The Importance of Hiring a Personal Injury Attorney After a Bicycle or Pedestrian Accident

Last updated 3 months ago

Compared to motorists in enormous steel vehicles, largely unprotected bicyclists and pedestrians are at tremendous risk for injury. Negligent drivers often don’t realize how much damage their vehicles can do, and therefore sometimes recklessly injure innocent passersby. If you’re ever injured in a bicycle or pedestrian accident, it’s essential that you hire a skilled personal injury attorney. Here’s why:

Defending Yourself Against Ruthless Insurance Companies

Just after your accident, you will likely be hassled by insurance claim adjusters—both your own and those of the negligent driver. Unfortunately, both adjusters may try to get you to admit fault in order to avoid paying money. By hiring a personal injury lawyer, you’ll deflect the adjusters’ tricky questions to someone who knows how to answer them.

Bringing a Negligent Driver to Justice

If you decline to hire a personal injury lawyer and file a claim against the negligent driver, there’s nothing stopping that driver from continuing his reckless behavior and potentially harming another pedestrian or bicyclist.

Receiving Compensation for Damages

If you get hit by a car while walking or riding a bike, there’s a good chance that you’ll sustain serious injuries, which will likely bring about substantial medical bills and prevent you from going to work. Filing a personal injury claim is the only way you can regain all of the money lost during such a terrible accident.

Do you believe you or a loved one have a personal injury case or a product liability case in the Orlando area? Contact Greg Smith from Oldham & Smith Attorneys at Law at (352) 508-4661.

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