{"id":533,"date":"2014-09-15T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2014-09-15T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T10:00:05","slug":"hit-run-going-settlement-isnt-feasible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/hit-run-going-settlement-isnt-feasible\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit and run: When going for a settlement isn&#8217;t feasible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Personal Injury Lawyer Can Help Obtain A Suitable Settlement For Your Case<\/p>\n<p>These days, motor vehicle accidents are a fairly common occurrence on busy streets and crowded parking lots.\u00a0 A personal injury lawyer can assure you our laws apply to every driver when it comes to hit and run accidents. A hit and run is a serious offence that occurs when a driver strikes another vehicle, motorist, pedestrian, cyclist or structure and fails to stop and remain at the scene of the accident.A driver has a duty to stop and provide information and assistance.<\/p>\n<p>A victim injured in this type of collision should always consult with a lawyer about his or her rights when it comes to pursuing a claim for settlement under personal injury law<strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0Fortunately, not every car accident results in serious injuries or a criminal charge. In situations where when no one is injured or only minor injuries are sustained, resolving claims for medical care and vehicle damage directly through each driver&#8217;s insurance company is a more feasible plan to settle the matter and avoid litigation.<\/p>\n<p>Most automobile accident litigation involves two vehicles and a claim of negligent driving against one driver. However, the victim of a hit and run accident may be unable to identify the driver who fled the scene in order to commence a lawsuit, making litigation difficult, but not impossible.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a victim of a hit and run accident, it&#8217;s important to consult with a personal injury lawyer with experience in this type of law who can advise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Personal Injury Lawyer Can Help Obtain A Suitable Settlement For Your Case These days, motor vehicle accidents are a fairly common occurrence on busy streets and crowded parking lots.\u00a0 A personal injury lawyer can assure you our laws apply to every driver when it comes to hit and run accidents. A hit and run [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[196,197,198,95,96,97],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/contelawyers.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}