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Because motorcycle accidents are serious, recovering compensatory damages is often crucial for motorcycle accident victims. To strengthen your claim and its chances of success, you can seek assistance from our attorneys.
Call 911 immediately after a motorcycle accident that injures you in Anderson. When police officers arrive, explain what happened and tell them about any injuries you sustained. Then, get the necessary medical care. Motorcycle accidents might happen anywhere in Anderson but are often seen at intersections and on poorly maintained roads. Furthermore, these accidents are often due to another driver’s negligence, entitling the injured motorcyclist to bring a compensation claim. Our lawyers will help you document and track all losses from your recent accident to recover the damages you deserve.
Call Wruck Paupore’s Anderson, IN motorcycle accident lawyers at (219) 322-1166 for a free case review.
The first call you make after a crash should be to 911. Dial emergency services immediately and wait for them to get to the scene of your motorcycle crash in Anderson.
According to I.C. § 9-26-1-1.1(a)(3), drivers must report vehicle accidents to law enforcement. This reporting requirement extends to motorcycle accidents that result in bodily injury or death in Anderson.
When you call 911 for help, they can send the police and emergency medical services to the accident location. Police officers will interview you and record your responses and any other pertinent information in an accident report. In the days after the collision, our motorcycle accident lawyers can help you obtain this report and review it for accuracy or new and useful information about the incident.
While you are waiting for the police to arrive, have minimal conversations with the negligent driver outside of exchanging insurance information. Refrain from discussing the accident with them at all.
For example, police officers typically speak to eyewitnesses and all involved drivers. Because of this, officers might include eyewitnesses’ names and contact details in the report, as well as other information about the accident, like its location, date, and time.
Certain areas, like intersections and poorly maintained roads, are more dangerous for motorcycles. That said, accidents might happen anywhere, so it is important for motorcyclists to protect themselves as much as possible.
Intersections are common sites of motorcycle accidents for several reasons. For example, if a negligent driver runs a stoplight, they might strike a motorcyclist moving through an intersection with the right of way. Furthermore, since motorcycles are smaller than cars, drivers might not see them when making turns or merging, especially if they fail to check their blind spots.
Poorly maintained roads are also dangerous, as minor imperfections could cause motorcyclists to lose control of their vehicles, resulting in single-vehicle accidents in Anderson. When road defects like potholes cause accidents, victims might have claims against the local government.
To protect yourself from injury as much as possible, heed traffic laws and wear a motorcycle helmet, even though Indiana only requires helmets for riders under 18.
Motorcycle accidents typically happen because of negligence but could be due to vehicle defects in Anderson.
Though stereotypes suggest motorcyclists would be largely to blame for accidents, it is typically a negligent passenger car or truck driver who is at fault. Common acts of negligence that lead to motorcycle accidents include driving under the influence, speeding, drowsy driving, distracted driving, and aggressive driving, among others.
Motorcycle defects might also lead to accidents in Anderson. In such situations, victims might have claims against negligent manufacturers. For example, suppose you recently repaired the brakes on your motorcycle, and the new brakes failed, resulting in an accident. In that case, our lawyers can enlist an accident reconstruction expert to review the cause of the crash and determine if the brakes failing was due to poor design or negligent production.
Even if the accident happened through no fault of your own, establishing that early on in your claim might be important for its success. That is because Indiana is a modified comparative fault state under I.C. § 34-51-2-6. Victims cannot bring claims if they are more at fault for an accident than another party. If you are somewhat to blame, you might still be able to bring a claim, but your damages could be reduced to account for your percentage of fault. Preparing for this possibility and making a plan to address it could be important, depending on the specifics of your case.
Victims can increase their chances of recovery when they have proof of their damages from an accident. Our lawyers can help you organize documents proving your losses to aid your recovery in Anderson.
Start documenting your damages immediately as you incur them. For example, you should keep any bills from your first visit to the emergency room, as well as records of charges for any other medical treatments or visits. These bills can correspond with your treatment records, which can help illuminate the seriousness of your motorcycle accident injuries in Anderson.
We can add up your damages from medical treatment throughout your claim and argue for your recovery of future medical damages if you need additional care after your claim ends.
Lost wages are also compensable, provided they are due to the accident in question. Our attorneys can track your lost income by referring to your employment history and wage records.
Victims may also recover compensation for damages due to psychological and emotional distress. Many debilitating injuries alter victims’ quality of life and overall happiness, entitling them to non-economic damages.
Call us at (219) 322-1166 to have the motorcycle accident lawyers of Wruck Paupore analyze your case for free.
Don is a founding partner and one of the nation’s top-ranked personal injury litigators. He is a member of the Multi-million Dollar Advocates Forum, which includes less than 1% of the nation’s trial lawyers, and awarded the highest ranking given by Martindale Hubbel and AVVO.
More importantly, Don understands representing personal injury victims is about more than recovering the best settlement: it’s about helping clients get back on their feet and supporting them in every aspect of their recovery.
In nearly all cases, our clients seek compensation from the wrongdoer’s insurance company. Before forming Wruck Paupore, Jason worked for a prominent law firm representing some of the world’s largest insurers. This experience gives Jason a deep understanding of the insurance industry and the strategies it uses to pay injury victims as little as possible.
Jason -- and our entire team -- put this inside knowledge to work to force insurance companies to pay what is actually owed. Often, we use the insurance company’s own tactics against them as we fight for the full compensation our client deserves.
For more than four decades, Keith has been fighting for injury victims. During that time, he’s watched the insurance industry change, with insurers now more interested in protecting their stock price than treating injury victims fairly.
Since the beginning, Keith has put people first. From his childhood in Gary, Indiana during the 1960’s and working his way through law school, Keith has risen to become one of the Midwest’s most respected trial lawyers. He has never forgotten that being a lawyer is about helping people -- and seeing injury victims through struggles in a way that could change their lives forever.
Over the decades, Keith, Don and Jason have fought relentlessly for clients, even when other lawyers have said the case was impossible to win.
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