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As part of our services to you, our motorcycle accident attorneys and staff will fight the insurance carriers to resolve your property damage claim.
Violating these rules and then causing a collision could create a rebut-able presumption of negligence - aka negligence per se - and ultimate liability.
Less than 10 percent of the motorcycle riders involved in accidents have insurance of any kind to provide medical care or replace property.
Motorcycle accidents claim responsibility for about 20% of transportation-related head injuries, and brain and spinal cord injuries occur to children most often when they are passengers in motor vehicles.
Because motorcycles do not offer the physical protection that cars do, motorcyclists are much more susceptible to serious injuries and tragically, too often the loss of life.
You must select counsel and be wary of attempts to solicit you as a client.
It will, for example, provide coverage where you sustain loss because of theft, vandalism, explosion, flood, windstorm, and glass breakage.
In my experience, most motorcycle riders are very safe and cautious, as our life is on the line if we are not.
These approaches, recognising that higher traffic speeds made collisions more likely and injuries more severe, sought to reduce traffic speeds in community and housing zones by the use of lower speed limits enforced by the use of special signage and road markings, the introduction of traffic calming measures, and by giving pedestrians priority over motorists.
Never ride a motorcycle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
In some situations, that may be true.
Many motorcycle insurance policies now have a contact requirement in the insurance policy, requiring that there be some physical contact between the motorcycle and the motor vehicle in the accident to trigger an uninsured motorist claim for injuries.
Statistically, motorcycle helmets have been found to be 29% effective in preventing wrongful death in motorcycle accidents.
Our team of motorcycle accident attorneys successfully argued and negotiated this consumers claim, and the manufacturer of this dangerous product was made accountable.
Once again, a competent and experienced attorney will ensure that you are not taken advantage of when going to trial.
In the familial arena, parents of a child or an adult child who is dependent on his parents for support may have a claim for loss of consortium where the child has been seriously injured against any person who is legally responsible for causing such injury.
Remember to write everything down immediately or as close to the time of the accident as you can.