West Palm Beach offers significant advantages to motorcycle riders, such as scenic routes along the Intracoastal Waterway and opportunities to enjoy the area’s warm year-round weather. As a result, motorcycle accidents are not uncommon in areas such as Okeechobee Boulevard, Military Trail, and the busy intersections along Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, where heavy traffic and distracted driving often pose risks to riders.
If you or a loved one suffered injuries in a motorcycle crash in West Palm Beach, FL, you may be entitled to seek compensation. Our West Palm Beach motorcycle accident attorneys can help you pursue compensation for your medical bills, lost income, pain and suffering, and other losses.
A West Palm Beach personal injury lawyer from GED Lawyers can explain your legal rights after a crash. We provide free consultations for West Palm Beach accident victims and their families. Since 1995, our attorneys have been dedicated to helping accident victims hold negligent drivers accountable and securing the compensation they deserve.
A West Palm Beach Motorcycle Accident Attorney Fights for Your Rights
At GED Lawyers, our West Palm Beach lawyers represent victims and their families after serious injury accidents. If you or a loved one suffered injuries in a motorcycle accident in West Palm Beach, FL, we are here to help. We are familiar with the trauma centers in the area and will meet with you at the Delray Medical Center, HCA Florida Palms West, a rehabilitation facility, your home, or virtually.
You can trust us to provide the support and guidance you need throughout the legal process. We will develop a compelling case for fair compensation based on the case facts and negotiate with the insurance carrier for a payout or prepare the case for trial.
We Are a Law Firm With a History of Winning
Our case results include a $500,000 settlement for a client with significant injuries suffered in a motorcycle collision. While this outcome does not indicate what could happen in your case, it should illustrate our ability to pursue and secure compensation for motorcycle crash victims.
There Is No Added Financial Burden for Our Legal Services
We work on a contingency-fee basis, meaning we do not ask for upfront fees from our clients. We only collect attorney’s fees after we close the case, and they always come from the settlement or court award we recover for you.
Our West Palm Beach Motorcycle Accident Attorneys Seek Fair Compensation
When motorcycles crash, the operator and any passengers are usually ejected and often suffer severe to catastrophic injuries. Such severe injuries, such as traumatic brain injuries (TBI), require immediate medical attention and often result in substantial medical expenses. Such injuries can cause lasting impairments that change the trajectory of the victim’s life, including preventing them from returning to their career or other activities.
When determining how much an insurance settlement might be worth, you must consider the expenses and losses endured, the costs of future care needs, and ongoing support if there are lasting injuries. You want to avoid accepting a lowball settlement offer and later have to pay for medical care out of your own pocket.
We can help you seek financial compensation for:
- Current medical costs and the cost of long-term medical treatment
- Loss of income
- Reduced ability to work and earn
- Property damage
- Related expenses with receipts
- Pain and suffering, including physical pain and emotional turmoil
- Other non-economic damages, such as scarring and disfigurement
- Disability
- In-home aid and home modifications
We will compile the evidence needed to prove your losses, allowing you to recover in peace.
Wrongful Death Damages for Your West Palm Beach Family
Our personal injury attorneys also file West Palm Beach wrongful death cases. If you lost a loved one due to a motorcycle crash, Florida Statutes § 768.21 allows their personal representative to pursue damages through a wrongful death lawsuit. Beneficiaries to the claim could include the spouse and their adult and minor children. In some instances, the parents of the deceased may become beneficiaries, as well as anyone dependent on the deceased for support.
Our personal injury lawyers are here to help you understand how these cases work and what you should do next in your motorcycle accident claim.
How Our Motorcycle Accident Lawyers Pursue Compensation
While Florida Statutes § 627.736 requires all drivers of four-wheeled vehicles to carry personal injury protection (PIP) insurance coverage to cover their own medical care and a portion of their lost income, motorcyclists are not required to obtain PIP coverage.
