What is considered a poor road design case in Seattle? What’s up with all the triangle streets, are those poor road designs? When do poor road design cases come into play? These are some of the questions many people have when they are faced with a car accident injury case where there is little or no insurance.
A poor road design case is a car accident injury case that a Seattle personal injury lawyer believes was caused at least in part because of a blind corner, broken road, or some other flaw in the design of the street that made it more dangerous than it needed to be. Seattle is a large city that is growing around existing roads that were built a long time ago that were once perfect for remote areas but are not appropriate for dense urban populations that now flood the city. These roads often are more dangerous now because of the increase in pedestrians, blind corners, bicyclists, and overall far more dense traffic conditions.
A Seattle personal injury lawyer will look into whether there is a case for a poor road design where there is some indication that the road was more dangerous than it should have been and there is little or no insurance on the part of the other driver. Where insurance is sufficient from the other driver who caused the car accident injury case, there often is no need to look into a poor road design case. However, where the damages suffered by the victim of the car accident are large and there is little or no insurance on the part of the defendant, a Seattle car accident injury lawyer will look into all avenues for recover which could be a poor road design or maintenance case against the city, county, or state.
A poor road design or maintenance case can be brought against the city, county, or state by giving them sufficient notice of a case and then proceeding with trial as them as the named defendant. However, these cases are very tough cases and are often very expensive because of the experts needed to prove that a road could have been designed better or that the design was a known danger that needed fixing soon. Experts will be needed to reconstruct the accident scene, testify to the potential options that should have been available to the city, and testify that the city knew of the dangerousness the road presented and did nothing to rectify it.
Poor road design cases can be brought by anyone who has been affected by the driver of a car accident. Poor road design cases come up usually when there is some defense that the driver brings up like they couldn’t see the plaintiff or had no way to slow down in time. This is a good indication of a poor road design case but there are many other triggers such as triangle type streets that go from a busy street to a sudden residential street with little warning.