The judge might have heard the other lawyer's jaw hit his desk. He must have ignored it because he didn't say anything about it.ĭuring a pretrial motion hearing, I played the video for the judge. During discovery I sent a CD over which included the ORIGINAL video AND a copy of VLC. Other attorney just asked for a file he could play, right? So I found a DIFFERENT dashcam video (which did not contain any sound) BUT it could be played with windows media player AND it was close enough to my current client's facts that if you weren't paying attention it could pass. Stop montage as I open a file and my face is bathed in a golden light radiating from an old memorex CD Start super cool montage of me going through other client files This makes me unhappy, but I tried again "It will take less than a few minutes to install, you can watch the video and listen to your client admit fault." He say "We are done here until you send something I can play."Ĭue malicious compliance music - Country Grammar ![]() Send me a file I can play if you want me to consider it." He says "I'm not installing something to watch your alleged dash cam video. But VLC will, just follow the installer instructions and it should play no problem." He replies "I can't open this!" So I send him a link to vlc media player "It's a weird extension, and windows media player won't play it. Insurance attorney says (I imagine while twirling a dumb mustache) "Interesting, can you send me a copy of the video?" I say sure and send it over. No mention of the dashcam was made on the police report. It wasn't my first case with a dashcam, but it might have been my third or fourth. Its important to understand that this was before dashcams were common. I replied "Yeah but my client had a dashcam and it recorded your client admitting fault." Lawyer from insurance reaches out and says (basically) - "Look, my client says they were driving safely, and the police report says shared fault." The initial offer is like 10 grand. Note that the insurance company has an obligation to negotiate in good faith, which becomes important later. So I send a demand to the insurance company for policy limits. When the cops showed up, the police report found both drivers at fault AND did not mention any statements from the other driver.īut we have our admission and my client's damages were above the other guy's policy limit. Turns out the admission was really important, because the type of accident didn't make a 'determination of fault' easy (imagine a rear end collision at a red light as an easy determination, but a collision at a four way stop sign as a hard determination). ![]() Client had a dashcam which recorded the whole thing including the admission of guilt. Client was hit, other driver got out and said something like "Ohmygod are you ok? I'm so sorry, I dropped my phone and reached to get it.". Same disclaimer - I'm not your lawyer and none of this is legal advice (don't take legal advice from internet randos).Ĭlient comes in with a seemingly simple auto collision. ![]() Hey guys! I hope you all enjoy another lawyer story.
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