Fort Worth Compensación de los Trabajadores Abogados
Reviewed by Larry "Jimmy" Peters, Fundador · Texas Bar No. 24113438 · Actualizado Agosto 2026
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Esta página es sobre personas a pie golpeadas por vehículos Fort Worth y el condado de Tarrant — en un cruce en el centro de la calle Main o Houston, caminando por la avenida Magnolia en el lado sur, cruzando University Drive cerca de TCU, en una parada de autobús de Trinity Metro en Lancaster o East Berry, en un estacionamiento en un centro comercial Hulen o Alliance-area, o en el hombro de una carretera de dos vías en el sur del condado de Tarrant. Cubre los estatutos de la derecha y del cuidado debido de Texas, los argumentos de falla que los aseguradores plantean contra los peatones, las fuentes de seguro que pagan cuando un conductor no está asegurado o no identificado, y los registros y cortes locales. Nuestra Fort Worth vista general de las lesiones personales abarca el marco general; el página de accidente peatonal cubre el tema en los seis estados donde nuestros abogados están autorizados.
Donde estamos. Los casos peatonales de Fort Worth se manejan desde nuestros Oficina de Dallas en 4245 N. Central Expressway, Suite 490, unas 30 millas al este en I-30. No tenemos una oficina de Fort Worth. Las consultas son gratuitas por teléfono o video, venimos a usted o al hospital, y el caso se presenta en el condado de Tarrant. El Dallas Accidentes de Peatones Abogados página cubre el lado este del Metroplex.
Ley de accidente peatonal de Fort Worth de un vistazo
| Crosswalk a la derecha del camino | El conductor debe detenerse y ceder a un peatón en un cruce; el peatón no puede dejar el bordillo de repente en el camino de un vehículo — Tex. Transp. Code § 552.003 |
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| Conductor de atención debida | El conductor debe ejercer la debida atención para evitar colisionar con cualquier peatón, sonar el cuerno cuando sea necesario, y tomar la debida precaución para los niños y las personas confusas o incapacitadas — § 552.008 |
| Cruzando fuera de un cruce | El peatonal debe ceder; entre intersecciones señalizadas, cruzar sólo en un cruce marcado — § 552.005 |
| Fecha límite para el traje de archivo | 2 años de la lesión; muerte errónea 2 años de la muerte — Civ. Prac. " Rem. Code § 16.003 |
| Regla por defecto | Si la responsabilidad del peatón supera el 50% — § 33.001; reducción por porcentaje — § 33.012 |
| Conductor sin seguro | Pedestrian puede reclamar bajo la cobertura de su propia política de automóviles de su hogar UM/UIM — Tex. Ins. Code § 1952.101; phantom-vehicle claims require physical contact — § 1952.104 |
| Vehículo del Gobierno (bus, camión de la ciudad) | Aviso escrito dentro de 6 meses — § 101.101; caps — § 101.023 |
| Informe Crash | CR-3 vía TxDOT Crash Report Online Purchase System, $6 (6)$8 certificados) |
| Donde se presenta la demanda | Tarrant County district courts, Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building, 100 N. Calhoun St., Fort Worth 76196 |
| Nuestra oficina | 4245 N Central Expy, Suite 490, Dallas, TX 75205 · (469) 253-2533 |
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¿Cuántos peatones son heridos y asesinados en las carreteras de Texas?
TxDOT contó 768 muertes de peatones en Texas en 2024 — more than 18 percent of the state’s 4,150 traffic deaths — according to the Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Facts. Tarrant County recorded 28,074 crashes, 189 fatal, with 201 people killed across all modes. A pedestrian has no protection at all; at the 35–45 mph speeds common on Fort Worth arterials, a strike is very often fatal or permanently disabling, and the injuries that do not kill — traumatic brain injury, pelvic and leg fractures, spinal injury — are the kind whose value lies in future care and lost earning capacity.
Fort Worth’s pedestrian risk has a geography. Centro y Sundance Square have the highest foot traffic and, with it, turning-vehicle conflicts at every signalized crossing. The Near Southside along Magnolia Avenue and around JPS and the medical district mixes heavy foot traffic with commuter cut-throughs. The TCU area along University Drive and Berry Street puts students on foot at night against a busy arterial. Camp Bowie, Hemphill, Lancaster, East Berry, Riverside and Beach Street are wide, fast, and served by Trinity Metro bus stops whose riders must cross to reach them. And in the county’s unincorporated and semi-rural south and west, people walk unlit shoulders with no sidewalk at all.
Who has the right of way, the pedestrian or the driver?
