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2,000 people are killed and another 50,000 injured every
year in motorcycle accidents in the United States.
Amazingly, 80 percent of all motorcycle accidents involve
injury or death. Two-thirds of these accidents are caused
by a motorist failing to yield the right of way. In a
recent study, the dominant cause of motorcycle accidents
wasn’t weather or equipment failure, but the failure of
motorists to detect motorcyclists until it was too late.
The most common reason given by the motorist involved in
these accidents? They "didn't see" the motorcycle.
Brown & Crouppen's team of experienced motorcycle accident
attorneys know what types of investigation are essential
to preserving evidence in motorcycle accident cases, and
understand the complicated liability questions involved.
Every successful case has to have these three elements:
liability, injury and insurance.
Liability is just a lawyer’s way of determining who was to
blame for the accident. It is the first hurdle you must
get over to have a winning case. It means, essentially,
that the accident was more someone else’s fault then your
own. If your accident was mostly your fault, it will
generally fail, and you won’t recover.
Once the liability issue is decided in your favor, you
must prove you were injured by the carelessness of the
other party. The injuries we see at Brown & Crouppen range
from simple back or neck strains to very serious injury
and death cases. The key is, there must be some physical
harm done. The law does not compensate for harm that
“could have happened,” only harm actually done. So, the
second essential element in a motorcycle accident claim is
physical injury.
The third and last element that determines if a person has
a motorcycle accident case worth pursuing can be summed up
in one word: money. Does the careless party who caused
your injury have any money to compensate you for the harm
done? In today’s world, this question is usually
determined by whether the careless party has motorcycle
insurance or, in some cases, whether or not the you
purchased what’s known as uninsured motorist insurance,
which protects you if you’re hit by an uninsured driver.
In any event, a successful case requires a source of money
to pay the compensation asked for. If there is no money,
there is no case.
Compensation may be recovered for any medical bills, lost
wages, pain and suffering you endured, and car rentals and
repairs. Don't worry. At Brown & Crouppen we’ve handled
thousands of injury cases. If you’ve been hurt while
riding a motorcycle we’d like to help you get all the
compensation you deserve.
Contact us today via e-mail, or call Toll Free:
866-991-4700
to begin your case evaluation.
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