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i liked the advice because chances are some asshole will try and sue you in the US cause there soft.
"when you get out of the car and confront the other person, you should say clearly and loudly "This accident was clearly your fault!" (even if it was probably your fault)"
Morally superior? Look, it's probably just how you worded it but dont get defensive. My mom , the sweetest lady in the world, got fucked in such a manner and now she has to seriously delay retirement.
Please keep posting just so we can recognize and defend when someones tryin to work the system.
For the record, Matt, I harbor no ill will toward you. I know of no law student alive responsible for the way our judicial system operates. The reason my ex told me and everybody she knew about the "It's clearly your fault" trick was for the same reason you did -- somebody else probably knows that trick too and if you don't, they can use it against you. Gotta know those counters in BJJ and in life. :)
going to put that in the memory bank, and use it if needed
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meh...who takes legal advice from a jit jitsu forum anyway? If I need legal advice, I'll just Google "good Jew lawyer"...No offense meant to the Chosen People. L'Chayim!
After trying out this "trick," please enjoy having a great time getting grilled by the opposing party's counsel in deposition about your knowledge of the law and your reasons for making such a contrived statement, and then facing the prospect of having to either perjure yourself or admit you are a cynical bastard who was trying to set up the other party for a fall. The jury will REALLY be on your side then. Almost no car accident cases go to trial anyway, and liability is determined by longstanding tort rules rather than mind games about whether the parties believed themselves to be guilty.
If you plan to try this trick, please get ready to raked over the coals by opposing counsel about your knowledge of the law and why the first statement out of your mouth after a dangerous accident (and presumably one in which at least one of the parties was seriously injured, since a lawsuit resulted) was "admit it's your fault!" or something of the kind. That line of questioning will either lead you to perjure yourself or to reveal that you are a cynical lawsuit-junky...which judges and juries always smile upon, of course. Also, if you are a law student posting such litigious advice on a public forum under your own name and image, have fun when it comes time to apply to your state bar for a moral character determination.