What determines who is at fault in a car accident?
Stephen J. Phillips: A jury decides who is at fault and by what percentage, after weighing direct evidence such as eyewitness testimony and photographs, and circumstantial evidence such as tire treads and skid marks.
Attorney Stephen J. Phillips · Car Accidents · 38-second answer
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In an automobile case or a car crash case or trucking case, a jury determines the amount of fault or the percentage of fault and who is at fault. The jury sits and they hear evidence, both direct evidence like eyewitness testimony or photographs of the scene, as well as circumstantial evidence like tire treads or skid marks on the pavement, and they weigh both of those together and then they come to a determination of who’s at fault and why.
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