Hammond Parking Lot Accident Lawyer

Filing a simple and straightforward claim after a parking lot accident is not always possible. Insurance companies fight back, especially when you have serious injuries and losses. At Scott Vicknair Injury Lawyers, we believe in fighting for your right to truly fair compensation.

With a skilled parking lot accident lawyer in Hammond on your side, you can expect better outcomes. Request a free consultation with a Hammond car accident lawyer. We have recovered over $100 million for our clients.

Why Parking Lot Accidents Happen

Accidents in parking lots occur for many preventable reasons. Many of the larger parking lots in the city have cameras that can shed light on what occurred. Witnesses can help as well. In our experience, some of the most common causes of parking lot accidents in Hammond include:

Failure to yield: The driver without the right of way caused an accident. This often occurs due to inexperience or distraction behind the wheel.
Backing out accidents: Drivers backing out must yield the right of way to drivers moving into a lane. When they fail to yield as they back up, they can strike a driver, causing serious injuries.
Distraction: Drivers navigating parking lots already face challenges due to pedestrians and the area’s noise. When they add texting, eating, or daydreaming to the mix, the risk of serious injury increases further.
Poor visibility: In some parking lot accidents, limited visibility can cause drivers to fail to see pedestrians or other vehicles. This may be due to poor visibility around corners or from trees that limit the view.
Impairment: Impaired drivers pose a serious risk of injury and loss if they cannot make sound decisions, gauge distance properly, or stop for pedestrians.

Gathering data about what happened to you enables our team to analyze who is at fault. It may be just the other driver, or there could be third parties, such as the property owner, who also hold some fault. Let our Hammond personal injury lawyer determine all parties that put you at risk.

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Determining Fault in a Parking Lot Accident

One of the complexities of parking lot accidents is determining who is at fault. In some situations, it may be obvious. A driver backed out without looking and struck the one passing through the lane. Other times, the details make a big difference, and sometimes others are also at fault. Consider some examples:

A driver is speeding through the parking lot. The driver backing out could not anticipate the driver behind them.
A lack of signage results in confusion over who has the right of way.
Poor conditions on the parking lot led to damage to a vehicle, causing an accident.
Shared driveways make it hard to know who has the right of way when pulling out.
A lack of lighting makes it impossible to see a pedestrian walking through the parking lot.

These examples demonstrate the importance of hiring a lawyer. We look for evidence that demonstrates clearly who is at fault. That makes it possible to seek maximum compensation thanks to an evidence-backed claim with the help of Scott Vicknair Injury Lawyers.

Insurance Companies Are Not on Your Side

After a parking lot accident, you face the challenge of proving you were not at fault. Then you have to work with the insurance company to demonstrate what they owe you. That is rarely easy to do. Insurance companies use numerous strategies to reduce the compensation they pay to you.

In parking lot cases, proving another driver is at fault can be challenging in itself. If you find the property owner contributed to the accident, that makes it far more complex to prove your right to recovery of damages. Insurance companies will take every possible step to limit how much they pay you.

Your lawyer becomes an advocate for you. We gather all of the evidence on the fault as well as your losses. We negotiate with confidence and experience to make sure the insurance company does not further limit you.

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What Your Parking Lot Accident Claim May Be Worth

Another valuable reason to work with our parking lot accident attorney in Hammond is our commitment to maximizing your claim. You pay us nothing up front and only if you win your case. Our motivated, experienced lawyers build evidence for any of the claims we make. Common losses in these accidents include:

All medical expenses you incurred because of the accident, through to your full recovery
Ongoing medical losses, including future treatment needs, in-home support, medications, and rehabilitation
Loss of wages from any time you missed at work because of the accident or injury recovery
Loss of earning capacity in situations where you cannot go back to the same ability to earn because of ongoing injuries or limitations
Pain and suffering that incorporates all forms of physical pain you encounter through this process
Loss of quality of life due to the impact on the activities you cannot engage in, or the development of chronic pain

Emotional trauma and mental anguish from the experience itself and recovery
Loss of consortium for damage to relationships
Disfigurement losses include scarring, amputations, and burns

Every case is vastly different in value. We take the time and do the hard work to build a strong claim. We negotiate fairly and aggressively. Our proven experience makes the difference.

Fight for Fair Compensation Within the Time Limits

The statute of limitations in Louisiana (CC 3493.1) for most personal injury claims is two years from the date the incident occurred. If you wait beyond this timeframe and do not meet one of the very few exceptions, you lose your ability to seek fair compensation. Do not let that happen. Contact us now.