Do you need help holding an insurer or negligent party accountable for your recent pedestrian accident? Our Alexandria lawyers are ready to investigate your right to legal action.
Kitchel Law has served Alexandria and greater Virginia since 2019. Our Alexandria personal injury lawyers take the time to get to know our clients and to make you comfortable with your upcoming recovery. You can trust us to support you throughout this time of crisis.
Book your free pedestrian accident case consultation with a Kitchel Law representative today.
Can Pedestrians Sue for Damages After Serious Accidents?
Pedestrians injured in serious accidents do have the right to sue for damages. Motorists, construction crews, government officials, and other parties have a legal obligation to uphold a duty of care when engaging with pedestrians on the road, and their failure to do so opens them up to accusations of negligence.
However, there are steps that pedestrians can take before suing these parties if they want to financially recover from their losses. Pedestrians can explore their right to insurance claims when recovering from injuries sustained in an accident with a negligent driver or related party.
If you find yourself wondering whether or not it’s time to file a lawsuit against the party responsible for your pedestrian accident, consider booking a free case consultation with our pedestrian accident attorney in Alexandria. We can weigh the value of an insurance claim against a lawsuit and help you pursue both—or either!
Should You Contact an Alexandria Pedestrian Accident Lawyer?
Contacting an attorney to discuss your right to legal action after a pedestrian accident will not lock you into any kind of lawsuit or claim against a liable party.
In fact, your initial case consultation with legal representatives is simply an opportunity to discuss:
- The negligence that led to your accident
- Your right to pursue compensation for your losses
- The extent of your losses
- Your timeline for pursuing accident damages
You can decide whether or not you want to move forward with our legal representation and, subsequently, a case, after you’ve met with our team and learned more about the strategies we might use to approach your recovery.
We encourage you to schedule a free, no–obligation pedestrian accident case consultation with our team sooner rather than later after your accident.
Getting in touch a few days or weeks following your collision makes it easier for us to contact witnesses, gather physical debris from your accident scene, and otherwise maximize your claim-filing timeline.
Filing an Insurance Claim With an Alexandria Pedestrian Accident Attorney
Insurance adjusters are often quick to appear after a serious pedestrian accident. Unfortunately, insurance adjusters rarely want to help victims like you fully recover from your losses.
Instead, adjusters can press you for statements about your losses that they may later use to make it harder for you to ask for the damages you deserve.
We never recommend going up against an insurance company on your own after a pedestrian accident. Instead, go after an insurer with help from an Alexandria pedestrian accident attorney.
Our support can prevent insurance adjusters from using bad faith tactics to slow down or minimize your recovery. We can also challenge attempts to deny you requests for support.
Filing a Personal Injury Claim With a Pedestrian Accident Lawyer in Alexandria
Pedestrians who don’t receive support from insurers following an accident can turn to personal injury lawsuits for help securing the damages they need to pay their bills.
Filing a pedestrian accident claim will not require you to go to trial and argue for damages, but these claims give you the right to do so if the need arises.
You can instead work with your attorney to summon the party liable for your pedestrian accident losses to private settlement negotiations, where you can highlight the extent of your losses, the liable party’s fault, and how you’d like to be compensated. Most pedestrian accident cases conclude during negotiations, but we’re not afraid to litigate against stubborn parties.
How to Ask for the Compensation You Need After a Pedestrian Accident
When trying to recover from a pedestrian accident, you need to know what losses you can include in your request for accident compensation.
Pre-calculating the value of your economic and non-economic losses makes it harder for insurers and liable parties to deny you support or claim that you don’t have the right to claim certain damages.
The value of the settlement you can take away from a pedestrian accident claim will vary based on the specific circumstances that led to your accident, as well as the parties involved in your accident.
The settlements that our team has secured in the past have included damages based on a client’s:
- Emergency medical care
- Surgeries, physical therapy, and specialist treatments
- Lost wages
- Lost benefits
- Property damage
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional distress
- Reduced quality of life
If a pedestrian accident proves fatal, our team can help a grieving family ask for damages that cover the cost of a loved one’s funeral and post-life expenses, including their lost income, loss of companionship, and loss of consortium.
How to Find the Evidence Necessary to Make Your Claim
Whether you want to file a pedestrian accident lawsuit or an insurance claim, you need evidence to outline your right to name specific parties accountable for your losses.
You can count on our team to connect you with professional investigators who can speak with accident witnesses and gather the physical debris most relevant to your case.
Our team can go on to compile electronic data, expert witness statements, medical reports, police reports, photos, and videos of your accident to determine who you can name financially liable for your recovery.
All of this evidence makes it easier to meet the state’s burden of proof. It also makes it harder for liable parties to refute their responsibility for your care.
Let Kitchel Law Go to Work for You Today
Pedestrians have the right to navigate Alexandria without fear of getting seriously injured by negligent motorists, construction crews, and other parties.
Pedestrians contending with the aftermath of these accidents can turn to legal representatives to help them hold negligent parties accountable for violating their duty of care.
The pedestrian accident attorneys in Alexandria, VA, believe in making justice accessible to everyone. We are here to help victims of pedestrian accidents understand the laws that can help them financially recover from their recent losses.
If you’re struggling to get back on your feet after a collision or similar accident, give our law firm a call. Kitchel Law is ready to stand up for your right to support throughout your recovery.