I was hit outside a crosswalk in Aurora. Do I still have a case?

Usually yes. Drivers owe a duty of care to every pedestrian, everywhere, mid-block or not. Colorado's comparative negligence rule reduces recovery by your share of fault but only bars it above 50%, and on Aurora's long arterial blocks, juries understand why people cross where they do.

The driver who hit me drove off. What are my options?

A hit-and-run doesn't end the claim. Uninsured motorist coverage on your own or your household's auto policy stands in for the fleeing driver, and Aurora police identify more hit-and-run drivers than people expect.

How long do I have to file a pedestrian injury claim in Colorado?

Three years for a motor-vehicle collision (C.R.S. § 13-80-101), two years for wrongful death, but corridor camera footage is overwritten in days.

Pedestrian Accident Lawyer in Aurora, CO

Hit by a car while walking in Aurora? Lionheart Injury Law gets pedestrian accident victims top medical care and every dollar they are owed.

The vehicle side of the case (coverage, event data, valuation) follows our car accident breakdown.

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What Can You Recover After Being Hit as a Pedestrian?

Most serious pedestrian accidents we take resolve between $200,000 and $20 million, and the catastrophic ones define the top of that range. Pedestrian impacts produce the injuries juries value highest: uncapped impairment and lifetime care.

We prepare every case for trial from day one, and insurers know it. That is why our settlements come in bigger and faster. And so far, we are undefeated.

With us, you speak directly with your attorney, and our RN Medical Director manages your medical care from day one, insurance or no insurance. There's no fee unless we win. Contact us now for a free consultation.

Why Pedestrian Cases Are Different

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There is no fender to absorb anything, the first thing struck is a human body, so the injuries are catastrophic at speeds drivers consider slow. And because the pedestrian is often unconscious or hospitalized while the driver gives the only statement, the police narrative starts one-sided. We rebuild it: impact mechanics fix vehicle speed, cameras and witnesses fix the light and the lane, and Colorado's crosswalk statutes fix the duty. The full legal breakdown lives on our pedestrian accident playbook, the Aurora work is about this city's specific corridors.

Where Aurora Pedestrians Get Hit

East Colfax is the metro area's most notorious pedestrian corridor, long blocks, five lanes, transit stops set far from signals, and heavy foot traffic day and night. Havana Street and Mississippi Avenue run the same design at the same speeds. Add school zones across Aurora Public Schools' territory, the R Line stations pushing riders across I-225 frontage intersections, and apartment districts where daily life happens on foot, and Aurora's pedestrian injury numbers are among the worst in the state. The city knows it, these corridors appear year after year in Colorado's dangerous-intersection data, and that documented history feeds directly into our cases.

How We Build an Aurora Pedestrian Case

Camera canvassing comes first, RTD buses and trains, storefronts along Colfax and Havana, doorbells in the neighborhoods, because footage that shows the light and the impact ends the "came out of nowhere" defense. We pair it with the vehicle's event data, the crash reconstruction, and the corridor's crash history. On the medical side, pedestrian victims are treated at UCHealth's Level I trauma center or Children's Hospital Colorado when the victim is a child, and we build the lifetime-care case with those treating teams.

What Types of Damages Are Available?

Under HB24-1472, non-economic damages are capped at $1.5 million (2025); economic damages and physical impairment damages are uncapped, and a fatal crash carries the $2,125,000 wrongful death cap. When the driver was drunk, distracted, or fleeing, exemplary damages come into play. And when a child is hit, the claim must account for a lifetime of consequences, school, work, care, not a quick number an adjuster offers a shaken family.

Venue, Deadlines, and Whether Your Case Goes to Trial

Aurora pedestrian cases are generally filed in Arapahoe County District Court (Adams County for the northwest side). The filing deadline is three years (C.R.S. § 13-80-101), two for wrongful death; if a signal, crossing design, or missing streetlight contributed, a governmental-notice deadline of 182 days may apply. Insurers pay these cases when the footage is locked and the reconstruction is done, and we make sure both happen. If trial is what it takes, we are ready.

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