Pedestrian Accident

Hit while a Pedestrian? We’re Personal Injury Lawyers

Lawyers Serving Abbotsford, Surrey, Greater Vancouver, and all of BC

Motorists have an obligation to yield to pedestrians who are in a crosswalk. Yet, tragically often, car and truck drivers simply don’t see people walking in a crosswalk. Sometimes motorists negligently or recklessly drive onto sidewalks hitting pedestrians. The point is a pedestrian accident can happen any number of ways.

It’s pretty common that a pedestrian accident will result in severe and permanent personal injury. After all, you’re pretty vulnerable when hit by a car or truck.

The fact that you’re hit by a car or truck means you have an ICBC claim. The starting point is filing an ICBC claim. However, if ICBC tells you that you don’t have a claim, that doesn’t have to be the ending point.

Pedestrian accident liability

Often a complicating matter of a pedestrian accident is liability. Unless you are in a clearly marked crosswalk, ICBC may claim that you are at fault partially or fully. Even if you were in a crosswalk, the driver who hit you may believe and say you weren’t in a crosswalk.

In order to be compensated fully under the law for your personal injury claim from a pedestrian accident, you need to persuade ICBC or the courts that you weren’t entirely at-fault, and prove your injuries, harms, and losses.

At Dykstra & Company you can talk to an ICBC lawyer about your pedestrian accident for a free consultation. We welcome you to tell us what happened and we’ll tell you if you have a case.

Don’t just take ICBC’s word that you’re at-fault

That’s right, if ICBC told you that you’re at-fault, don’t think that you don’t have a personal injury claim. Fault is not an all-or-nothing assessment. Even you’re 40 percent at-fault, you’re entitled to compensation for your harms and losses.

Your case is built on facts. You need to learn, collect, and review all the available facts about what happened. Frequently, a person hurt in a pedestrian accident doesn’t remember the entire event. That’s natural, but it means learning about what happened requires getting the information.

At Dykstra & Company, we’re experienced ICBC lawyers who have acted for injured pedestrians. If you’ve been hurt in a pedestrian accident, we welcome you to schedule your free consultation with us today by calling us at 1.877.753.4793. Talk to an ICBC lawyer about your case. Even if you don’t know every detail, talk to us to find out what you can do next about your personal injury claim.

Medical treatment and building your pedestrian accident case

Almost every personal injury claim involves medical treatment. The problem is that it’s tough paying for medical treatment. Yes, injured pedestrians almost always have a claim against ICBC, but that doesn’t mean ICBC will always pay for the medical help you need when you need it.

That’s where we can help. If we take on your case and you need medical help, in some cases we can help you if ICBC doesn’t.

Building your personal injury medical case

Your pedestrian accident case involves a liability assessment, medical treatment, and medical opinions. Medical opinions are simply statements from medical professionals setting out their medical opinion about your injuries.

The fact is, ICBC and our courts need medical opinions in order to assess your personal injury claim. This too, is where we can help you. We approach your medical professionals and ask them questions about your medical conditions. We know what to ask, when to ask it, and then how to present it to ICBC and the courts.

Not only do we approach your treatment providers, but we will, depending on the nature of your injuries, send you to medical specialists for treatment and/or medical opinions about your case. This too is an important part of building your case; we do it because we want to get you medical help and build your personal injury claim.

Pedestrian accidents happen all over BC. With offices in Abbotsford and Surrey, BC, we serve the Lower Mainland communities, including Mission, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Langley, Surrey, and Vancouver.

If you want to talk to an ICBC lawyer today at no cost to you about your personal injury claim, call us toll free at 1.877.753.4793 to schedule your appointment.

Serving Abbotsford, Surrey, Greater Vancouver and all of BC since 1982