Delaware Pedestrian Accident Attorneys

If a negligent motorist injures you while you’re a pedestrian, seek medical attention at once. After you receive treatment, schedule a consultation to speak about your rights with a Delaware pedestrian accident attorney at Abram, Gulab & Hutchison.

Pedestrians typically wear no safety gear and do not anticipate injuries. In 2024, the number of pedestrian deaths in traffic crashes in Delaware was 34. For each pedestrian killed, nine more were seriously injured.

Pedestrians injured by negligent drivers are entitled by Delaware law to compensation for their medical expenses, pain, suffering, lost wages, and related losses. If you’re injured as a pedestrian, Abram, Gulab & Hutchison will help you file a claim to recover compensation for your injuries.

What Does Delaware Law Provide?

If a Delaware driver violates traffic laws by speeding, rolling through a stop sign, or driving recklessly and injuring a pedestrian, the driver may be held liable. However, if the pedestrian shares some fault for the accident, a pedestrian injury claim becomes more complicated.

Delaware courts operate under the doctrine of comparative negligence. Accident victims can recover compensation only if they are 50% or less at fault for an accident. Injured pedestrians who are more than 50% at fault for an accident cannot recover compensation.

Pedestrians must obey crosswalk signals, refrain from walking into traffic, use sidewalks and crosswalks when available, and yield the right-of-way to vehicles when not at a crosswalk.

How Much Can Pedestrian Injuries Cost?

Pedestrian accident victims may sustain catastrophic or disabling neck and back injuries, spinal cord damage, traumatic brain injuries, broken bones, bruises, lacerations, soft tissue injuries, or injuries that require amputation.

Over a lifetime, spinal cord or traumatic brain injuries may entail several million dollars in medical expenses. Most pedestrian accident victims require the maximum available compensation amount.

A Delaware pedestrian accident lawyer at Abram, Gulab & Hutchison will work aggressively for the compensation you need after a pedestrian accident. Most pedestrian accident claims can be settled out of court, but we will take your case to trial if a negotiated settlement isn’t available.

What Happens at a Pedestrian Accident Trial?

If your pedestrian accident case goes to court, your Delaware pedestrian accident attorney will tell the jurors how you were injured, the extent of your injuries, and why you should recover the compensation you’re seeking.

To prove a motorist was negligent in a pedestrian accident case, the victim’s Delaware pedestrian accident lawyer must demonstrate to the jury that the allegedly at-fault driver (the “defendant”):

owed the pedestrian injury victim (the “plaintiff”) a duty of care
drove negligently, breaching the duty of care
caused the crash and the plaintiff’s injuries with negligent driving

Delaware’s statute of limitations for traffic accident claims is two years, but don’t wait two years to contact Abram, Gulab & Hutchison. Your lawyer should examine any evidence before it’s contaminated or lost and interview any witnesses while their recollections are fresh.

Bring Your Pedestrian Accident Claim to Abram, Gulab & Hutchison

We represent the victims of pedestrian accidents in Delaware. Your first consultation with a Delaware personal injury attorney at Abram, Gulab & Hutchison is offered at no cost or obligation.

If a negligent driver injures you in a pedestrian accident or another accident scenario, the team at Abram, Gulab & Hutchison will help you recover the financial compensation you need and help you move forward constructively and positively with your life.

Resolving your injury claim in your favor is our highest priority. To learn more about your rights as an injured victim of negligence, or to start the personal injury process, contact Abram, Gulab & Hutchison at 302-405-7010 to schedule your free consultation.