So you’ve been hit by a car; you weren’t in a designated crosswalk. A lot of times that’s referred to as “jaywalking” in our common parlance. That doesn’t mean that you’re always responsible. There are a number of factors that play into that: Were you wearing bright clothes? Was it the middle of the day? Was it night? Was the driver speeding?

Understand that drivers are tasked with the responsibility of seeing what is there to be seen, and obviously a human being crossing a roadway would be someone that would be expected to be seen by a driver. All of these factors need to be investigated, preserved, and pursued by a competent attorney. We are those attorneys. We want to represent you.

Who’s fault is a car crash with a distracted walker?

Distracted walking – we never had to deal with that in the past. But it’s become a reality as our mobile technology sort of consumes our life. With that being said, it is a shared responsibility between the operator of the motor vehicle and the individual using the mobile device and walking out in traffic.

Perhaps it is earphones that are in, or perhaps it’s an individual who is so engrossed in the video playing on their phone, or in Facebooking, Snapchatting, or Instagramming, that they’re not paying attention to the environment around them. All of these factors need to be investigated in order to determine responsibility.

You need an attorney if this has occurred, and it happens to you either as the driver or as the individual struck while walking by a vehicle. We want to be your attorney. My name is T. Scott Jones and you can contact me at 865-546-2141 or at BanksandJones.com.