Can Social Media Posts Affect My Personal Injury Case? - Herschensohn Law Firm

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00:00:04 Everyone who’s watched a television program has probably heard the Miranda warning that you hear like for example on a criminal TV shows where they say okay you know you have the right to remain silent. Anything you can say will be used against you uh in a court of law something to that effect. Well that’s true for a criminal case. It’s also true for a civil case. statements made by a party, even outofc court statements are not considered hearsay. So those statements can be used to impeach you.

00:00:35 And if you’re on social media, generally speaking, you’re bragging or boasting about how wonderful your life is. And that’s definitely not going to be something that’s good for a personal injury case because you do not want to be presenting the appearance of everything being wonderful when in fact it’s not the case. if you are injured that everything’s wonderful. So, I had one client who was a gun enthusiast. There was a bunch of pictures of her at a firing range. And that’s not necessarily an opinion that’s going to

00:01:09 travel and carry wealth through all of the various segments of society. You’re going to make some people happy, but you’re going to make other people unhappy. So, there’s all sorts of things that could go wrong. best to just clam up and not say anything or to, you know, put all of your po social media posts on private. It’s not necessarily a good thing to offer information about your private life uh while you have a personal injury case going.