Category: Pedestrian Accident

Usually, when a pedestrian gets hit by an automobile, that same victim has reason to consider two possible courses of action. He or she could, of course, file charges against the driver. By the same token, the shaken and possibly injured pedestrian could file charges against the municipality in which the accident occurred. (more…)

Regardless of how severely any one pedestrian might get injured by a driver in a motor vehicle, that same driver cannot be named responsible for the injuries, unless the injured victim can answer “yes” to one question. Here is that question: Can you prove that the driver was negligent? (more…)

The legal system has laid out a series of steps, which can be followed by a pedestrian that has been hit by a car. Pedestrians that follow those same steps stand a better chance of being compensated for their damages. (more…)

According to the law, the motorists involved in a car accident are supposed to exchange information. Each of them should provide the others with the name of the company that carries that motorist’s automobile insurance. Of course, such an exchange cannot be completed, if one of the drivers had failed to join the ranks of the insured. (more…)

For the past sixteen years, Ontario’s roads have been consistently some of the safest in North America. But over the years, we have seen the influx of handheld devices on the market — and in the hands — of today’s population, including drivers. Even though operating a vehicle while using a handheld device is illegal in Ontario, Hamilton injury lawyers are still seeing a huge amount of accidents and injury claims resulting from distracted drivers. In Ontario alone, collisions resulting in death have doubled since the beginning of the decade. In Ontario, it is felt that new stronger measures must be taken against distracted and impaired drivers. (more…)