In a crosswalk
The pedestrian, in most situations. Tex. Transp. Code § 552.003(a) requires the operator of a vehicle to stop and yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing in a crosswalk when the pedestrian is on the driver’s half of the roadway or approaching closely enough to be in danger. A crosswalk includes the unmarked crosswalk at any intersection, not only the painted ones. A driver approaching from behind a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk may not pass it (§ 552.003(c)). The statute also imposes a duty on the pedestrian: not to leave the curb suddenly into the path of a vehicle so close that the driver cannot yield (§ 552.003(b)) — the “darted out” argument insurers raise in nearly every crosswalk case.
Outside a crosswalk
The vehicle, subject to the driver’s duty of care. Under § 552.005 a pedestrian crossing at a point other than a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield to vehicles, and between adjacent signalized intersections may cross only in a marked crosswalk. But § 552.008 requires every driver, regardless of where the pedestrian is, to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian, to sound the horn when necessary, and to take proper precaution on observing a child or an obviously confused or incapacitated person. A pedestrian crossing mid-block on Lancaster is not automatically without a claim; the question is whether the driver, keeping a proper lookout at a proper speed, could and should have avoided the strike.
Can a pedestrian recover if he or she was jaywalking?
Often, yes. Texas uses modified comparative fault under Chapter 33. A jury assigns each party a percentage; the pedestrian recovers, reduced by that percentage, as long as it is not greater than 50 percent (§ 33.001, § 33.012). A pedestrian found 30 percent responsible for crossing mid-block, struck by a driver found 70 percent responsible for speeding and looking at a phone, recovers 70 percent of the damages. The insurer’s goal in every pedestrian case is to push the pedestrian’s number past 50, and the evidence that stops it — the driver’s speed from event data or reconstruction, phone records, lighting and sight-line analysis, camera footage, the driver’s own statement — has to be gathered early.
What insurance pays when a pedestrian is hit in Fort Worth?
The driver’s liability policy first — and in Texas that may be only $30,000 per person (Tex. Transp. Code § 601.072), a figure a helicopter transport to JPS or Texas Health Fort Worth can exhaust by itself. Then, and this surprises many people, the pedestrian’s own household auto policy: Texas UM/UIM coverage (Tex. Ins. Code § 1952.101) and PIP (§ 1952.152) generally cover the named insured and resident family members when struck as pedestrians, not only when riding in the car. A hit-and-run claim under UM coverage requires physical contact with the vehicle (§ 1952.104), which a struck pedestrian can nearly always show. Health insurance pays subject to reimbursement; hospital liens under Property Code Chapter 55 attach to the recovery. If the vehicle was a Trinity Metro bus, a City of Fort Worth truck or another governmental vehicle, the Texas Tort Claims Act applies, with six-month notice (§ 101.101) and damage caps (§ 101.023). Our Fort Worth uninsured motorist page covers the UM/UIM rules in depth.
How long do I have to file a pedestrian accident claim in Fort Worth?
Two years from the injury under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003(a); wrongful death and survival claims run two years from the date of death. Governmental defendants require written notice within six months (§ 101.101). For a child, limitations is tolled during minority (§ 16.001), but the evidence is not: camera footage from businesses and intersections along Magnolia or University is overwritten in days or weeks, and it is the single most valuable proof in a pedestrian case because it answers the “darted out” argument directly.
What evidence decides a Fort Worth pedestrian case?
Video, first — storefront, restaurant, apartment, transit and intersection cameras. The driver’s vehicle event data recorder, which records speed and braking in the seconds before impact. The driver’s phone records. The CR-3 crash report and the officer’s diagram, purchased from TxDOT for $6. Scene measurements: sight lines, lighting, signal timing, crosswalk markings, the location of the impact and the pedestrian’s rest position, from which reconstructionists calculate speed. Witnesses, including the driver’s own admissions at the scene. And the medical record from the trauma center forward, which establishes the mechanism and permanence of the injury. Most of this exists for a matter of days, which is why a pedestrian case that starts a month late starts at a disadvantage that no amount of later work fully repairs.
What is a Fort Worth pedestrian accident claim worth?
Pedestrian injuries are severe by nature, and the value of the claim lies largely in future medical care, lost earning capacity and physical impairment, proven through treating physicians, life-care planners and economists rather than arithmetic. Economic damages are uncapped, though § 41.0105 limits recoverable medical expenses to amounts actually paid or incurred; non-economic damages are uncapped in an ordinary pedestrian case; exemplary damages for gross negligence such as drunk driving require clear and convincing proof (§ 41.003) and are capped under § 41.008(b). The practical ceiling is often insurance — the driver’s limits plus the pedestrian’s own UM/UIM — which is why identifying every policy is part of the work. Any figure quoted before the records are reviewed is a guess.
Which court hears a Fort Worth pedestrian case?
