NY Motorcycle Injury Lawyer
Our NY Motorcycle Injury Lawyer aggressively represents personal injury clients who sustained serious injuries as a result of motorcycle accidents throughout New York State, including a motorcycle struck by a car, truck, bus or other motorcycle.
Motorcycle Injuries
When the driver or passenger of a motorcycle is involved in a collision with a car, truck or bus, the driver and passenger of the motorcycle will often sustain serious injuries. It is obvious that the motorcyclist and passenger do not have the physical protection enjoyed by the occupants of a car, truck or bus. Therefore, the vulnerability of bikers struck by a motor vehicle such as a car, truck or bus cannot be overstated.
Rules Of The Road
Motorcyclists have the right to share the roads in New York State with the drivers of other motor vehicles. Despite the fact that motorcyclists are entitled to be treated equally with other motorists when determining who caused a collision, it often appears that there is an underlying prejudice against the motorcyclist. Often, insurance companies and their attorneys take the position that the motorcyclist caused the accident, and that the driver and owner of the vehicle involved in the collision are not responsible for the injuries sustained by the motorcyclist or the motorcycle passenger.
Under New York State law, motorcycle drivers are governed by the same rules of the road as drivers of cars and other vehicles. In essence, all motorists must share the road responsibly with each other. The motorcyclist is entitled to the same right of way and other privileges of the road as any other motorists. A motorcyclist who is obeying the traffic laws and is injured due to the carelessness of another motorist is entitled to be compensated for his or her injuries (subject to the “serious injury” threshold that applies to all victims injured by motor vehicle accidents in New York State.)
Comparative Negligence
New York State is a comparative negligence jurisdiction. Therefore, when an accident in New York State is caused either partially or completely by the defendant’s negligence, even if the injured plaintiff was partially at fault, the plaintiff is entitled to recover monetary damages for the injuries sustained (subject to the “serious injury threshold” for motor vehicle accidents in New York State), however the amount recoverable will be reduced by the percentage of fault attributable to the plaintiff.
Medical & Hospital Expenses & Lost Wages
We recommend that you immediately check your motorcycle insurance policy and declaration page to verify whether your insurance policy contains coverage for payment of No-Fault benefits, or for medical and hospital bills and/or loss of earnings sustained while operating or occupying a motorcycle. If not, you will need to contact your health insurance company, and if required, you may need to be treated by doctors and medical practitioners who participate with your health insurance company. Your health insurance company may be entitled to a lien to recover benefits paid for treatment of injuries sustained in the accident.
How We Can Help
If you or a loved one was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in New York State, it is extremely important that your New York accident attorney take all steps necessary to ensure that you will receive the monetary compensation for your injuries that you deserve. We zealously represent all of our clients. We investigate the facts and circumstances of the collision, and gather evidence needed to prove the cause of the accident. We believe that our diligent and careful investigation, legal analysis and pretrial discovery enables us to establish the true cause of the collision, and thereby overcome the ill-founded notion that the motorcyclist must have been the cause of the accident.
Free Confidential Consultation
If you have been seriously injured due to an accident, and would like to discuss your case with a New York Accident Lawyer, call our office for a free confidential consultation, or complete our questionnaire.
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NY Motorcycle Injury Lawyer Disclaimer
The NY Motorcycle Injury Lawyer, accidental injury, serious accident, or other personal injury legal information contained in this website is not intended to constitute legal advice, nor to create an attorney-client relationship or lawyer-client relationship. We recommend that you discuss your accident case with a NY Motorcycle Injury Lawyer promptly, since there are strict time limitations that apply to New York negligent injury cases.
This website is not intended to solicit clients for accident cases outside of New York State. However, our NY Motorcycle Injury Lawyer does represent accident victims who live outside of New York, who sustained fractures or other serious injuries in a motor vehicle collision, hit & run accident, uninsured motorist accident, under-insured motorist collision, motorcycle collision, pedestrian accident, bicycle accident, roller blade accident, in-line skating accident, premises accident, trip & fall accident, construction site accident, or on the job accident that occurred in New York State, as well as wrongful death or accidental death caused by a NY accident.
NY Motorcycle Injury Lawyer representing accident victims who have sustained serious injuries in New York City, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Long Island, Nassau County, Suffolk County, Westchester County, Rockland County and upstate New York.
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