When my personal injury clients are involved in litigation, I always warn them about the proper use of social media like Facebook and Twitter. Whenever defence lawyers are preparing themselves for discovery or trial procedures, they can research their opponents on the Internet, and can learn many interesting facts about my clients (sometimes before I do).
There have been quite a few cases where personal injury victims have been ordered by a Judge to produce a copy of their entire Facebook account to the insurance company and their lawyers. Most of the time there is nothing damaging, but watch out for photographs.
In Facebook for example, not only you but your friends can TAG you in photos and post them on Facebook. In most social networks like Facebook you can protect your privacy by limiting access to only your friends. However on other sites like Twitter, all posts are usually public.
Remember that everything you place on the Internet (blogs included) can be searched for and found by the insurance company and may be used against you.
Andrea Girones is a personal injury lawyer in Ottawa, visit her website at http://www.girones.ca/
Andrea Girones is a personal injury lawyer practicing in Ottawa and all of eastern Ontario.
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