Pedestrian Accident Case Value

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Often when I talk to clients who’ve been involved in pedestrian-type accidents, maybe they got hit by a car while they were crossing the street, they wonder what the value of their claim is. What’s my case worth? That’s different for everybody. It’s a great question, but it is different for everybody. It’s unique to that individual. Sometimes the injuries can be significant, severe. Sometimes the injuries might be minor. What your case is worth is going to partially depend on your injuries. Not only that, but what other damages do you have? For example, physical impairments or loss of joys, what makes your life worth living? That is a damage that you’re entitled to here in Texas that is important for the trial attorney, like myself, to know so that we can start to collect evidence of that lost joy.

I had a client recently who was really big into karate. It was a lifelong passion of his. It was something that he did with his youngest son. That was their bonding time. After the car crash, my client wasn’t able to do karate anymore. He lost that time with his son doing karate. His son was seven at the time of the crash. He’s a little over ten now. That’s time that my client will never get back. That’s quality father/son bonding time that was taken from him through no fault of his own. Fortunately, we were able to get the insurance company to see the value of that and compensate him appropriately and fairly. Everybody’s case is different. That’s why it’s important to get with a personal injury trial attorney who can talk to you, find out those different things about your life that really make life worth living so that we can then go and maximize the recovery so that you’re compensated for that time that’s been taken from you.