Motorcycle accident cases can be quite complex. You may have devastating injuries, financially crippling medical bills, and other serious damages, and may not be able to obtain adequate compensation through insurance. This means you may have to pursue compensation through a lawsuit. Even then, you may have trouble evaluating your damages, like your pain and suffering.
Instead of managing your (or your loved one’s) motorcycle accident case on your own, leave it to a Florida motorcycle accident lawyer from our firm. Our Florida personal injury lawyers will help you understand your case better, help you decide which legal action to file, and evaluate and pursue your damages for you. You’ll be able to focus on your recovery and your family. Call Ged Lawyers today for a free initial consultation.
What Is Your Florida Motorcycle Accident Case Worth?
Motorcycle accident victims can suffer severe injuries that come with extensive financial losses. One of the first things you or a personal injury attorney will have to do in your case is evaluate your situation and your damages. This means evaluating the extent of your injuries and evaluating your economic (financial) and non-economic losses. Evaluating non-economic losses, like pain and suffering, means attributing monetary values to them even though the losses are difficult or impossible to measure.
After you or your lawyer has evaluated your damages, the next step is listing your damages for your case. There is no average motorcycle accident settlement amount since each case is unique, but your damages may be any of the following:
- Your pain and suffering, emotional distress, and mental anguish
- Your disability and the costs involved in managing it
- Losses attributed to your current medical care expenses and ongoing medical treatment
- Repair or replacement expenses for your personal property
- Lost income for you and your family due to your injuries preventing you from working
- The costs of household services and related services you can’t perform
Once you or your attorney has evaluated and listed your damages, you should have an idea of what your motorcycle accident claim may be worth. We can gather a variety of documents to substantiate your claim, such as your medical bills, your wage statements, and your doctor’s prognosis. We can even hire expert witnesses to help support your case.
Wrongful Death Damages Can Help Your Family Cope After Losing a Loved One to a Fatal Motorcycle Accident
If you lost a loved one to fatal accident injuries, our personal injury law firm can file a wrongful death lawsuit. Only certain family members can file this type of civil action. Usually, a representative of the estate does so, but the court can appoint one in the absence of a will. Our wrongful death lawyers can seek justice and financial recovery for various damages, including:
- Funeral expenses, including burial or cremation services
- Lost income for the financial assistance your loved one contributed to the household
- Your loved one’s accident-related medical bills
- Your loved one’s pain and suffering
While you grieve in peace with your family members, our legal team can get to work fighting for justice. You deserve to honor your loved one properly, and you should not have to struggle financially in their absence. We will seek a fair settlement or court verdict.
Make Sure You Seek Medical Care After a Motorcycle Accident
Nothing is more important than your health after a motorcycle accident, and our attorneys are dedicated to securing the payout you need to afford it. Still, see a doctor as soon as possible and follow through with their orders. You deserve to reach your maximum medical recovery, and your medical records can also help us support your case.
This is especially true if you suffered severe injuries that will require ongoing medical treatment. For example, the following motorcycle accident injuries can lead to a long road of recovery:
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Internal bleeding and internal injuries
- Neck injuries, such as whiplash
You may require a long period of physical therapy, for example. You don’t want to be left footing the bill for future accident-related medical expenses. We will make sure to seek a fair settlement or verdict to help you recover.
Insurance May Not Cover All Your Motorcycle Accident Damages
Florida uses “no-fault” state laws to settle personal injury claims and property damage claims. What this means is that, regardless of who is at fault for an accident, you must file those claims through your Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance and your Property Damage Liability (PDL) insurance.
PIP covers your medical damages, while PDL covers your property damages. However, PIP and PDL may not cover all of your damages. For instance, PIP won’t cover pain and suffering. Additionally, both kinds of insurance place limits on recovery amounts, like the amounts you can recover for your medical losses and vehicle-related losses.
If you have serious non-economic damages like severe physical pain or if any of your losses exceed the amounts insurance covers, you and your lawyer may want to file a personal injury lawsuit. This may help you recover more comprehensive compensation.
Please note that PIP wouldn’t be applicable if the motorcycle owner doesn’t carry insurance, which isn’t required on motorcycles in the state of Florida. Uninsured Motorist coverage has a statute of limitations in Florida of five years.
