What is the name of your state? PENNSYLVANIA
Hello everyone. Yesterday afternoon, my brother was involved in a small accident. As he described it to us, he was pulling up to an intersection of a one-way street and, to his right, he noticed a woman pushing a stroller about 20 feet from the stop sign. He stopped at the stop sign, looked right (the direction of the one-way), looked left and saw a car about 100 yards away, so he proceeded to turn right onto the intersection when he suddenly had to slam on his brakes because the woman pushing the stroller was crossing the street. The car stopped immediately, rocked, and bumped into the woman, tipping the stroller from her hands. Her sleeping child was not awaken, and the woman did not fall down or sustain any injuries.
She and my brother were exchanging apologies and were about to leave the scene when a driver two cars back insisted that the woman and her child go to the hospital, which was the right decision. The police officer involved reported to us that the woman and her child checked out of the hospital with no injuries. However, my father called her later that evening and she claimed that her knees hurt. I understand that it is legally my brother's fault for failing to yield to a pedestrian (whom he didn't see), but the story as described suggests that the woman did not bother to stop at the stop sign at all. Thankfully, no one was injuried but, as you can imagine, my entire family is worried about what might happen legally. Our lawyer told us that the statute of limitations for an accident such as this is 2 years, and we're worried the woman might sue. Even though no one sustained injuries, what could be the legal consequences of this accident?
Thanks, ~ A.A.R.
Hello everyone. Yesterday afternoon, my brother was involved in a small accident. As he described it to us, he was pulling up to an intersection of a one-way street and, to his right, he noticed a woman pushing a stroller about 20 feet from the stop sign. He stopped at the stop sign, looked right (the direction of the one-way), looked left and saw a car about 100 yards away, so he proceeded to turn right onto the intersection when he suddenly had to slam on his brakes because the woman pushing the stroller was crossing the street. The car stopped immediately, rocked, and bumped into the woman, tipping the stroller from her hands. Her sleeping child was not awaken, and the woman did not fall down or sustain any injuries.
She and my brother were exchanging apologies and were about to leave the scene when a driver two cars back insisted that the woman and her child go to the hospital, which was the right decision. The police officer involved reported to us that the woman and her child checked out of the hospital with no injuries. However, my father called her later that evening and she claimed that her knees hurt. I understand that it is legally my brother's fault for failing to yield to a pedestrian (whom he didn't see), but the story as described suggests that the woman did not bother to stop at the stop sign at all. Thankfully, no one was injuried but, as you can imagine, my entire family is worried about what might happen legally. Our lawyer told us that the statute of limitations for an accident such as this is 2 years, and we're worried the woman might sue. Even though no one sustained injuries, what could be the legal consequences of this accident?
Thanks, ~ A.A.R.
