Defenses That Will Negatively Impact Your Personal Injury Claim

In an automobile accident, the at-fault driver is entitled to assert defenses that will reduce your personal injury award.  Here are two to consider:

1.      Comparative Negligence – is when you are in an auto accident and the at-fault driver accuses you of partially causing the accident.  Insurance companies use comparative negligence to assign blame between the drivers on a percentage basis.  Every percentage point that blame is assigned to you will potentially reduce your personal injury claim.

2.      Last Clear Chance Doctrine – is when you had the chance to avoid the accident such as applying your brakes and you did not do so.  This is also a defense that will negatively impact your personal injury claim.

If you are involved in a comparative negligence situation you should contact a Personal Injury Attorney or a Denver Personal Injury Lawyer.

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