[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Social media is ubiquitous.\u00a0 Facebook, Twitter, WeChat, Instagram, and more let everyone document their lives in words, pictures, audio, and video.\u00a0 It’s no secret that some people have the tendency to overshare, providing details into their lives that really should stay private for one reason or another.\u00a0 One topic that can definitely cause major problems when you overshare?\u00a0 Your legal case.\u00a0 Social media accounts are coming under more and more scrutiny in legal cases, in many different practice areas.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because many different types of social media posts, including Facebook posts, can be admissible as evidence in a court of law.<\/p>\n
Put plainly: if you post something detrimental to your legal case on social media it can and will be used against you.\u00a0 If you were in a car accident<\/a> and post a selfie with the caption “I’m okay!”, insurance companies could use that picture to claim that you were not injured.\u00a0 If you are seeking temporary disability after suffering from a work injury<\/a> and “check in” at Mammoth Mountain, you could be denied workers’ compensation benefits.\u00a0 On trial for assault?\u00a0 Making a post talking about taking part in the incident could be used as evidence against you.<\/p>\n Social media posts can go both ways.\u00a0 The Law Offices of Scott Warmuth advises all of its clients to avoid posting any references about their ongoing legal cases to social media.\u00a0 At the same time, our team may examine the social media postings of the defendants in your case, hoping to find corroborating evidence.\u00a0 Imagine if you were hit by someone who ran a red light, but told police they had a green light.\u00a0 A post that contradicts that statement, or points to additional possible evidence, would be very helpful to your case.<\/p>\n The Law Offices of Scott Warmuth offers comprehensive legal services in several practice areas.\u00a0 For a free legal consultation, call us today at 888-517-9888<\/strong>![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many different types of social media posts, including Facebook posts, can be admissible as evidence in a court of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,25,18,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-accident","category-criminal-defense","category-personal-injury","category-workers-compensation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}