Chicago Failure-to-Yield Accident Lawyer
When two vehicles approach an unmarked intersection from different directions or different roadways at approximately the same time; the driver of the vehicle on the left must yield the right of way to the vehicle on the right. That general rule can modify with certain signs and other posted roadway rules. But generally, a failure-to-yield occurs when a driver does not understand their obligation to yield and neglects to yield.
If you have been injured due to another’s failure to yield and you suffered injuries from this incident, you are entitled to seek compensation with the help of an experienced car accident attorney. Chicago failure-to-yield accident lawyers can help you bring forward your claim to recover damages following your accident.
Determining Fault
With a marked intersection, yielding and failure becomes more obvious. Unmarked intersections can become a little bit more complicated because it could become a factual dispute as to who arrived at the intersection first.
Some of those issues resolve after analysis of the extent, and nature, and location of the damage to the vehicles. If the damage to a vehicle occurs to the front end of one vehicle and the back quarter panel of the other, it would suggest that the second vehicle that was hit towards the back.
A driver also has an obligation to yield to vehicles already in an intersection. The analysis can be very complicated as to liability and fault when there is an unmarked intersection. However, the nature and location of the damage on the vehicle can help determine those factual disputes. A Chicago failure-to-yield accident lawyer can protect their client’s rights during these disputes.
Common Accidents
Common accidents in Chicago resulting from a failure to yield occur where someone has an intersection where a cross street has a stop sign but the traffic on the other roadway has no stop sign. Cars traveling on one roadway have the right of way and cars traveling on an intersecting roadway have an obligation to yield. Chicago car accident lawyers see accidents where people fail to recognize that it is a two-way and not a four-way stop, will stop, and then pull into the intersection, causing an accident to a car traveling on an unrestricted roadway for the intersection.
Other accidents resulting from a failure to yield include merging situations where cars are merging onto a highway or merging from a right-hand merge lane onto busy roadways where cars fail to recognize that they are merging into a lane of moving traffic and will fail to yield to traffic already on the roadway as they merge.
Insurance Treatment
The more complicated the analysis of fault, the less chance the case has of settling prior to filing litigation. Failure-to-yield cases in Chicago can be difficult to settle early on or quickly because of a dispute in liability.
If at a marked intersection and a party fails to yield and receives a ticket; it can actually help resolve the case more quickly. The assessment and resolution of a ticket influences the adverse insurance company that their insured is at fault.
Investigating Accidents
The first step to investigating a Chicago failure-to-yield accident is to assess and analyze the damage to the vehicles. That evidence is most often available. People routinely will take pictures of their damaged vehicles. Most insurance companies will photograph a vehicle before they will authorize repairs or make a determination of a total loss.
The other types of evidence that are available are witnesses that may have seen the accident. Oftentimes, the police report notes the names of witnesses; or traffic cameras, or video cameras from any nearby buildings. Working with a Chicago failure-to-yield accident attorney will help to understand how to best handle your case.
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