In a pedestrian accident involving a motor vehicle, most people would assume that the pedestrian's medical expenses and other damages would be paid by the driver's insurance carrier. If for some reason that did not happen, most would assume the injured person's own uninsured motorist insurance would honor its contractual obligation and pay the medical claim. Unfortunately, those assumptions proved to be wrong in a case arising from an incident that occurred in 2012. Instead, the injured man had to file a lawsuit and take his case all the way to the state supreme court in order to obtain relief under uninsured motor vehicle provisions in his insurance. Read More