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Can My Criminal Background Impact My Personal Injury Case?

If you have been injured in a car accident, at work , or as the result of someone else’s negligence, odds are your criminal record has nothing to do with your case and shouldn’t be an issue.

Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, and there are instances when a criminal record could impact your personal injury claim. So, it’s important to talk with a South Carolina personal injury attorney and explain your entire background – especially if you are worried your specific situation could influence a jury’s opinion of you if it were allowed in trial.


Credibility

Some fraud cases, especially if they involve defrauding state or federal agencies like Medicaid or Social Security Disability, could hurt your credibility if they are allowed to be discussed in a trial.

If the at-fault party’s insurance company in your personal injury case thinks it may be able to bring up your criminal record to discredit you in front of a jury, it might be less likely to offer you a fair settlement, pushing your case to trial.

Can they bring up my criminal record?

A good South Carolina personal injury lawyer will fight to keep the insurance company from being allowed to discuss your criminal background for the duration of your case. Most of the time, your criminal record will have little connection to your personal injury claim. If it’s not relevant to the case at hand, most judges won’t allow it to be discussed.

A case that stands on its own.

The best way to ensure that your criminal record does not impact your personal injury case is to have a strong personal injury case that stands on its own. If you are genuinely hurt and struggling to pay medical bills resulting from your injury because of lost wages, it’s hard for the insurance company to argue your credibility.

The skilled and experienced South Carolina personal injury lawyers at George Sink, P.A. Injury Lawyers can work with you to determine the best way to approach your personal injury case – even with a criminal background. Legal representatives are standing by 24/7 to help you, no matter what. Call today for a FREE case review.

DISCLAIMER: Information on this website is not legal advice. Reviewing the information on this website does not create an attorney-client relationship with the law firm. The attorney, investigator, or a representative of the firm may visit you anywhere in SC, NC, or GA for initial investigations in many circumstances. Alan Kennington responsible attorney licensed in SC. George Sink, Sr licensed in SC.

*No fee if no recovery. Fees computed before deducting expenses from recovery. "We don't get paid until you get paid” or similar language refers only to fees charged by the attorney. Court costs and other additional expenses of legal action usually must be paid by the client. Contingent attorneys' fees refers only to those fees charged by attorneys for their legal services. Contingent fees are not permitted in all types of cases.

[1] Any result the lawyer or law firm may have achieved on behalf of clients in one matter does not necessarily indicate similar results can be obtained for other clients. Verdicts, awards, and total recoveries presented reflect gross numbers, before attorneys' fees, costs and expenses are deducted.

[2] Cases are handled by a lawyer at George Sink, P.A. Injury Lawyers, who primarily practices out of our offices in Greenville at 715 Congaree Rd, Columbia at 1440 Broad River Rd, Myrtle Beach at 400 N. Kings Hwy, Suite A, Anderson at 128 N. Main St, Augusta at 3523 Walton Way Ext, Charlotte 112 S Tryon St, Ste 1760 or our principal office in North Charleston at 7011 Rivers Ave, SC. With 15 locations throughout South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia, it's easy for us to come to you wherever you are, even if we don't have an office in your town.

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