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00:00:03 What if an accident is caused by a road hazard? We get these calls all the time. Sometimes you can make a claim, sometimes you can’t. The things we look for is, can we determine where that road hazard came from? We just signed a case recently where these giant tires flew off the back of a truck and and they they were in the lane and the accident was unavoidable. Our client hit the tire that was sitting in in the lane. And yes, you can make a recovery in that circumstance. If it’s a a pothole, it’s
00:00:34 not so easy because we have to burden of proof of showing that the public entity that maintained the roadway knew or should have known of the pothole and had sufficient time and money to repair that pothole. So, there are differences in the type of road hazards we’re talking about. Um, in either event, you probably should consult with a lawyer, especially if there’s an injury as a result of an accident with a road hazard.
