A person against a car is never a fair fight. Pedestrian deaths in the United States have hovered near multi-decade highs, and Florida consistently ranks among the most dangerous states in the country to walk in. When a driver's inattention finds you on foot, your body absorbs the full force, and the insurance company's playbook starts with blaming you for being there. Verde Law represents people hit while walking, in Miami and in all 50 states.
Drivers owe you care everywhere
Crosswalk and right-of-way rules vary from state to state, but one duty does not: every driver, everywhere, must keep a proper lookout and drive with care around people on foot. Not being in a crosswalk does not end your case. It just tells us which fight we are in.
The blame game, and how we beat it
The insurer's first move is predictable. You wore dark clothes. You crossed mid-block. You were looking at your phone. Under comparative fault rules, every percentage point they pin on you trims the recovery, in Florida anything over 50% ends it, and in a few states any fault at all can bar the claim. That makes the fault fight the whole case, and we fight it with evidence: scene documentation, vehicle damage and speed analysis, surveillance canvassing, lighting and visibility records, and witness statements gathered before memories fade.
Paying the medical bills
Here is the part most people never learn: in no-fault states like Florida, PIP can cover a pedestrian struck by a car, through your own household auto policy or, if your household has none, the striking vehicle's insurer, with Florida's 14-day treatment window applying. In at-fault states, health coverage and the liability claim carry the load. Either way, we sequence the coverages so the bills stop landing on you.
What these cases pursue
Pedestrian injuries run catastrophic: traumatic brain injuries, spinal damage, complex fractures. A strong claim pursues medical care past and future, lost income and earning capacity, and pain and suffering where the governing law allows it. If the driver fled, see our hit-and-run page, because your own uninsured motorist coverage may step in.
I wasn't in a crosswalk. Do I still have a case?
Very possibly. Fault gets divided, not assumed, and drivers owe care everywhere on the road. Let us evaluate it before you write it off.
The driver got a ticket. Does that decide my claim?
It helps, but the civil claim is separate and needs its own proof. We build the case as if the ticket never existed, and then use it anyway.
I was hit outside Florida. Can Verde Law help?
Yes. We handle pedestrian claims in all 50 states, under the law of the state where you were hit.
The case review is free, confidential, and bilingual, and there is no fee unless we win.