The Property Damage Window

“Everything you say can and will be held against you…”

That’s the beginning of our now famous Miranda rights, (supposedly) recited to anyone who is arrested in America.

The same caution should be given to auto accident victims.  When you are speaking to the other side, the at-fault insurance company, everything you say is being taken down, and they are looking for things they can use against you.  In fact, how they get information out of you is geared toward getting information that is good for them.  So be careful!  Say nothing if you can.

But, having said all of that, people often get tricked into talking too much.  How?  They are desperate about getting their car fixed!  This is what I call the Property Damage Window.

Auto insurance company adjusters use this desperation that you feel when you have no car as a window of opportunity to get you to talk to them and, hopefully for their side, to say things that will hurt your case.

So, if you can, avoid speaking with the other side at all!  Talk to a lawyer first if possible.  But if you must, be very careful about what you say; everything you say can and will be used against you.

Call me at 919-929-2992.