You know the importance of protecting yourself when sharing the roads with motor vehicles as a motorcycle rider. You must be vigilant to avoid accidents from drivers who aren’t watching the roads as carefully as you are. Sometimes, though, a negligent driver makes a move you cannot anticipate, leading to an accident with severe injuries. Our motorcycle accident lawyers are ready to help you seek a financial award for your injury and any complications stemming from it.
You’re sure you did nothing wrong and that the driver who hit you is liable for your injuries. However, convincing the insurance company about the severity of your pain and suffering can be challenging without a seasoned legal professional in your corner. Trust the experience of the team at RP Legal Group when fighting for your right to seek damages. Our personal injury lawyers in your area are ready to discuss your case for free.
We Seek Damages in Multiple Areas
As experienced motorcycle accident lawyers, we know that injuries to motorcycle riders in accidents can be life-altering. A motorcycle simply doesn’t have the safety equipment you’d expect to find in a motor vehicle, like airbags.
After your crash, you could be dealing with a head injury, a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a spinal cord injury, or other devastating consequences. If the larger motor vehicle strikes your motorcycle while speeding, the force could leave you with a lifetime of pain and suffering.
Typically, victims whose injuries will affect them longer can win a larger award. Motorcycle riders often fit into this category after an accident. We seek financial compensation awards for you in a few primary areas.
Economic Damages
Economic damages are your financial losses that have a monetary value associated with them, such as the following:
- Medical expenses: The person who caused the accident should pay you for your medical costs now and in the future. These can include equipment, like a wheelchair or walker, and any modifications your home needs for this equipment.
- Lost wages: When you cannot work while recovering, you may seek an award for your missed wages. Any inability to work in the future can also be part of your award. If you miss out on employee benefits, you can receive money as compensation for these benefits.
Non-Economic Damages
Non-economic damages are those that don’t have a specific monetary value. They often represent the largest portion of any injury accident financial award and may include:
- Pain and suffering
- Emotional trauma
- Disability
- Disfigurement
- Reduced quality of life
- Nightmares
Non-economic damages are more difficult to calculate accurately. This makes the experience of our motorcycle accident lawyers highly valuable. You can rely on our work with past cases similar to yours to determine a fair amount to request from the insurer.
Punitive Damages
Some states allow punitive damages after an accident that wasn’t your fault. These aim to punish drivers for any actions that represent gross negligence.
Contact our team today so we can fight to help you get the compensation you deserve.
We Thoroughly Investigate the Accident
One tactic insurance companies often use to reduce your financial award involves blaming you for the accident. The insurer tries to trick you into providing answers that paint you as a risk-taking biker, hoping you’ll accept partial or full blame for the crash.
In some states, you’ll see a reduction in your financial award if the accident was in any way your fault. In other states, you could completely lose your ability to receive a financial award if you accept liability. It may not even matter whether you assume partial or full blame.
Our motorcycle accident lawyers investigate the case on your behalf. We seek facts that show errors in the insurance company’s investigation. We attempt to demonstrate that you had no role in the crash with the negligent driver. Finding facts like this should make you eligible to seek a full award amount.
Our investigation involves:
- Speaking with witnesses
- Verifying the information in the police report
- Studying any surveillance footage of the scene
- Accessing any available telemetry data from the driver who hit you
- Studying the damage patterns on the vehicle
- Speaking with your doctors about whether your injuries provide clues about the nature of the crash
- Hiring an accident recreationist when required
Even though the insurer may try to convince you that its investigation is flawless, this rarely happens. Insurers sometimes omit facts intentionally or inadvertently to reduce the amount they must pay victims.
You have the right to dispute the insurer’s findings. Our motorcycle accident lawyers use the facts we find in our investigation to stand up for you.
We Work on a Contingency Fee Basis
We understand that finances can be tight after an accident. When you cannot work, you may doubt you can afford to hire one of our motorcycle accident attorneys to represent you.
Knowing this, we operate on a contingency fee system in personal injury cases. You do not pay us anything at the time you hire us. Instead, our fee comes from a percentage of the final award amount in the case. If we do not win an award for you, you do not owe us any fees for services rendered.
Because we also offer a free case review, you can speak with and hire us without paying anything. We want victims to be able to afford legal representation against unfair insurers. Contingency fees ensure our clients can do just that.
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Contact Our Motorcycle Accident Lawyers Today
When another driver’s actions leave you with serious injuries, you may be facing months or years of challenging times ahead. Having financial concerns on top of everything else makes it all the more stressful.
Our motorcycle accident lawyers are ready to work on your case as soon as you hire us. We will seek an award to ease some of your worries regarding household finances and paying for the medical care you need. Contact RP Legal Group today at 888-340-7454 for a free consultation, or use our contact form. We are available 24/7 to discuss your case.
For a free legal consultation with a Personal Injury lawyer serving your area, call 888-340-7454