Maison Law represents the victims of Fremont pedestrian accidents. Our personal injury lawyers demand compensation for our clients after a careless driver’s mistake leaves them with hospital bills and lost income. We provide a free, no-obligation consultation for all local injury victims. Contact us to set up a confidential case review. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your injury may be worth and how to hold insurance companies fully responsible for recovery costs.
Should I Call a Lawyer After a Pedestrian Accident?
If you were hit by a car and somehow your injuries are very minor, you may not need the help of a lawyer. It’s when you suffer serious harm, like a broken wrist or a head injury, that you may need the protection of a Fremont Pedestrian Accident Lawyer.
When medical bills start to build, auto insurance adjusters and corporate lawyers will fight even harder to get out of having to provide support. They may say you were at fault or try to convince you to sign off on a “lowball” settlement offer that doesn’t cover all of your recovery costs. Your Maison Law attorney is a safeguard against this treatment. Your lawyer will submit all evidence to force insurers to accept responsibility and pay the maximum compensation available.
Pedestrian Accident Hazards in Fremont
Fremont residents can take advantage of sidewalks to get exercise and even travel to work, school, and the store on foot. Unfortunately, there will be times when they’ll need to cross busy city intersections and put their trust sometimes careless drivers.
Crosswalk signs can give walkers far too little time to step across six or eight lanes of traffic. Crosswalk lines may be faded. And at busy intersections like Fremont Boulevard at Stevenson Boulevard, drivers can be focused on everything else other than the safety of vulnerable pedestrians. People are even in danger when they park and walk across a busy parking lot to walk into a store.
The statistics illustrate how dangerous it is to cross any street in the city. California’s transportation officials recorded 39 pedestrian accidents involving serious injuries in Fremont in 2022. Those collisions led to at least 5 tragic fatalities. The total number of accidents was up slightly from the figure documented in 2021 of 36 serious accidents with four deaths reported. We await 2023 numbers to be totaled to see if the unfortunate trend continues.
Victims can need support to last for months of surgeries and physical therapy. And yet, an insurance company may only want to pay for a night in the emergency room. A Maison Law Pedestrian Accident Attorney fully investigates your accident and your medical outlook to make sure you receive support for as long as necessary.
Common Pedestrian Accident Injuries
In an impact, defenseless pedestrians might suffer everything from bone fractures, facial cuts, and brain trauma. Pedestrian victims must seek the most possible for their injuries because they may deal with pain and medical issues for months or years.
These injuries can rob victims of their enjoyment of life. They can leave you unable to participate in family activities. You may have to give up traveling and your hobbies for weeks or months. Going back to work may be impossible.
These are just a few of the most common and serious injuries that can completely change victims’ lives:
- Musculoskeletal injuries: These are the most common type of injuries for adult victims. They involve strains, sprains, and dislocations in bones, muscles, ligaments, and nerves. Healing can take weeks and patients can develop chronic pain.
- Head Injuries: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) victims experience memory loss, sensitivity to light, and sleeplessness. Concussions can be light to severe. A skull fracture can lead to brain bleeding.
- Neck injuries: Whiplash is seen when victims have their heads quickly thrown forward and backward. The head may need to be immobilized as healing takes place. Things like moving the head and sneezing will be extremely painful. Full recovery usually takes over a month or more.
- Spine Injury: A cervical spine dislocation is another common injury, especially for older pedestrian victims. The ligaments in the spine are damaged. This may include a spine fracture or dislocation. It happens when blunt forces leave adjoining spine bones abnormally separated, causing instability.
- Back injuries: The stretching of muscles, tendons, and ligaments, leaves microscopic tears in back muscles. These difficult-to-treat injuries can cause life-long back pain.
- Broken bones: Fractures in legs and arms are most common in accident victims. Some breaks can be very difficult to heal. Bones can even heal in the wrong position and may need to be broken again and reset through surgery.
Securing the Maximum in Compensation Possible After a Pedestrian Accident
To hold car insurance companies fully accountable, you’ll need every bit of evidence available. Your lawyer will gather all evidence available, but you can also help by securing evidence In the moments after your collision. If you are strong enough and it’s safe, tell officers everything you can remember about what happened. Let Paramedics check out every pain you have and go to the hospital if necessary.
Then, take photos of everything you can. Show the damage left on the vehicle and any visible injuries you have. Get witness contact information. Collect the driver’s information if an officer doesn’t provide it to you.
With this evidence in hand, your lawyer submits an injury claim with a full list of every hardship you’ve encountered since the accident.
These and other damages should all factor into the size of your pedestrian accident settlement check:
- Medical bills–The bills already sent to your mailbox and the cost of any care you’re expected to need in the years to come.
- Permanent disability or disfigurement — Money for the long-term physical therapy and medical equipment needed. Compensation for career training if you can’t go back to your old job. House renovations. Plastic surgery costs to restore your appearance.
- Physical pain and emotional trauma – Enduring extreme pain after an injury factors into compensation. Emotional trauma experienced in the crash or during recovery must also be considered when negotiating a personal injury settlement with insurance companies.
- Loss of income: The wages you’ve given up by having to miss work hours over your injuries.
- Travel costs: The expense of travel to see doctors and specialists. The added cost if you are temporarily off your feet and require shuttle service for medical care.
- Wrongful death benefits – Families can seek support after losing a precious loved one to a careless driver. Close relatives should seek support for funeral and burial costs. The guidance and income the deceased can no longer provide in the coming years must also factor into a settlement check for loved ones.
Contact a Fremont Pedestrian Accident Lawyer
California allows pedestrian accident victims and their families up to two years to file an accident claim. However, you shouldn’t delay in beginning your case. Evidence can disappear and witnesses can become hard to locate over months or years.
Contact Maison Law to schedule a free, confidential consultation with an actual Fremont Pedestrian Accident Lawyer. We want to hear what happened to you. We’re going to answer your questions and make sure you are prepared for the insurance tactics you’ll face so you don’t forfeit valuable support. You’ll know what your injury is worth before an insurance adjuster tries to convince you it’s worth nothing at all.
There’s no obligation when you take advantage of a free case review, but if you feel we can help you get the most out of your injury claim, you won’t need any upfront money. Maison Law doesn’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement you receive.
