what should i do i was marked 25 percent at fault when the other driver blew the stopsign and hit me
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what should i do i was marked 25 percent at fault when the other driver blew the stopsign and hit me
Asked on May 22, 2009 under Accident Law, Wisconsin
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B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
You should take your case to a lawyer, who can give you advice after she or he gets all of the unique facts of this accident. One place to find qualified attorneys is our website, http://attorneypages.com
That at-fault percentage is really no more than the opinion of a police officer -- or of an adjuster trying to save the other driver's insurance company some money. A court -- a jury, or a judge sitting without a jury -- gets the last word, if you want to fight them. There are a lot of ways an insurance company lawyer can try to persuade a jury that his client wasn't entirely to blame, and those lawyers consider it a "win," for example, if they can get the driver whose car their client tail-ended to be found 10 % at fault. That's their job. You need a lawyer on your side to fight back!
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