Be Careful: Giving a Recorded Statement Can Be Harmful to Your Injury Claim

If you have been involved in some sort of automobile accident in the Fort Worth--Arlington, Texas area, there is a good chance that the liability insurance company of the driver who negligently caused your wreck will ask you for a "recorded statement."

Be very careful!

Recorded statements are requested by the insurance company a lot of times because they say that they are still investigating the liability portion of the case. In other words, they still dont believe that their own insured driver caused the wreck.

Unfortunately, most of the time they’re really not investigating the liability of the accident. Instead, they’re using this opportunity to obtain information and admissions that will be used against you. The insurance company adjuster might ask you to list every single part of your body that was injured in the accident. Sometimes the injuries take a little bit of time to come forward. Sometimes you might not list everything that is wrong and then later on, they will use that against you saying, “Well on day three after the accident, you didn’t mention that your neck was hurt and so you must be making that up now.”

The best way to handle the situation is not to talk with the insurance company about your injuries. It’s a mistake, At the Anderson Law Firm, we've seen it over and over again where these recorded statements are used against our clients later on. The easist thing to do is to only talk about what happened in the accident and don't allow the insurance company adjuster to record the conversation. They are supposed to ask your permission before they record it, so it should be no big deal for them to talk about what caused the accident--without the recorder turned on.

If you are asked to give a recorded statement, fell free to call the personal injury lawyers at the Anderson Law Firm in Fort Worth for a free, no hassle case evaluation. Our attorneys will tell you, in straight talk, what you options are. Just give us a call at 817-294-1900 and schedule your case review today.

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