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Protect Your Indiana Injury Claim from Poor Social Media Use (Part A)

Your injury lawyer in Indianapolis will tell you social media use will affect your Indiana injury claim. Social media use is open to the public, anyone can access it. Social media use will most likely be used by your opponent as a resource to use information against you.

Social Media Use (Plaintiff vs. Defendant)

After you've been injured in an Indiana accident, you, the plaintiff, may file an Indiana injury claim against your opponent, the defendant. Here's the difference of social media use between each, plaintiff and defendant, after an Indiana injury claim is filed.

After an Indiana injury claim is filed, the plaintiff may:

• post on his/her social media profile about the accident or updates of the accident;
• answer questions about the accident that friends or family have asked on his/her social media site(s);
• make comments about the accident on his/her social media site(s) or others social media sites;
• post pictures from special trips, parties, sports game, etc.; and
• talk publically about the accident.

After an Indiana injury claim is filed, the defendant/defendant's attorney/insurance adjuster may:

• friend the plaintiff anonymously or with an undercover profile;
• friend the plaintiff's friends or family anonymously or with an undercover profile;
• spy on the plaintiffs posts, comments, and pictures on the plaintiffs social media profile;
• talk specifically about the accident to the plaintiff on his/her social media site anonymously or with an undercover profile; and
• talk specifically about the accident to the plaintiff's friends and/or family on their social media sites anonymously or with an undercover profile.

If these bullet points hold true for your case, you could seriously damage your Indiana injury claim, jeopardizing any chances for compensation for your injuries. You may think posts and comments are harmless against your case, but even the most seemingly innocent item can be misconstrued to harm your case. Your injury lawyer in Indianapolis will advise you that in any communicative exchange, you risk saying or doing something to inadvertently damage your case.

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