What Happens If You Get Hurt During A Crime In Progress?

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]What happens when you get hurt witnessing a crime in progress? First of all, why are you witnessing a crime? Are you the guy standing on the corner making weird grunting sounds if law enforcement approaches the car your buddy's trying to steal? So, if you're not there because you're the lookout or participating in the criminal conduct in any way, you just happen to be walking by and you get hit by a car right after somebody steals it, well, then you're going to have a personal injury claim just like anybody else. But, you're going to have a hard time suing the criminal. You can. He's not going to have any money and it's going to be harder to sue the owner of the car. They stole the car. You're going to say, "I'm not responsible for the acts of this car thief." That is an intervening cause. If you get hit by somebody stealing a car or if you're injured during any crime in progress, you should talk to a lawyer.

[00:00:51]It's going to be a tough fight, but you don't want to be guessing who might be suable and who might have money to pay a claim for damages.