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Inzina Law Injury Attorneys For us, family is everything. When an accident or injury hurts your family, ours is here to help.

09/21/2026

After an accident, you'll want to vent on Facebook. You're mad. The other driver was reckless. You want everyone to know how careless people are on the road.

Don't. Those posts become goldmine evidence for defense lawyers.

They'll go back through years of your social media looking for anything inconsistent with your injury claims. That rant about careless drivers? They'll use it to paint you as dramatic and unreliable.

Angry posts calling the other driver names or talking about "making them pay" get twisted. Defense lawyers use them to suggest you're money-motivated rather than genuinely injured. Your own words become their best evidence against you.

Emotional posts written in the heat of the moment can destroy credibility more effectively than any defense witness.

The best thing you can do is stay completely off social media until your case is resolved. Every post is potential evidence against you.

09/10/2026

After an accident, insurance companies are watching your social media. Not casually. They hire investigators to dig through everything you've ever posted.

They're looking for any photo, post, or check-in that makes you look less injured than you claim. Even innocent stuff gets twisted.

Here's what to do right now: Set all accounts to private. Turn off location tagging. Disable other people's ability to tag you in posts. Stop posting about your accident or injuries entirely.

Even with private settings, they can still request your full social media history in court. Many judges will force you to hand it over.

The only real protection is not posting anything they can use against you. That wedding photo where you're smiling? They'll use it to claim you're not really suffering.

Stay off social media while your case is active. It's the safest move.

09/02/2026

"Why is my case taking so long?" Because we can't settle it until you're done with medical treatment. That's the frustrating answer.

Your case can't move forward until your doctor says you've reached "maximum medical improvement." Basically, you're as healed as you're going to get.

Why does this matter? Because we need to know the full extent of your injuries. Will you recover completely? Need surgery? Have permanent limitations? We can't answer those questions while you're still treating.

Some people need treatment for 3 months. Others need 2 years. Every case is different.

During that time, we're monitoring your case and gathering records. But we can't negotiate settlement because we don't know what your injuries will cost long-term yet.

It's frustrating to wait. But settling too early means leaving money on the table that you can never get back.

08/24/2026

Insurance companies have impossible standards: If you're in bed all day, you're exaggerating. If you're active, you're not really hurt. You can't win.

We had a client with catastrophic injuries who lived alone. Insurance got surveillance of him dragging an empty ice chest to his car. They tried to claim it proved he was fine.

We brought that same ice chest to court. Had him show the jury the painful, contorted way he had to move it because he had no one to help. The ice chest was empty. He had no choice.

Defense stopped using that surveillance real quick.

The footage lacked context. What looked like normal activity was actually proof of disability. But insurance will twist anything to avoid paying you fairly.

Don't give them extra am******on, but don't stop living your life either.

08/05/2026

Insurance companies get paid for every minute they spend fighting your claim. That's not an exaggeration. That's their business model.

Their lawyers bill hourly for everything. Investigating you, building a case against you, finding reasons to pay you less. Every minute equals more money in their pocket.

We have cases right now with over 200 hours of surveillance footage on single clients. Insurance companies spend $15,000 on surveillance because it's worth it if they can reduce a $400,000 claim by even 10%.

They'll set up cameras outside your house. Go through years of your social media. Interview everyone you know. All to find something, anything, to make you look dishonest.

You're not paranoid for being careful. They really are watching. It's literally their job to pay you as little as possible.

07/30/2026

Driverless cars are already operating in New Orleans with Waymo. So what happens if one hits you and there's no driver to blame?

You still have a case. Someone owns that car, usually the company running the fleet, and that owner carries insurance.

If the vehicle runs a red light or fails to yield, the owner is responsible. Same as if a person were behind the wheel.

The technology is new. The liability rules aren't.

07/23/2026

After an accident, don't panic and delete your Facebook or Instagram posts. That creates a way bigger legal problem than whatever was in those posts.

Deleting content after an accident is called "spoliation of evidence." Courts can tell juries to assume the deleted posts proved you were lying about your injuries.

Defense lawyers actively look for signs of deletion. When they find it, they ask judges for "adverse inference instructions." This allows juries to assume whatever you deleted would have hurt your case.

Even if you deleted innocent content, the jury never gets to see that. They only hear "this person destroyed evidence." That's devastating to credibility.

Stop posting new stuff about your accident. Set accounts to private. Turn off tagging. But don't delete anything that already exists.

The risk of spoliation charges is way worse than whatever's already online.

07/17/2026

Your behavior at the accident scene doesn't just matter that day. It matters when 12 strangers are deciding if you deserve compensation.

Defense lawyers look for body camera footage of accident victims yelling or making threats. They show that footage to juries to paint people as aggressive and unreasonable, even when the other driver was completely at fault.

Suddenly, the person who HIT YOU becomes the "victim" who was scared of your behavior. The focus shifts from their reckless driving to your reaction.

This tactic works. Juries are human. They make decisions based on who they like and trust. An angry, threatening person at an accident scene doesn't come across well, even when their anger is completely justified.

Juries remember behavior more than facts. Make sure they see someone who was wronged, not someone looking for a fight.

Stay calm at the scene. It's case strategy, not just safety.

07/08/2026

They were texting. They ran a red light. Your kids were in the car. You have every right to be furious.

But if you lose it and start yelling, that's going on camera. Body cams, bystander phones, a neighbor's Ring doorbell.

In court, defense lawyers will play that footage to make you look like the aggressive one. Never mind that they caused the wreck.

So be angry at home. At the scene, stay calm. It protects your case.

06/30/2026

"I'm so sorry this happened!" seems polite. To insurance companies, it's an admission of guilt. That reflexive apology gets used against you, even if you did nothing wrong.

Same with "I'm fine." Adrenaline suppresses your pain, so you feel okay in the moment. But 24 hours later, when your neck is killing you, that "I'm fine" in the police report becomes evidence you're exaggerating.

A better response: "I'm shaken up and will see my doctor to be safe." Honest, without making claims you can't take back.

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