Importance of Expert Witnesses in Car Accident


Los Angeles car accident attorneys

Following a car accident, the injured parties try and find a way to deal with the situation. Usually, one (sometimes both) party is responsible for causing the accident. Right away, we have a victim who wants to file a claim against the other party, and the defendant who will try everything to get away with it.

If you have been in a car accident recently, you know how hard it is to deal with everything. The stress and pain are almost intolerable, and your life could be changed upside-down. You wish you had an expert witness to help you settle your cause much faster.

But what exactly is an expert witness, and what is their role in a car accident case? We talked with Los Angeles car accident attorneys at the Law Offices of Howard Craig Kornberg and they explained to us in detail what it means to have an expert witness in your corner.

Two Types of Witnesses

Every car accident has two types of witnesses:
  • On-scene witnesses – normally the people who were present at the scene when the accident occurred. They may help provide some useful information and help prove negligence
  • Expert witnesses – these are specialized and trained individuals who are able to discuss in depth and to analyze the situation from an expert’s point of view.
Having a witness will definitely help your case. However, sometimes an accident occurs in the middle of nowhere, with no one around. In this case, there are no witnesses, and the case could go on forever.

This is where expert witnesses come into play. They are:
  • Medical experts – independent practitioners who arrive upon call. They can review the injuries and give reports based on their professional opinion.
  • Mental health experts – professionals who can discuss how the injuries sustained impacted the victim’s mental health.
  • Highway safety experts – independent engineers or experts who can testify on the road conditions and how those impacted the accident
  • Accident reconstruction experts – people in charge of investigating the accident and recreating the scene to the smallest of details. These people are highly paid professionals who will combine the chain of events to try and recreate the events that led up to the accident.
  • Economists – if you missed hours at work, missed a promotion or you struggle to pay your bills following an accident and as a result of your injuries, an economist could help determine the full loss of your wages and earning potential from the moment of the accident.

The Importance Of Expert Witnesses

As you can see by now, having an expert witness in your corner will definitely help you win the case and obtain the compensation that you seek. Lucky for you, the Car Accident Attorneys in Los Angeles at the Law Offices of Howard Craig Kornberg work with many different experienced expert witnesses and will help you by employing their skills. You will be only a few steps away from obtaining the highest compensation possible, and finding that one evidence you needed to prove that the other party’s negligent acts caused the accident in the first place.

What are you waiting for? Give a call today so that we can help prepare your case.

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