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Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries
Have you been injured in a pedestrian accident or a love one killed as the result of negligence or recklessness? Each year, pedestrians are injured and sometimes killed in car crash crashes. Pedestrian accidents are continuously on the rise due to over population and increased traffic.
A pedestrian is vulnerable to serious injuries when an automobile is involved. A pedestrian is completely defenseless due to the size and weight of a car. Even slow moving motor vehicles cause serious injuries and death.
The most common causes of pedestrian accident injuries include:
- Pedestrians are hit in parking lots
- Pedestrians are hit in cross walks
- Driver runs a red light at an intersection
- Pedestrians hit when exiting their vehicles
- Pedestrian hit while crossing streets or congested roadways
- Driver not paying attention
- Pedestrian hit while car is backing up
- Pedestrian hit when an automobile is turning a corner
- Excessive speeding
- Alcohol related accidents - Driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol
- The driver's insurance company will try to hold responsible the victim for the accident. Typically the insurance company will claim the pedestrian was not using caution and their negligence caused the accident.
If you have been involved in a pedestrian accident, you should:
- Check to make sure that all parties involved in the accident do not need immediate medical attention
- Call an ambulance if an injury occurs
- Contact police so they can file a report
- Gather the names of all witnesses that saw the accident occur
- If possible take photos of the accident
- Do not speak with the driver's insurance company under any circumstance
You should never leave the scene of the accident until police arrive
In order to receive compensation for your injury, the pedestrian involved in the accident must prove that the driver was negligent or reckless at the time of the accident. Because the burden of proof is on the pedestrian, it is important that you contact a knowledgeable and experienced pedestrian attorney that fully understands this type of accident.
The compensation that our lawyers will fight for includes but not limited to the following:
- medical & hospital expenses
- loss of wages from being out of work
- loss of job
- cost of aides
- cost of physical therapy
- cost of counseling due to mental anguish
- pain and suffering
- property damages
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