Pedestrian Accident Claim Timeline

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Here in Phoenix, as it relates to resolving personal injury claims, there’s always a great degree of anxiety. Outside of those few months where it’s scorching heat here, the rest of the year is beautiful weather. It’s an outdoors state. People like to get outside and do things, so they want to get back into the normal flow of life— get back to school, back to work, and back to our outdoor activities. In the midst of that, if you’ve been an injured party of a pedestrian accident, you have to be careful and make sure that you take the time that is necessary. You may get anxious and want to know how long it’s going to take to resolve this, and the answer is always, “We don’t know.” It’s going to be dependent upon how long it takes for you to heal and get back up on your feet, and there a number of variables that could be involved in that.

It also depends on if this case is going to be settled prior to filing a case in the courts or if it’s going to happen after a lawsuit. Is it going to be settled after the suit is filed, or is this going to have to go all the way to trial? One of the things that we try to make sure we do here at Smith and Green is walk you through the process, giving you guide points and markers along the way to let you know how the case is progressing, so that there is not some imaginary date out there that keeps moving forward on you. We walk you through that process.

If there are timing concerns, always discuss those with your lawyer so that you can resolve some of the anxiety because it could settle fast or it could take a large amount of time to get it settled. You want to talk with your attorney about all of the time concerns that you have as it relates to your pedestrian incident.