Fort Worth Pedestrian Accident Lawyer

How Parker Law Firm Injury Lawyers Helps After a Fort Worth Pedestrian Accident

We investigate what happened and handle the insurance companies while you recover. Pedestrians have nothing protecting them from a moving vehicle, so injuries are often severe and claims are often disputed.

When you hire us, we:

• Investigate how the accident happened and who is responsible
• Look for video from nearby businesses and traffic cameras, witness accounts, and the crash report
• Work with accident reconstructionists and medical professionals when a case needs them
• Push back when the driver or insurer tries to blame you
• Calculate your full damages, including future care and lost earning capacity
• Negotiate for a fair settlement, and go to court if the insurer won’t pay what it should

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What Should I Do After Being Hit by a Car in Fort Worth?

Get medical care first, then protect your claim. These steps help with both:

1. Call 911 and ask for police to come to the scene. A police report supports your claim.
2. Get medical care, even if you feel fine. Some injuries show symptoms later.
3. Collect information. Get the driver’s name, insurance, and plate number, and the names of witnesses.
4. Take photos of the scene, the crosswalk or signal, lighting, and your injuries, if you can.
5. Don’t apologize or accept blame. Accidents happen fast, and you may not know what happened.
6. Be careful with insurance companies. Talk to a lawyer before you give any statement.

You don’t need to have all the answers before you call. We can start investigating while you are still in treatment.

Who Is Liable for a Pedestrian Accident in Fort Worth?

Usually the driver who failed to watch for or yield to a person on foot. Most pedestrian accidents are caused by careless or reckless driving, such as:

• Distracted driving and texting
• Drunk or drugged driving
• Speeding
• Failing to yield the right-of-way at crosswalks and intersections
• Running red lights and stop signs
• Dangerous turns, including right turns on red
• Fatigued driving

Other parties can share responsibility. A driver’s employer may be liable if the driver was working, including Uber and delivery drivers. A government agency or property owner may be responsible for poorly marked crosswalks, missing sidewalks, broken signals, or dangerous parking lot design. Truck and bus collisions add more parties and more insurance.

How Do I Prove Negligence After a Pedestrian Accident?

You prove a pedestrian accident case by showing the driver or another party was negligent. That takes four elements:

• Duty of care: drivers must follow traffic laws and watch for people on foot.
• Breach of duty: the driver failed to act with reasonable care, for example by speeding or texting.
• Causation: that failure caused the accident and your injuries.
• Damages: you suffered losses, such as medical bills and pain and suffering.

Drivers often say they never saw the pedestrian. Evidence answers that: video footage, the point of impact, vehicle damage, lighting and sight lines, signal timing, cell phone records, and eyewitness statements. Some of this disappears within days, so early investigation matters.

What If I’m Blamed for the Accident?

You can still recover if you were partly at fault, as long as your share is 50% or less. Texas uses modified comparative negligence with a 51% bar. Your compensation is reduced by your percentage of fault, and at 51% you recover nothing.

That rule gives the insurance company a reason to blame the pedestrian. Expect questions about where you were crossing, what you were wearing, and whether you were looking at your phone. Brad Parker’s view is simple: a vulnerable person is not the same as a responsible person. The evidence, not assumptions about who should have seen whom, should decide what happened.

Common Pedestrian Accident Injuries

Pedestrians often suffer serious injuries because their bodies take the full force of the vehicle. Common injuries in our clients’ cases include:

• Broken bones and crushing injuries
• Traumatic brain injury and concussion
• Spinal cord injury and paralysis
• Back, neck, shoulder, and knee injuries
• Facial injuries, road rash, and scarring
• Internal organ damage
• Amputation

When an injury is permanent, see our Fort Worth catastrophic injury lawyer page. If you lost a family member, see our Fort Worth wrongful death lawyer page.

How Much Is My Fort Worth Pedestrian Accident Claim Worth?

Your injuries matter most. The more serious the injury and the longer it affects your life, the more a claim tends to be worth. Other factors include:

• The cost of your medical care, now and in the future
• Whether you can work during recovery, and return at the same level
• Whether you have permanent damage
• Your physical and emotional suffering
• Shared fault
• Available insurance and policy limits

Economic damages cover medical expenses, therapy and rehabilitation, nursing and in-home care, lost wages, and reduced earning capacity.

Non-economic damages cover pain and suffering, emotional distress, anxiety and PTSD, disfigurement, reduced quality of life, and loss of consortium.

Don’t accept the first settlement offer before you know the full extent of your injuries.

How Long Do I Have to File a Pedestrian Accident Lawsuit in Texas?

You generally have two years from the date of the accident. After the statute of limitations runs out, you lose the right to sue. Claims against a city or state agency can require written notice within six months or less, so call early.

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