Like I said, a dead pedestrian who "is in the right" is still a dead pedestrian. However, in the US, the pedestrian's estate may be able to milk the defendant in a civil case for millions of dollars and bankrupt them. There's the US and the West for ya. Not here in the Land of Smiles. Unless it's a Thai attempting to milk a farang, the estate and family of the decease is pretty much out of luck with the cap on the insurance policy being the upper end of what the court will order the defendant to pay out, and in most cases for most Thais, that will be the upper limit of their compulsory insurance. And if the driver is uninsured, well - TIT - the court may just say, "So sad, too bad. Sucks to be you." For a fully insured driver with 1st class or 3rd class insurance - upper end is around $30 USD to $60k USD.