Under § 15.002 venue lies where the crash occurred or the defendant resides — for Tarrant County, the district courts at the Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building, 100 N. Calhoun Street, downtown Fort Worth. Claims against a commercial or out-of-state defendant may be removed to the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division. Claims against a governmental unit follow the Tort Claims Act’s procedures. Most cases settle; those involving a disputed “darted out” defense settle for more when the video and reconstruction are in hand.
What should you do in the first weeks after a Fort Worth pedestrian crash?
- Get treated and follow through. The trauma record is the foundation of the claim.
- Identify every camera along the block — storefronts, restaurants, apartments, transit, intersection — and ask, in writing, that footage be preserved. Days matter.
- Order the CR-3 from TxDOT’s Crash Report Online Purchase System ($6) and read it critically; it often reflects the driver’s account.
- Fotografía la escena at the same time of day: lighting, signals, crosswalk markings, sight lines, the impact point.
- Check the household auto policy for UM/UIM and PIP — it may cover you as a pedestrian.
- Do not give the driver’s insurer a recorded statement. See our Texas guide to what not to say.
- If a bus or city vehicle was involved, calendar the six-month notice deadline.
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Related Fort Worth, Dallas and Texas pages
Other Fort Worth pages: accidentes de coche, accidentes de camiones, accidentes de motocicletas, colisiones de retaguardia, uninsured motorist claims, muerte equivocada y el Fort Worth vista general de las lesiones personales. Across the Metroplex: Dallas Accidentes de Peatones Abogados y nuestra Oficina de Dallas. Statewide: Texas car accident lawyers; national: pedestrian accident lawyer.
Fort Worth pedestrian accident FAQs
Does a pedestrian always have the right of way in Texas?
No. In a marked or unmarked crosswalk the driver must stop and yield (Tex. Transp. Code § 552.003). Outside a crosswalk the pedestrian must yield (§ 552.005), but every driver must still exercise due care to avoid hitting a pedestrian (§ 552.008).
Can I recover if I was crossing outside a crosswalk?
Often, yes. Texas assigns fault by percentage. A pedestrian recovers, reduced by his or her percentage, as long as it is not more than 50 percent (Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 33.001). The driver’s speed, attention and lookout are weighed against the pedestrian’s choice of crossing point.
How many pedestrians die on Texas roads each year?
TxDOT counted 768 pedestrian deaths in Texas in 2024, out of 4,150 total traffic deaths.
How long do I have to file a pedestrian accident lawsuit in Fort Worth?
Two years from the injury under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 16.003; two years from the death for a wrongful death claim; written notice within six months if a governmental vehicle was involved (§ 101.101).
What if the driver who hit me fled?
You may claim under the uninsured motorist coverage on your own household auto policy. Texas requires physical contact with the vehicle for a phantom-vehicle claim (Tex. Ins. Code § 1952.104), which a struck pedestrian can nearly always show. Report the crash to police immediately.
Does my car insurance cover me if I was hit while walking?
Usually. Texas UM/UIM and PIP coverage generally extend to the named insured and resident relatives when injured as pedestrians. Check the policy.
What if I was hit by a Trinity Metro bus or a city vehicle?
The Texas Tort Claims Act applies: written notice within six months under § 101.101, and damages capped under § 101.023.
What evidence matters most in a pedestrian case?
Camera footage, the driver’s vehicle event data and phone records, the CR-3, scene measurements and lighting, witnesses, and the medical record. Video is overwritten within days, so preservation requests must go out immediately.
Where would my Fort Worth pedestrian lawsuit be filed?
In the Tarrant County district courts at the Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Building, 100 N. Calhoun Street, Fort Worth, under the venue rules in § 15.002.
Does Southern Injury Attorneys have a Fort Worth office?
No. Fort Worth pedestrian cases are handled from our Dallas office at 4245 N. Central Expressway, Suite 490, about 30 miles east. Consultations are free by phone or video, and we come to you or the hospital.
What does it cost to hire a Fort Worth pedestrian accident lawyer?
Nothing up front. We work on a contingency fee, with no attorney fee unless there is a recovery, and consultations are free 24/7 at (469) 253-2533.
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Texas Bar No. 24113438. Jimmy leads a personal injury firm with attorneys licensed in Texas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky and Georgia. Fort Worth and Tarrant County cases are handled from the firm’s Dallas office on N. Central Expressway.
This page is legal information, not legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Statutes, regulations and case law change; every case turns on its own facts. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Reviewed by Larry “Jimmy” Peters, Founder, Southern Injury Attorneys, Texas Bar No. 24113438. Fort Worth matters are handled from the firm’s Dallas office at 4245 N. Central Expressway, Suite 490, Dallas, Texas 75205, about 30 miles east of downtown Fort Worth. Southern Injury Attorneys does not maintain an office in Fort Worth.
