Orange County Motorcycle Accidents

Motorcycle accidents are different from automobile accidents. Motorcycle accidents require a specialized attorney, one that understands the unique liability issues and how to overcome controversy.

Liability can be clouded unfairly against a motorcyclist. Witnesses can be biased against motorcycle riders, when describing their conduct. Many witnesses blame a motorcycle rider for speeding through traffic, especially when lane splitting, even though legal. Witnesses can perceive excessive speed of motorcyclists, even when the motorcycle is operated within the speed limit. Even police officers exhibit bias against motorcyclists. If there is any concern that a police officer may not be fairly evaluating the evidence, it can be helpful if a competent motorcycle accident attorney has the opportunity to contact the police officer, before that officer writes any narrative report.

While not all police officers agree to speak with a party’s attorney, it is sometimes worth a phone call to avoid unnecessary delay or damage to the case. Once a report is written, even if incorrect, it is very difficult to get the report changed.

Prevent damage to your case by first examining our extensive library of motoryclce accident articles. Then help yourself by contacting a motorcycle personal injury attorney immediately. Our office will conduct an immediate investigation of the scene and determine whether an expert witness should be involved. We want to speak to any witnesses before the insurance company has an opportunity to adversely affect them. Additionally, there are many laws that govern motorcycle riders that do not apply to automobile operators. Identifying the laws that apply to a particular motorcycle accident allow us to speak to the witnesses intelligently. There have been many instances where our motorcycle accident attorneys have kept a case from disaster, because of our early involvement.

Preservation of evidence may also be key. Accident scenes have the potential to change drastically due to weather, construction or other factors that you may not even be aware of. In some cases we may want to photograph the scene and collect physical evidence before it is lost or changed.

Many cases are won and lost by early collection of evidence, by photographing defects in the roadway, examining physical evidence of impact, points of impact and landing. Also, if we are contacted early enough, we may be able to evaluate police markings on the roadway to determine whether their investigation is leading in a favorable or unfavorable way or if they have made wrong assumptions during accident investigation. These illustrations are but a few of the reasons it is important to contact a motorcycle accident attorney quickly. We want to help you so please feel free to call us at 1-888-834 5055

Additionally, because motorcycle victims typically have much more severe injury than that of an automobile driver, it is crucial to document and have a solid game plan for the medical management of the injured motorcyclist. Do not miss out on the valuable information in our Injury Guide, as many of the injuries that occur to a motorcyclist are described for your assistance. Motorcycle accident victims are also more uniquely injured than an automobile accident victim. Injuries can include road rash, third degree burns, skin grafts and fractures, which often occur because of the lack of protection. Even though most experienced riders wear protective gear including leathers, this protection may not be enough to avoid injury complications.

In addition, hospital stays can consume an entire policy limit of the adverse driver. It is therefore important to avoid assigning any rights to the hospital, other than your health insurance.

Motorcyclists also need to be aware that their health insurance carrier will seek reimbursement for benefits paid to doctors and healthcare practitioners. Our office will reduce or eliminate reimbursement to the health insurance carrier resulting in the highest possible net recovery to you. It is a mistake to believe that the hospital or health insurance company will not exercise their rights of recovery.

Too often, clients come to our office too late, after they have signed liens against their case, resulting in a less than reasonable recovery for them. We recommend that you consult with our office immediately. Call us for a free consultation at 1-888-752-7474 or Contact Us.

We warn you against trying to handle your own case. Discussing the case with a potential witness is very difficult given your biases. It is better to leave this to the professionals. However, if you do take action on your own, please read the following link first, Handling an Auto Accident Case on Your Own, Witness Bias, and Interviewing an Auto Accident Witness. Although the advice and techniques are the same, an experienced interviewer’s value cannot be overstated.