How Our Motorcycle Accident Lawyers Can Help With Your Compensation Claim
There is a lot a motorcycle injury attorney from our firm can do for you and your case. Our attorney will manage your entire case for you, including all of the details, like:
- Valuating and listing your damages, including your non-economic damages
- Validating your damages and their valuations to insurers
- Finding evidence to support your case, like any witness photos or video footage of the accident or the accident scene
- Finding certain experts to corroborate your evidence, such as by offering a reconstruction of the accident
- Showing how the other party was negligent in your case and is therefore liable for your damages
- Settling your case with an insurance company
- Fighting for you in court if it will help you recover your due compensation
We Can Demonstrate the Four Elements of Negligence in Your Motorcycle Accident Case
There are multiple ways a motorist’s negligence can cause or contribute to a motorcycle wreck. According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 42% of motorcycle accidents occur when a driver is turning left, and a motorcycle rider is oncoming, passing, or overtaking a vehicle. If a negligent driver fails to check their blind spot or use their turn signal, a motorcycle collision can easily happen.
Other motorcycle accident cases can involve other forms of negligence, such as:
- Distracted driving
- Drunk driving
- Failure to yield the right of way
- Improper lane changes
Our motorcycle attorneys can gather a variety of evidence, such as police reports, to support your case against a liable party.
We Can Handle all Communications With Insurers and the Liable Party
Insurance companies are multi-million dollar corporations that usually have a team of defense attorneys at their disposal. Instead of taxing you with communicating with the liable party, their insurer, and their defense team, our law firm will handle all these interactions for you. This will prevent you from saying anything that may lead an insurance adjuster to undervalue or deny your personal injury claim.
Additionally, if an insurance adjuster tries to shift more of the blame for the motorcycle crash onto you, our legal team can present evidence to counter their determination of fault. We will act as your advocate the whole way and seek nothing less than fair compensation for your accident-related injuries.
We Can File a Lawsuit on Time
An additional detail your attorney will manage is the progression of your case. Your attorney will make sure your case progresses in a timely manner in order to meet the filing deadline for a lawsuit. Even if you’re not considering a suit, your lawyer can keep the option open.
Per Florida Statutes § 95.11, the filing deadline for a motorcycle accident/personal injury lawsuit in Florida is two years from the date of the accident, and the deadline for a wrongful death suit is also two years from the date of the deceased person’s loss of life.
This may seem like an ample amount of time to take action, but this can pass quickly. Our lawyers have to investigate your accident, gather evidence of negligence, and possibly negotiate with an insurer. The sooner you begin your case, the better. Call us today, and we can get started immediately.
About Our Motorcycle Accident Attorneys in Florida
Since 1995, our firm has been serving Floridians, providing them with invaluable legal representation. Many of our cases have been motorcycle accident cases like yours, as well as other personal injury cases and wrongful death cases. We’re active in other areas of law as well.
Today, we work with numerous experts in Florida, including scientists and accident reconstructionists. They provide important testimonies for our clients’ cases, which helps us establish vital details in these cases, leading to better outcomes. We’ve also hired personal injury attorneys with diverse backgrounds and different native languages, so your attorney may be able to assist you in Portuguese, Russian, Creole, Greek, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic, or another language.
We’re confident we can accommodate you and help you with your case, especially since we’ve helped many others like you and have achieved outstanding case results in our other personal injury cases.
We Offer Client-Focused Legal Care for Motorcycle Accident Victims
We understand that no two motorcycle accident cases are quite the same. This is why we never apply a standardized, cookie-cutter legal approach to these cases. Instead, we will take the time to listen to your story and tailor a legal strategy to suit your unique needs.
Our personal injury team also makes it a point to be available for all your questions and concerns. You will be able to reach out to us via phone or email, and we will also go out of our way to give you regular updates about your case. This is the type of client-focused legal care you can expect from Ged Lawyers.
About Working With a Lawyer On a Contingency Basis
Our lawyers can offer their services on a contingency basis if you like. With this arrangement, you won’t pay your lawyer anything at all unless they obtain compensation for you, and you’ll simply pay out of the compensation amount. This arrangement is very affordable for our clients. It also lets you know that we are working hard on your case because when you win, we win.
We can make another kind of fee arrangement with you if you’d prefer that instead. We can tell you more during a free consultation with a member of our team.
Our Case Results Speak Volumes
We understand that you have your choice of law firms. We invite you to take a look at our case results to get an idea of what sets us apart from the competition. For example, we secured $500,000 for a motorcycle accident case.
When you choose Ged Lawyers, we promise to use every resource available to win your case. Our attorneys are dedicated to helping motorcycle accident victims and their families.
Connect With Ged Lawyers for a Florida Motorcycle Accident Lawyer
No matter how complex your (or your loved one’s) motorcycle accident case may be, our firm can manage it for you. Our lawyer will determine the value of your case and pursue that value, even if it means litigating your case and fighting for you in court. For assistance, our lawyer will bring in medical experts, reconstructionists, and other experts for their testimonies.
To learn more about our legal team and for your free consultation and case review, contact Ged Lawyers today.
