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Jinks Crow, P.C. represents pedestrian accident victims across Alabama who were hurt while walking, crossing the street, or waiting near traffic. We are trial lawyers first. If a fair settlement isn’t offered, we will try the case.
You weren’t the one driving, but you are the one facing the hospital bills, the missed paychecks, and an insurance adjuster looking for a reason to blame you. You need help to get fair compensation for your pedestrian accident injuries.
Contact Jinks Crow, P.C. at 334-738-4225 or fill out our online form for a free, confidential consultation. If you hire us, you will know your legal team by name and get straight answers at every step of your case.
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The minutes after a pedestrian accident feel like chaos, but a few clear steps can protect your health and your potential legal case. Adrenaline can hide the pain of a broken bone or a head injury for hours, so do not wave off medical care just because you feel steady enough to stand right now. Instead:
Do not apologize or guess out loud about what you could have done differently.
We know these steps are hard to remember while you are hurt and scared. That is exactly why we encourage injured pedestrians to call Jinks Crow, P.C. as early as possible. We start gathering evidence, talking to witnesses, and protecting your claim while you focus on getting better.
Drivers hit pedestrians for the same reasons they cause other kinds of accidents. They are moving too fast, looking at a phone, driving drunk, or otherwise negligent. We handle every version of that failure, including:
Alabama is one of the last states to still follow pure contributory negligence. Under this rule, if a jury decides you were even slightly at fault for the crash, you recover nothing, no matter how careless the driver was. Insurance adjusters know this, and many will search your case for any detail they can use to shift blame onto you. They may look at where you were standing, whether you were visible, whether you were on your phone, or even how fast you were walking.
Our team anticipates this and begins to gather evidence right away. We do not wait for the insurance company to build a case against you.
Pedestrian accidents are not rare, and the injuries are not always minor.
In 2024, there were 819 pedestrian accidents, 620 injuries and 120 deaths in Alabama, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation’s Crash Facts report.
Nationally, pedestrians accounted for about 18% of all traffic deaths that year, according to the National Safety Council.
Montgomery carries a real share of that risk. As one of Alabama’s largest cities, Montgomery sees heavy foot and vehicle traffic along corridors like Eastern Boulevard and the downtown grid near Dexter Avenue and Court Square.
These numbers are not just statistics to us. Every one of those crashes is a person who was walking to work, to school, or to their car, and whose life changed in an instant. That is part of why we started our Safety First Scholarship program, which rewards Alabama high school seniors for safe driving each year. We want to help prevent future tragedies.
That is also why we investigate every pedestrian claim early, before the insurance company has already decided what your case is worth.
Most pedestrian accident lawsuits in Montgomery are filed in Montgomery County Circuit Court. That court is part of Alabama’s Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, and it is located at 251 S. Lawrence Street, Montgomery, AL 36104.
We know Montgomery’s roads and its courthouse because we have an office minutes away, at 322 Catoma Street.
You have two years from the date of the crash to file a lawsuit, under Ala. Code § 6-2-38(l). That deadline sounds distant right after a crash, but evidence like traffic camera footage, witness memory, and vehicle damage disappears much sooner. Contact us early so we can preserve what your case needs before it is gone.
Possibly, but Alabama’s contributory negligence rule may make a recovery challenging. If a jury finds you even slightly at fault, you can recover nothing. We investigate exactly where you were, what the driver could see, and how the crash actually happened before we ever talk settlement.
Alabama law requires drivers to stop and identify themselves after any crash, under Ala. Code § 32-10-1. A driver who flees has broken that duty. We work with law enforcement, traffic cameras, and witness accounts to identify hit-and-run drivers and pursue every available source of compensation, including uninsured motorist coverage.
It depends on your medical bills, lost income, the severity of your injuries, and how clearly we can show the driver was at fault. We do not put a number on your case in a first conversation. We put one on it after we have reviewed your medical records and the crash itself.
Call us before you accept anything. Early offers are usually calculated to close your claim before your medical treatment and damages are fully known. Once you sign a release, you cannot go back for more, even if your injuries turn out to be worse than anyone realized at first.
Nothing upfront. We work on a contingency fee under Alabama Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5. We advance the costs of building your case, and we only get paid if we recover money for you. Your first consultation is free and confidential.
Most personal injury cases settle, but we are not afraid to try a case when the offer does not match what you are owed.
Every case moves at its own pace, but expect anywhere from several months for a straightforward claim to more than a year if it needs to go to trial. We move quickly once we have what we need, but we do not rush your medical treatment or your settlement to hit an arbitrary timeline.
If your question is not answered here, call us to talk through your specific situation.
You do not have to figure out your next step alone, and you do not have to face an insurance company by yourself. Contact Jinks Crow, P.C. at 334-738-4225, or fill out our online form, for a free, confidential consultation. We work on contingency, so you pay nothing unless we win.
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