An accident usually has three possible outcomes. The first is at least one person being taken away in an ambulance with injuries or worse. The second is everyone is OK, but how the accident happened is in dispute. The third is with one of the drivers admitting fault and saying they’ll take care of everything.
In the first scenario, the need for an Auto Accident Lawyer Baltimore is clear. If you are the one that was injured, you will have significant medical expenses, lose time at work, and need to repair or replace your car. If you were not at fault, these expenses should not be your responsibility or burden and a lawyer can help you recover them from the at fault party. If on the other hand the other party says you were at fault, you will likely face a lawsuit from them and will need a lawyer to protect your rights and assure you aren’t wrongly forced to pay them.
The need for an Accident Lawyer Baltimore is clear in the second scenario as well. One or more parties will likely have suffered some sort of loss and will seek to blame everyone but themselves. If a significant amount of money is involved, this type of case is almost certain to end up in court. If it does, you will want an experienced trial lawyer who can help gather the facts and use the eyewitnesses to present them in court so that the truth about how the accident happened comes out.
In the final scenario, you may think it’s over, but the thought is probably premature. The truth is that many people who admit fault at the scene later recant and change their story about what happened. This could be due to them thinking about what happened and trying to rationalize it, being talked into it by a friend or family member they talk to, or because they were just being dishonest at the scene to lure you into a false sense of security. If you aren’t careful, you will find yourself in a situation like above where you need a lawyer, but lost vital information such as witness information because you didn’t think to save it.
