Legal Rights After a Hit and Run Accident

Hit and Run Accidents in DFW If you have been injured in an accident with a hit and run driver in the Fort Worth, Texas area, you have rights. First of all, there’s always the hope that the hit and run driver who caused the motor vehicle collision can be located.

You should immediately report the wreck to local authorities and hopefully the investigating police officers can take whatever information you give them, license plate, car description, etc., and locate the hit and run driver.

But, let’s assume that the hit and run driver cannot be found and nobody knows who the coward is that hit you and left the scene. If you have uninsured motorist insurance coverage for the car you were in, then you can make a claim on your uninsured motorist coverage as long as there’s contact between the vehicles. Texas law requires there is contact when the identity of the other car is unknown. Now, as long as there’s any contact, you can make an uninsured motorist claim on your own policy and you should receive fair compensation from that policy. In fact, that’s the reason you bought it. You bought it to protect yourself if the other driver did not have insurance or if the other driver cannot be found.

NOTE: Just because you are making a claim on your own policy, it does not mean that you will be treated fairly. You should, but it usually takes a fight to get your own insurance company to pay you fair value for your injury claim.

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The Anderson Law Firm offers free no obligation consultations to people injured in accidents or who have suffered physical harm as a result of someone else's actions. We do not charge you to initially discuss your situation and establish whether you have a claim to pursue. You can call us and discuss your case over the phone, we can set up an appointment for you to come into our office, or we can visit you in your home anywhere in the metroplex.

If after meeting with us you decide that we are the best personal injury lawyer for you, then we will enter into a contingent fee agreement. This means that we only get paid when we win a settlement or jury verdict in your favor. You don't pay us anything up front. We will cover all expenses spent working on your case. Only when we win for you will you need to pay us. If we don't win, then you owe us nothing.

Contact us online now or call us 24 hours a day toll free on 1-800-354-MARK (1-800-345-6-275). You can also call us locally in Fort Worth on 817-294-1900 or in Dallas on 214-327-8000.

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