When you are involved in an auto accident, but you are the pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle, you need to get an attorney right away to represent you. When you are hit by a car, the driver will have their insurance company representing them. You will not have anyone on your side representing you if you fail to hire a personal injury attorney who works with pedestrian accidents. You need someone on your side to make sure your interests are represented.
Communicate with the Insurance Company
The other driver's insurance company is out to represent the driver. Their job is to make sure that they represent the best interests of the driver, and the best interest of the driver is to reduce what you are paid and to make sure you are not paid more than the driver's insurance coverage is designed to cover. They are going to do whatever they can to undermine your story of what happened and to undermine the seriousness of your injuries.
You should never talk to the other driver's insurance company and volunteer any information. All conversations with them should be recorded.
Instead, you should have an attorney handle all communication. You don't want the insurance company to have any statements provided by you that can be used to undermine your case.
Establish What Happened
An attorney will work hard to establish what happened at the scene of the accident. They will use photographs and damage to both you and the vehicle and bring in experts who can explain what happened. They will work hard to find witnesses to the accident who can collaborate your version of events and will try to find any cameras that may have recorded the accident.
The sooner you hire them, the quicker they can work to secure witnesses and video of what happened. This will be important if you have to take your case to court.
Keep Track of Your Medical Care
By hiring an attorney right away, your attorney can work with you to ensure that accurate medical records are kept from the very start of your care. You need accurate medical records so that you can know how much compensation you need. When you work with an attorney from the beginning, the attorney can help keep your medical records up to a standard that will hold up in court.
When you are hit by a car as a pedestrian, you have no one on your side, which is why you need to hire a pedestrian accident attorney such as Law Office of Daniel E Goodman, LLC to represent you. They will communicate with the driver's insurance company, they will help get evidence to back-up your story of what happened, and they will help you accurately track your medical care right from the beginning.
