Motorcycle accidents can leave riders with severe injuries because they have little protection from the force of a collision. If another driver caused your crash in Tucson, you may be entitled to compensation for medical expenses, lost income, pain and suffering, and other losses. Our Tucson car accident lawyers can investigate the collision, gather evidence of fault, and identify every potentially responsible party.
The Mercaldo Law Firm has advocated for injured people throughout Arizona for more than 40 years. Call (520) 624-1400 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with a Tucson motorcycle accident attorney and learn more about your legal options.
Why Choosing The Mercaldo Law Firm May Be Right For Your Tucson Motorcycle Accident Claim
For over 40 years, the attorneys and legal staff at The Mercaldo Law Firm have been steadfast legal advocates for injury victims, including catastrophic injury victims and the family members of wrongful death victims. With The Mercaldo Law Firm on your side, you have the following legal advantages:
- Our reputation for success in recovering over $400 million for clients puts a renowned legal voice behind your claim
- Access to medical experts, accident reconstruction specialists, and other key resources to support your claim
- Decades of knowledge, experience, and skill at work to create a personalized legal strategy aimed at recovering the full compensation available to you
After your free case consultation, hiring The Mercaldo Law Firm means we work for you at no cost until we’ve recovered compensation for your motorcycle accident damages through a settlement or court award.
What are the Most Common Causes of Motorcycle Accidents In Tucson?
Motorcyclists must carefully follow the state’s traffic laws for motorcyclists, however, even the most careful, experienced rider can suffer injuries in an accident caused by the following careless, reckless, or wrongful actions of drivers:
- Speeding
- Aggressive driving
- Distracted driving
- Following too closely
- Improperly passing a motorcycle
- Making an unsafe lane change into the path of a motorcycle
- Failure to yield the right of way to a motorcyclist
- Impaired driving
- Left-turn accidents, or colliding with a motorcycle approaching from the left while turning left and focusing on traffic approaching from the right
- Car-dooring accidents
When a driver fails to follow traffic laws or neglects to take reasonable actions on the road, resulting in a motorcycle accident, the accident victim has the right to seek compensation from the at-fault party under Arizona 12-2505, the pure comparative negligence system. Compensation typically comes through a claim against the at-fault party’s insurance. Less commonly, the responsible party may be a party other than a driver, such as a negligent road maintenance agency or the manufacturer of a defective part. An experienced motorcycle accident attorney pursues all available avenues for compensation from any party that caused or contributed to the severity of your motorcycle accident injuries.
How Does Comparative Negligence Affect a Tucson Motorcycle Accident Claim?
After a motorcycle accident, the injury victim files a claim against the at-fault party’s insurance. Insurance companies assign an insurance adjuster to investigate the accident, but their motive is to protect the company’s profits as much as possible. Sometimes, they do so by assigning an undue portion of fault to injury victims. This allows the insurer to reduce the compensation amount by the injury victim’s assigned percentage of fault. Unfortunately, insurance companies also commonly hold biases against motorcyclists that may unfairly impact their claims.
For example, suppose a driver makes an unsafe left turn into the path of a motorcycle. It would seem that the driver is 100% at fault, but what if the insurance company assigns the motorcyclist 25% fault because they were exceeding the speed limit by five miles per hour? The insurer could reduce a $100,000 claim to a $75,000 payout.
Assertive legal representation by an attorney from The Mercaldo Law Firm defends against these and other factors that could negatively impact your compensation claim by investigating, documenting strong evidence of the at-fault party’s liability, and making a claim for the maximum compensation available to you.
Understanding the Severity of Motorcycle Accident Injuries In Tucson
Although DOT-approved motorcycle helmets are about 37% effective in preventing motorcycle accident deaths, they cannot prevent all injuries—not even all brain injuries, since the brain can bump against the inside of the skull during a powerful impact.
Common injuries in motorcycle accidents include the following:
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Knee injuries, including fractures, sprains, and torn ACL or MCL
- Neck injuries
- Back injuries
- Single and multiple fractures
- Spinal cord injuries
- Lacerations and contusions
- Severe abrasions and friction burns (road rash)
- Internal organ injuries
- Facial and dental trauma
- Traumatic amputations
Motorcycle accident injuries are painful and often debilitating, sometimes permanently. Serious injuries require costly medical treatment and often interfere with the ability to work. These consequences of a motorcycle accident are the damages in your claim.
Recovering Damages In Your Tucson Motorcycle Accident Claim
After a motorcycle accident, taking on a challenging legal process may feel overwhelming; however, an attorney working tirelessly toward your best interests increases your chances of recovering the full value of your damages. Common damages recovered in Tucson motorcycle accident claims include the following:
- Reimbursement for your medical expenses
- Anticipated future medical expenses
- Out-of-pocket injury costs
- Lost wages
- Future income loss
- Compensation for pain and suffering
- Catastrophic injury compensation for any permanent harm, such as loss of limb, scarring, disfigurement, organ loss, loss of one of the senses, or disability
If a motorcycle accident resulted in the loss of a loved one, our Tucson wrongful death lawyers can explain your family’s legal options and help you pursue accountability.
Call or Contact a Tucson Motorcycle Accident Attorney About Your Case
After a motorcycle accident caused by someone else’s negligence, you have the right to financial accountability. Unfortunately, recovering your losses through the insurance company and civil courts is rarely a straightforward process. Instead of leaving your claim in the hands of an insurance company with profit-protecting goals that conflict with your objective to obtain the full value of your losses, call The Mercaldo Law Firm at (520) 624-1400 or contact us online to schedule a free consultation with our Tucson motorcycle accident attorneys.