries that you sustained need to be obtained before the scene can be cleaned, the cars can be repaired or your injuries start to heal. Preserving the evidence is of the utmost importance. Witnesses statements will need to be documented and any video evidence of the accident should be collected for presentation at trial.

Cohen, Placitella & Roth has a demonstrated track record of obtaining car accident clients the compensation that they deserve for their injuries. Law firms that do this work must have the financial resources to have a top crash team in place to fully investigate any accident and do a thorough investigation of their client’s cases. Our team has the experience, knowledge and capital it takes to build a strong case on your behalf.