Pedestrian accident victims like you do not have to resign themselves to the bills and other expenses that come with their post-accident care. If you’re struggling to get back on your feet after a slip and fall or an accident with a motor vehicle, you can connect with a Seattle pedestrian accident lawyer to discuss your legal options.
Phillips Law Firm believes that all accident victims deserve the opportunity to benefit from comprehensive legal representation after serious accidents. We can help you file an insurance claim and explore your right to a personal injury lawsuit.
We’ve been providing legal support to Washington State residents for over twenty years, during which time we’ve secured hundreds of millions of dollars for them. Our Seattle personal injury lawyers can start building your case today.
Can You Financially Recover After a Pedestrian Accident?
Pedestrian collisions can leave you with a substantial array of bills, including specialists’ medical expenses and even essential property restoration. Unfortunately, you may have to take time away from work while you’re recovering, meaning that there’s a chance for your finances to become even more strained.
How are you supposed to financially recover from these kinds of accidents if you need essential medical care and can’t go back to work? Our team can help you take advantage of two different avenues: filing an insurance claim or filing a personal injury claim.
How to File an Insurance Claim After a Pedestrian Accident
If you get into an accident with another party, it’s in your best interest to ask for:
- The person’s name
- The person’s contact information, including their phone number and email address
- Information about whether or not the person was on the clock with an employer at the time of your accident
- The person’s insurance coverage, policy number, and provider’s contact information
All of this information can help you identify a person’s insurance provider and file a claim asking for help funding your recovery. We recommend that you file an insurance claim shortly after an accident – but only after you’ve connected with a Seattle pedestrian accident attorney.
An experienced lawyer can help you file an insurance claim that complies with a provider’s formatting expectations, limiting the provider’s chances to deny you support based on a technicality. We can then stick with your case and prevent an insurance claims adjuster from minimizing your losses or disrupting the flow of your recovery.
What Are Common Bad-Faith Behaviors You Might Run Into While Negotiating With an Insurance Company?
Some examples of the bad-faith content that insurance claims adjusters can engage in may include the following:
- Refusing to communicate with you about your losses
- Talking over you or refusing to acknowledge your concerns about your accident
- Removing key evidence from the scene of your accident
- Destroying evidence relevant to your case
- Misrepresenting your statements or words following an accident
- Purposefully slowing down your claim filing process
Consummate legal representation can stop a bad-faith insurance adjuster in their tracks. If you’re struggling to make an insurance company take your losses seriously after a collision, you can ask a Seattle pedestrian accident lawyer to argue for your best interests.
How to File a Pedestrian Accident Claim
If you don’t get the financial support you need from an insurance company, you can work with a Washington State attorney to bring your losses to the attention of a civil judge. Filing a personal injury claim after a pedestrian accident allows you to:
- Discuss the negligence that you believe contributed to your losses
- Bring forward evidence proving that a liable party engaged in irresponsible negligence at the time of your accident
- Arguing that you deserve compensation for losses that you can directly tie to your recent accident
So long as you file your claim before your personal injury statute of limitations expires, you should preserve your right to demand compensation for your economic and non-economic losses.
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When to Contact a Seattle Pedestrian Accident Lawyer
Whether you want to file a pedestrian accident claim or pursue an insurance claim, we recommend that you get in touch with our experienced personal injury lawyers shortly after your accident.
Even if you decide you don’t want to move forward with legal action, an early case consultation can help you better understand your right to recover.
When Does Washington’s Personal Injury Statute of Limitations Expire?
If you want to file a personal injury claim against a liable party, make sure you file your paperwork before Washington State’s personal injury statute of limitations passes you by.
Wash. Rev. Code § 4.16.080(2) gives you three years and no longer to bring your concerns about your accident forward.
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How to Ask for the Pedestrian Accident Compensation You Deserve
If you’re filing an insurance claim after a pedestrian accident, you have the right to include the cost of any economic losses you sustained in your request for financial support. Qualifying losses may include the following:
- Emergency medical bills
- Specialist medical expenses and care invoices, including therapy for severe injuries
- Catastrophic injury care, including treatment for traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, and temporary or permanent disabilities
- Lost wages and/or reduced income
- Property damage and essential repairs/rentals
If you’re filing a personal injury claim, you have the right to include your non-economic losses in your request for support. An experienced attorney can help you determine what non-economic losses you suffered and how you can assign a dollar value to them.
Some of the most common non-economic losses to appear in pedestrian accident claims may include the following:
- Emotional distress
- Reduced quality of life
- Pain and suffering
- Wrongful death, loss of consortium, and loss of companionship, if applicable
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How to Prove Your Right to a Pedestrian Accident Claim
How do you meet Washington State’s burden of proof when pushing a pedestrian accident lawsuit forward? You can work with a Seattle, WA, pedestrian accident lawyer to find evidence proving that another party:
- Owed you a duty of care
- Violated that duty
- Caused you to suffer unnecessary losses
The evidence we can compile to make your case may include the following:
- Photos and video footage of your accident
- Statements from expert witnesses
- Input from bystanders
- Environmental damage
- Physical debris
- Electronic data, as applicable
Do You Have to Worry About Qualified Immunity When Pursuing a Personal Injury Claim?
If you get into an accident while on government-controlled property or with someone who works for a government entity, you may find yourself dealing with qualified immunity. Qualified immunity protects government-affiliated entities from liability for certain accidents.
This doesn’t mean that it’s impossible to hold parties like police officers and government employees liable for your losses.
However, if you do get into a pedestrian accident with one of these parties, we recommend that you get in touch with an attorney right away. Our team can immediately take action to preserve your right to recover, no matter how complicated your case seems.
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Phillips Law Firm Wants to Prioritize Your Financial Well-Being
Phillips Law Firm doesn’t want anyone to lose their right to legal action due to financial barriers. We believe that injured pedestrians should be able to schedule a FREE case consultation with knowledgeable attorneys to candidly discuss their right to legal action, all without worrying about the financial impact the legal process may have on their recovery.
This is why our pedestrian accident lawyers in Seattle, WA, work on a contingency fee basis. If you decide to move forward with an insurance claim or personal injury lawsuit, we will not charge you a deposit or ask for a retainer.
In other words, our team does not get paid until we secure the settlement you deserve. You do not have to worry about receiving bills from our team while your case is in progress.
You can learn more about the policies we’ve implemented to protect your financial future during your free pedestrian accident case consultation.
It’s Time to Book Your Free Pedestrian Accident Case Consultation
Phillips Law Firm offers free case consultation to accident victims who:
- Have questions about their right to file a claim for damages with an insurance company
- Need help compiling enough evidence to meet or exceed Washington’s burden of proof
- Want to take a liable party to civil court to argue for accident damages
- Need to know whether or not their case’s statute of limitations has expired
Our Seattle, WA, pedestrian accident attorneys want to make your experience within the civil system as straightforward and stress-free as possible.
Once we’ve answered your questions, you can decide whether or not you want to move forward with a case, if you’d like our help communicating with insurance providers, or if you want another form of support.
Phillips Law Firm is here to support you on your road to recovery. Let’s get together and discuss your right to legal action today.
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