Driver With Learner’s Permit Causes Accident – Who Is Responsible For Damages And Injuries?
As an experienced Philadelphia car accident attorney I was confronted with a case this past week where an individual was catastrophically injured by a driver operating a vehicle on a learner’s permit. In Pennsylvania, like many other states in the United States, one is not required to complete a driver’s education course before one can receive a learner’s permit. Teenage drivers and drivers with learning permits account for many of the car accidents resulting in catastrophic injuries and fatalities in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States each year.
Pennsylvania has a teen driving law aimed at reversing a rising increase in catastrophic injuries and fatalities related to teenage drivers. Pennsylvania has mandatory restrictions for teenagers driving a motor vehicle with a learner’s permit or a junior license prior to receiving an unrestricted license. If a driver operating the vehicle with a learner’s permit caused an injury, an experienced car accident lawyer must determine what was the actual cause of the accident and if, in fact, the operator of the vehicle on the learner’s permit was in violation of the Pennsylvania law. Most of the time, proper investigation will reveal the fault lays with the inexperienced driver on the learner’s permit and then the insurance company should pay the claim unless there was specific fraud or concealment from the insurance company on the policy covering the automobile. If in case this were found to be the fact then perhaps an uninsured motorist claim would fully exist against the victim’s own insurance company. Needless to say, automobile insurance coverage after a car accident and fully protecting the rights of injured victims requires extensive experience.
The experienced Philadelphia car accident lawyers of Reiff & Bily have protected the rights of over 10,000 accident victims since 1979. If you or a loved one has been involved in a car accident, please call the experienced car accident lawyers at Reiff & Bily for a free consultation at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.
