Pedestrian Accident Lawyer in Kent, WA

One second you are crossing the street. The next, you are on the pavement. A person on foot has no bumper, no airbag, no seatbelt. When a car hits you, your body absorbs the full force, and the results are often serious: broken bones, head trauma, internal injuries, and long months of recovery.

We have stood beside injured pedestrians in Kent since 1984. And we have seen how fast the driver's insurance company moves to protect itself. They call you while you are still in pain, sound sympathetic, and try to get you to say something they can twist later. You do not have to face that alone.

Here is something most people never learned in driver's ed. In Washington, every intersection is a crosswalk, even when there is no paint on the road. State law requires drivers to stop and yield to people crossing at these marked and unmarked crosswalks. So when a driver claims "there was no crosswalk," they are usually wrong about the law.

That does not mean these cases win themselves. The driver will often say you stepped out suddenly, or that you were looking at your phone. Sound familiar? It is the oldest move in the book, and it works because a walker cannot argue back from a hospital bed. Our job is to gather the proof that tells the true story: the traffic signals, the point of impact, the witness accounts, and any footage from nearby Kent businesses.

Washington also uses pure comparative negligence. Even if the other side pins some blame on you, you can still recover money, reduced by your share. So the insurer fights to make you look as responsible as possible. Every percentage point they add is money taken from your recovery.

The adjuster who calls you is not on your side, no matter how kind they sound. Their job is to close your claim for as little as possible, and they follow a playbook. Knowing it helps.

They will ask for a recorded statement "just for the file." They will ask you to sign a medical release that opens your entire history, so they can hunt for an old injury to blame. They may float a fast, small check while you are still in pain, hoping you take it before you know what your case is worth.

They will also lean on the comparative negligence rule. Expect them to claim you darted into traffic, wore dark clothing, or looked at your phone. Were there streetlights out that night? Was the driver turning without a signal? Those details flip the story back where it belongs, and we dig them out.

Our advice is plain. Do not sign anything. Do not give a recorded statement. Do not accept a check. Call us first, and let us handle the insurance company while you focus on getting better.