If you witness a motorcycle accident or car accident please stay around, if at all possible, and talk to the police. The information that you give the officer investigating the motorcycle accident or car accident could help the officer determine who was at fault in the accident. Even if you think that it is clear … Read more
Free Consultation You might think that free consultation and free advice are the same thing but they are not. Each month I get numerous calls from individuals who have been involved in a motorcycle accident, car accident, scooter accident, bicycle accident or a pedestrian accident. This initial call to me is the “free consultation” during … Read more
I was talking to one of my motorcycle clients the other day about all of the chrome/additional equipment/custom parts they had put on their motorcycle over the years. He added up the cost, and he could not believe how much money he had invested in his motorcycle. Like he told me, “I just buy a … Read more
Background The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles recently released their 2019 Traffic Crash Facts, which is their annual fiscal report regarding reported traffic crashes. See https://connect.ncdot.gov/business/DMV/CrashFactsDocuments/2019%20Crash%20Facts.pdf This report deals with motor vehicle crashes that were reported to and investigated by local authorities and from which the North Carolina DMV was able to gather data. … Read more
If you are involved in a motorcycle accident or a car accident through no fault of your own then your motorcycle or car is probably damaged or you have a claim for your motorcycle total loss or car total loss. If so, the property claim Loss of Use may be available to you. Here is … Read more
Unfortunately, hit-and-run accidents are prevalent, but if you have been injured in a hit-and-run accident, all is not lost. You can still make a claim under your own motor vehicle insurance policy because you a coverage under your car insurance policy and/or truck insurance policy and/or motorcycle insurance policy and/or scooter insurance policy that provides … Read more
If you are involved in a motorcycle accident due to the negligence of another driver, you probably have some items of personal property that have been damaged, destroyed, or they were lost at the scene of the accident. When I represent a motorcyclist in connection with their injury claim arising out of an accident, I … Read more
Right up front, I want to say that all of opinions in this blog post are non-scientific, and I have not conducted any research on the opinions of experts, safety organizations, etc. regarding why motorcycle accidents happen. The content of this post is based on years and years of experience representing motorcyclists injured in accidents … Read more
Making a Claim Under Your own Motorcycle Insurance Policy This question will often come up when one of my motorcycle clients is making a claim under their own motorcycle insurance policy even though they were not at fault in an accident. Making a claim under your own motorcycle insurance policy, even though the motorcyclist is … Read more