PEDESTRIAN CAR ACCIDENT LAWYER

     Pedestrians who are hit by vehicles often sustain significant personal injuries. In most cases more substantial then car accidents.  The New Jersey Law Journal sited in 2017 the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th largest personal injury settlements and trial verdicts to pedestrians struck by vehicles. Unlike a person in a  car accident, a pedestrian is not covered by steel and a seatbelt to hinder momentum; consequently, brain injury, paralysis, loss of limbs, broken ribs, broken vertabrae, broken hips, broken ankles, broken sacrum, broken orbital bones and many other injuries including death may occur as a result of a car hitting a pedestrian. 

PEDESTRIAN CAR ACCIDENT DAMAGES

         Pedestrians hit and injured by cars may recover damages for the following resultant consequences.

     Generally,  if the injured Pedestrian hit by a car chose verbal threshold on his policy, he can not sue the person who caused the car accidents unless one of the exceptions apply.

    Moreover, in Car accidents between pedestrians and automobiles New Jersey has many statutes that through due dilligence an Attorney can determine the party at fault.  Also, in many cities there are traffic cameras and most serious injuries the injured party is required to remain still until an ambulance arrives to render medical care and assure that the injury is not compounded through improper movement. 

     New Jersey may be legalizing recreational use of marijuana in the near future.  Many car accidents between pedestrians and cars or auto accidents are caused by intoxicated or drunk drivers.  If marijuana is legalized it will be interesting to see the impact that marijuana will have on Pedestrian/Car Accident Law.

CONSULT AN ACCIDENT LAWYER IF PEDESTRIAN HIT BY A VEHICLE

     A pedestrian who is hit by a vehicle should consult an accident lawyer to get an analysis of his case and give him/her advice as to the correct approach to effectively move forward with the pedestrian car accident case.  These cases take time and the lawyer has to often work with physicians and the insurance agency to effectively treat the person first.  In Serious injuries no amount of money will put the person in the place that they were before the injury.  The first goal is to mitigate the injury that has been suffered by the unfortunate Pedestrian who is hit by an automobile.

This article does not represent legal advice. Each case is fact specific moreover the law is esoteric and dynamic consequently must be studied before an Attorney may give legal advice regarding a matter.  If a Pedestrian gets in a car accident he should consult an Attorney.