Video: Bicycle & Pedestrian Injury Cases - What Is Important To Know About These Cases

Question: What is important to know about bicycle & pedestrian injury cases?

The first and foremost steps to take immediately after an accident would be to call 911. Make sure law enforcement responds to the scene. Make sure that you get the emergency medical care that you need, then involve an experienced personal injury attorney. Because these cases are somewhat complex, an investigation needs to be started as soon as possible.

What are the complexities of a pedestrian or bicycle accident case?

Oftentimes, we see insurance companies trying to blame either the pedestrian or the bicyclist for their injuries. This strategy effects any statement given to the insurance company, as they will try and twist your words to benefit their shifting of blame.  That's why you need an experienced injury attorney involved as soon as possible, so that an investigation can be started and experts can be hired (if that's something that needs to be done for your case).

Is there a certain period of time that somebody has to bring a case like this in Florida?

Yes, there's a statute of limitations in Florida. The statute of limitations for pedestrian and/or bicycle injury cases is two years. But ideally, you would involve an attorney much sooner than that. Ideally, as soon as possible after the accident, you should get an attorney involved. And actually, the laws have changed quite a bit in recent months, there were some legislative changes, including this issue with only having two years to file a lawsuit now. So, it's now it's more important than ever that if you're an injured any sort of accident that you get an attorney involved right away in your case. Your attorney can work the case up and get you a fair recovery before your time is up, and you can no longer seek justice for your accident.

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