Greenville Pedestrian Accident Lawyer

What to Do After a Pedestrian Accident in Greenville, SC

The moments after being struck are confusing and chaotic, but your actions at the scene are critical to protecting your future claim. If you are physically able, or if someone is with you, you need to:

• Call 911 immediately: You need a formal police report to document the driver's actions, and you need emergency medics on site to address your injuries.
• Document the scene: Take pictures of the vehicle that hit you, its license plate, the crosswalk, any traffic signals, and your visible injuries.
• Identify witnesses: Onlookers who saw you walking with the right-of-way are crucial to proving the driver was at fault. Get their names and contact information before they leave.
• Get emergency medical attention: Never refuse an ambulance. Severe internal bleeding or fractures might not show symptoms until hours later, and you need a doctor to formally link your injuries to the crash.
• Do not admit fault: Insurance adjusters will twist a polite apology into an admission of guilt. Do not give a recorded statement to the driver's insurance company. Direct them to your attorney instead.

What Are the Most Common Pedestrian Accident Injuries

Pedestrians lack airbags, seatbelts, or steel frames to protect them. The sheer force of an impact almost always results in life-altering damage. We regularly demand maximum compensation for devastating trauma, including:

• Traumatic brain injuries and severe skull fractures
• Spinal cord damage, paralysis, and herniated discs
• Shattered pelvises, broken femurs, and crushed limbs
• Internal organ damage and severe hemorrhaging
• Deep road rash requiring skin grafts

How Long Do I Have to File a Pedestrian Accident Claim

Time is working against you. Under South Carolina's statute of limitations, you have exactly 3 years from the date of the collision to file a personal injury lawsuit. However, evidence such as traffic camera footage disappears within days. Do not wait for the insurance company to string you along. Contact our skilled attorneys as soon as possible and we’ll do the heavy lifting for you.

Who Can Be Liable for a Pedestrian Accident in SC

We look beyond the driver to identify every party responsible for your injuries, ensuring you have access to the maximum available insurance coverage.

Liable parties often include:

• The negligent driver: The individual who was texting, speeding, or ignoring a red light.
• Corporate employers: If the driver was working (such as a delivery driver or contractor) when they hit you, their employer's commercial insurance policy may be on the hook.
• Government agencies: Poorly designed intersections, obscured stop signs, or broken pedestrian crossing signals can make a municipality liable for your injuries.

What Damages Can You Pursue After a Pedestrian Accident

A severe pedestrian crash creates massive, unexpected costs. We meticulously calculate the total, lifelong impact of your injuries to ensure the at-fault party pays for the hardship they caused.

The law allows us to pursue compensation across several categories:

Monetary Damages

These cover your direct financial losses and massive out-of-pocket expenses:

• All emergency room bills, surgeries, and ongoing physical therapy;
• Lost wages for the days, weeks, or months you missed at work;
• Complete loss of earning capacity if your injuries prevent you from returning to your career;
• Home or vehicle modifications required to accommodate a new disability.

Nonmonetary Damages

These compensate you for the deeply personal toll the crash took on your everyday life:

• Severe physical agony and ongoing daily suffering;
• The loss of your independence and mobility;
• Emotional trauma, including PTSD or severe anxiety around roads and vehicles;
• Loss of Consortium money damages for your spouse for the loss of affection, companionship, comfort, society, emotional support while you are healing.

Punitive Damages

If the driver who struck you was heavily intoxicated, racing, or fleeing law enforcement, and their actions show a gross disregard for human life. In these types of cases, we often petition the court to award punitive damages that is additional compensation designed specifically to punish the driver's outrageous behavior.

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Do Not Let Them Blame You for Someone Else’s Mistake

Insurance companies have dedicated teams working against you from the beginning to pay you as little as possible and shift the blame onto your shoulders. You need an aggressive and knowledgeable team in your corner. We know exactly how to dismantle their defenses and force them to pay what’s fair.

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Common Causes of Pedestrian Accidents

Drivers have a legal duty to watch for people on foot, but they routinely break the rules. Our team handles catastrophic wrecks resulting from clear negligence, including:

• Distracted driving: Drivers looking down at their phones instead of watching the crosswalk.
• Failure to yield: Motorists ignoring right-of-way laws at intersections, stop signs, and designated crosswalks.
• Speeding in residential areas: Driving too fast gives a motorist zero time to stop when a child or adult steps off the curb.
• Impaired driving: Drunk or high drivers who lose control and swerve onto sidewalks or shoulders.

Why Hire a Skilled Pedestrian Accident Attorney

You are going to war with an insurance company that handles thousands of these claims a year. You need a team of fierce litigators who know exactly how to expose the driver's negligence and demand what is fair.

Our dedicated pedestrian accident lawyers protect your rights by:

• Securing intersection footage: We subpoena traffic camera footage and nearby businesses' security footage before it is taped over or deleted.
• Fighting comparative negligence: Insurers will try to say you were "jaywalking" to reduce your payout. We use hard facts and accident reconstruction to dismantle these victim-blaming tactics.
• Pulling cell phone records: We subpoena cell phone records to prove the driver was texting or browsing social media exactly when they hit you.
• Handling medical liens: We negotiate fiercely with hospitals and health insurers to ensure the maximum amount of settlement money goes directly into your pocket.