Legal Traffic Accident Advice from Judge Marilyn Milian host of FOX 5’s “The People’s Court.”

If I have any advice for anyone involved in a traffic accident it’s this: Call the police, and to the extent possible, try not to move the cars, and take pictures, if you can. So many new cell phones these days have a camera function, that should be easy.  A police report that documents the position of the cars at the scene can be your best friend in court when the accident is not your fault. Too many people trust the word of a complete stranger when they urge them not to call the police and promise to pay the damage. We have a name for people like that…we call them plaintiffs, because you’ll later learn that there is usually a good reason they don’t want the police involved…and it’s because they have no insurance and a suspended license and don’t want to go to the pokey! You wouldn’t loan a complete stranger several thousand dollars because you have no guarantee he’ll pay you back…why would you trust him to pay it for your car repairs?