The Importance Of Due Diligence Investigations In Car Accidents

You have seen car wrecks, a daily, even hourly occurrence in highways and streets all over the country. The problem is, determining who was the responsible party, not just for insurance reasons but because sometimes this goes as far as a judicial case, a more delicate matter.

That’s why due diligence investigations are a must in this situations. Determining the how, when and why are critical, especially if death and injury have occurred, because at this stage of the situation litigation support services are more than surely needed and having all the information at hand is a must in order to prepare a defense.

This is particularly important because in this cases determining the extent of the responsibility will also determine the kind and amount of sanctions the involved party or parties will receive from a judge.
The investigation must start from where the vehicles where coming from, how fast, and indications of the drivers being under the influence, any indications of any and all third party situations that could have triggered the incident.

Another critical part if the investigation is to determine if there is any insurance fraud involved, as you know, there’s many cases documented in which persons stage car accidents in order to extract money from insurance companies. Therefore the investigation will always look forward to prove that such situation is not involved.

Also a background investigation is performed on the involved parties to determine any previous incidents of the kind that enlighten the current situation. This is especially important if the case involves consumption of drugs and/or alcohol.

But the critical words here are due diligence. If an investigation is not performed with all issues taken into consideration faulty errors can occur and the results can be disastrous.

If you have had any experiences on this kind please share them with us, we would really like to hear about them. Until next time!