How soon do I need to bring a case after a pedestrian accident?
If you are an adult, you have one year from the date of the accident to bring a case except on rare occasions in which there is delayed discovery. However, if a public entity is in any way at fault for the accident, the claim against the public entity must be brought within six months whether the pedestrian was a child or an adult. The same rules would apply if your child was killed in an accident. If your child was injured in a pedestrian accident, he or she has until the child’s 19th birthday to bring an action. However, it is generally wise to not wait very long to bring a case because evidence will be lost and the cast may become more difficult to prove.