Though Florida does not require a motorcyclist to carry any type of coverage, they must show some proof of financial responsibility following a crash. However, to cover your personal losses, you will need to pursue fault-based compensation by:
- Documenting how the at-fault driver caused the crash
- Filing an insurance claim based on their auto liability coverage
- Filing a personal injury lawsuit in the Palm Beach County courthouse if necessary
You Can File a Claim With Your Uninsured Motorist Coverage
When it comes to recovering money for your own injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident, you cannot count on your automobile’s PIP policy to cover your injuries and losses. However, you can file a claim with your uninsured motorist coverage.
According to the Insurance Information Institute (III), 15.9% of drivers on our roads are uninsured. Due to the high incidence, it is very important for riders to carry uninsured motorist coverage for just this occasion.
You Focus on Your Recovery While We Manage Your Accident Claim
When recovering from serious injuries or undergoing rehabilitation, it is more difficult than ever to investigate a collision and gather evidence to support your claim. When you hire our personal injury law firm to manage your case, you do not have to worry about it.
Our West Palm Beach motorcycle accident lawyers take care of the whole process from start to finish. This includes such steps as:
- Investigating the accident: We will visit the accident scene and collect evidence from the site. We will collect photographs, medical records, the police report, witness statements, and any video if it exists.
- Identifying the liable party: From the evidence we collect, we will determine who was at fault for your injuries and losses.
- Analyzing the evidence: In addition to identifying the responsible party, we will show how the accident occurred and the injuries you suffered.
- Developing a compelling case: We will compile the evidence we gather and file your personal injury claim with the at-fault party’s insurance company, demanding fair compensation for your losses.
Once we have the necessary evidence, we can determine how negligence occurred and document what happened. To show a driver acted negligently, we must show these four key elements:
- Duty of care: The other driver had a legal obligation to follow traffic laws and your safety.
- Breach of duty: The other driver failed in their duty, violating a traffic law and placing your life in danger.
- Causation: The other driver’s actions or inactions led to a collision in which you suffered injuries.
- Damages: You suffered physical harm, possibly emotional trauma, and now have financial hardships due to medical expenses and lost income.
For example, if a driver runs a red light and hits you, they had a duty of care to stop at the red light. They violated a traffic law, causing the crash and injuring you. Your injuries resulted in medical debt and time away from work while you recovered from your injuries.
Let Our Attorneys Take Action in Your Palm Beach County Motorcycle Crash Case
You can focus on healing and reaching your health and well-being goal while we focus on navigating the claims process or otherwise seeking the money you need and deserve. We will seek to recover compensation for you in your case through:
- A negotiated settlement with the at-fault party’s insurance company
- Arbitration, mediation, or other alternative dispute resolution techniques
- A lawsuit, civil trial, and court award
When you hire GED Lawyers for legal representation, you receive exceptional service geared toward you. We recognize the needs of our community in West Palm Beach and have staff that can answer your questions in Spanish, Arabic, Creole, Greek, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish.
Call Us Before Time Runs Out on Your West Palm Beach Motorcycle Accident Lawsuit
A statute of limitations is a law that limits how long you have to file a personal injury lawsuit against the negligent party in these cases. Under Florida Statutes § 95.11, this deadline is generally two years from the date of the crash. That also happens to be how long you have in a wrongful death case. You must file your lawsuit before that statutory deadline expires.
However, if you are filing an uninsured motorist claim, the statute of limitations would be five years. This different deadline is based on the breach of contract section of the law. Our attorneys can explain which deadlines apply to your case.
The sooner you call us, the sooner we can build your case and ensure you meet the statutory deadline. We encourage you to reach out to our West Palm Beach motorcycle accident lawyers as soon as your injuries allow.
Discuss Your West Palm Beach Crash With Our Motorcycle Accident Team
GED Lawyers offers free case consultations for motorcycle accident victims and their families in West Palm Beach, FL. We are here to help you understand your legal options and seek the fair compensation you are entitled to receive. Let our West Palm Beach motorcycle accident lawyer assess your case with you today.
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