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The best of my recollection, recorded?

jet_silver — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:43:00 -0800

How shall I record my best recollection of an incident I witnessed that will very likely be the subject of litigation or criminal proceeding? I witnessed an incident involving flight crew and passengers on an international flight aboard a US flagged airline. The flight terminated in the US. How do I go about noting my recollections in such a way that they are most valuable? (Valuable to whom is not an issue; I want to record as fully and completely as possible everything that I can recall happening.) The incident is fresh in my mind but it will not be by the time court proceedings - which I have no doubt will take place - commence.

Maybe just a bike from now on.

anonpeon — Tue, 02 May 2006 12:56:52 -0800

Had a car accident, one witnesssays I ran red light, but I don't think I did. What do I do now? This happened in Georgia.

Accident was at an intersection. No serious injuries on me, but I don't know about the other driver. Police said he seemed like he'll be fine, was talking and conscious. Our cars are probably totaled. There is one witness who says I ran a red light, but said witness seemed fishy to me, like he was covering for a friend in the neighborhood. Or maybe I was still in shock from accident.

I remember checking the green light earlier up the street and watched it go from red to green and since I do this route everyday, at this time, was confident about the timing of the light. In short I'm 90% certain the light was green.

There was one local resident (different from the witness above) who says he's seen the other driver ran speeding and running the light before. My wife (who wasn't in the car, but a local lady was nice enough to call, so wife showed up later) got his address but he seemed reluctant to say much more.

Did get a ticket for not obeying local traffic laws, but the cop made a point of saying that he had to ticket someone for insurance purposes, so one witness against me was enough for me to get it. he also said to go to court with documentation showing the other guy was taken care of via my insurance and the case would most likely be dismissed. i do have full coverage on the vehicle.

So do I try to fight this or just go with the cop said? Does it matter either way? Do I lawyer up? Investigate, question people? Like was said, pretty sure, but not completely sure it wasn't my fault.

Filed a claim already, based on my local insurance agent's advice, got a body shop to go look at car, got a rental car setup.

What is my legal obligation to attend a court date as a witness?

mic stand — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 07:30:00 -0800

What, to your knowledge, is the law of obligation to attend a court date as a witness (MI)?