As Marlo Greer states in her TikTok on this subject, “Never have I ever told somebody who may have suffered a concussion to say that they didn’t strike their head.” There are a couple of reasons for this.

First, you can get a concussion without actually striking your head on anything. So, whether or not your head hit anything isn’t necessarily relevant to whether you had a concussion or not.

Second, memory loss is a common side-effect of a concussion. If an insurance company asks you if you hit your head and you believe you’ve suffered a concussion, don’t say that you did or did not do so.

Don’t Be Afraid to Say “I Don’t Know”

This highlights one of the most important rules when responding to a question from an opposing attorney at your deposition or at trial: Never say you did or did not do something unless you are very sure about it. If you’re the least bit unsure, the safest and correct answer is “I don’t know.”

“I don’t know” is a hard thing for many of us to say. We all want to appear intelligent and aware, and we often say we know that something happened a certain way, even if we’re not 100% sure about it. Our minds aren’t steel traps, and we tend to forget lots of things that happen on a day-to-day basis.

When you’re involved in a dispute with an insurance company, it won’t help you to pretend to know something you’re not absolutely sure about. That’s why when responding to questions at a deposition or trial, you should respond “I don’t know” or “I don’t remember” if you’re not 100% sure about your answer to a question.

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