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a memorable
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motor vehicle accident case that i
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handled
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involved a pedestrian who was
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run over by a car i represented the
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pedestrian and he was crossing
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the street um outside of a crosswalk
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and so the insurance company immediately
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denied the claim
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when i went to visit the pedestrian
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my client at the when he was getting
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rehabilitation at a nursing home for his
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injuries
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i visited him and i quickly realized
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that he
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is unable to communicate well he has a
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disability most of his answers
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would ten would just be yes the word yes
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and you couldn’t really explain what
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happened
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and so i knew that if if the only
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version of events would be
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what the defendant driver says that’s a
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big problem
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we’re not we’re not going to get the
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full story so i went out
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to the scene of the accident i looked
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for
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any again any footage is there something
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is there a business nearby
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so i found a bar really close to where
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the collision occurred
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it had a camera pointing to almost
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exactly where the collision occurred
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and i called them and they said they’ve
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deleted
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the footage and i was unfortunate and i
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later found out that the
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the driver of the car actually worked at
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that bar
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and so i thought that was suspicious and
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then i realized well if he’s
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leaving the bar then he wasn’t on the
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main road that the client was
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crossing and therefore um it’s not
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my client’s fault so i needed proof of
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that
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so i obtained the body worn camera
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footage from the
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police officers who responded and that
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was incredibly helpful because i could
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see
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on the footage where my client was laid
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out on the ground how close was he to
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the
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to the sidewalk statements made by the
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the driver that that i wasn’t looking
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when i turned
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this direction i didn’t look in that
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direction and i was coming out of here
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and so the insurance company went from
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completely denying the
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the claim to paying hundreds of
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thousands of dollars to resolve the case
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without litigation