What is surveillance footage used for in an injury case?
The purpose is impeachment. The defense wants footage that contradicts something you said under oath.
How it's typically deployed. The claimant is deposed and asked detailed questions about limitations — can you lift, can you bend, how long can you stand, do you need help with anything. Those answers are locked in. Then the footage is shown.
That sequence is deliberate. Footage shown before testimony can be explained. Footage shown after locks the contradiction in place.
What defeats it. Answering deposition questions accurately, including about good days. Someone who says "I can never lift anything" is contradicted by one video. Someone who says "some days I can, most days I can't, and I pay for it afterward" is not.
Disclosure obligations exist, and when surveillance must be produced is itself litigated.
What footage doesn't show: what it cost you afterward, how long you lasted, or how many days you couldn't get up. That's the response, and it's more credible when the testimony was honest to begin with.
Answer honestly about your good days. That's what makes the video harmless. ---
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