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Within only a few days following the accident, I received a police report that stated the other driver was negligent in failing to yield the right-of-way. What legal weight given to the police report from the officer who investigated the accident?

 



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In Kentucky, police reports provide an excellent starting point in evaluating a personal injury case.  Typically, a police report will plainly state that the offending driver violated a specific statute such as speeding.  It may even indicate that the officer issued a citation.  Other times, the driver's negligence is merely described in the narrative or elsewhere in the report.

 

However, no matter how specific the report may be, if there is any mention or notation that the driver violated a particular law, statute or other evidence of careless driving, it can provide strong evidence that the other driver was at fault.  Obviously, the better the police report, the more powerfully it can be used to support your truck, automobile or motorcycle accident case.




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