Determining The Cause Of A Freak Accident: Who Do You Sue And How?
Freak car accidents happen. A car dives off an overpass and lands on another car below. One car hits another car's gas tank with such force that it explodes and burns all of he passengers inside. When these freak accidents happen, how do you, the surviving family members, proceed? Here is how.
Request a Full Investigation
Freak accident or no, there is always a reason why something happens as it does. What were the preceding events that led up to the accident? What were both drivers doing just minutes before it occurred?
In the case of a car going through a barrier on an overpass and landing on a vehicle below, there has to be something that caused the falling driver to go through the barrier. In the case of the exploding gas tank, was the driver drunk, angry, vengeful, not paying attention, or was there a mechanical malfunction that disallowed the driver to stop? You cannot possibly know until someone investigates. Your car accident attorney can contact the police and request an investigation and a report of the events.
By Knowing the Preceding Events, You Know Who Is at Fault
When the investigation shows what the preceding events were, then you know who was at fault and why. For example, the car that hit the gas tank of the other vehicle and caused it to explode had a driver that had uncontrolled seizures. At just the moment that this driver was about to move his/her foot to the brake, a seizure struck, causing the driver to become rigid and shove his/her foot on the gas pedal straight to the floor. Your family members were inside the vehicle and did not see the other driver coming. You can sue the driver with seizures.
Of course, there may be mitigating circumstances. What if the accident occurred as it had, but only your children were in the other car? That car belonged to your daycare provider, and the provider left the children alone in that vehicle while he/she ran into a store to grab something?
Now, you lost your children because your daycare provider left the children in the vehicle rather than take them inside. Ergo, you can sue both the daycare provider for leaving your children exposed to danger, and you can sue the driver with epilepsy. Find your preceding events, search for causes in your freak accident, and then your lawyer can sort out exactly who you should sue. Visit a site like http://carterfultonlaw.com/ for more help.
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