The exposed, open-air design of a motorcycle allows a rider to make direct, unprotected impact with the road, other vehicles, and obstacles during a crash. Sadly, many motorcycle accidents in Dallas are caused by other negligent parties, typically a careless or reckless driver.
If you or a close family member suffered an injury in a motorcycle accident in Dallas, your case deserves experienced representation. Call a motorcycle accident lawyer in Texas at Road Justice to learn about your rights and options for recovering full and fair compensation.
Why You Should Choose Road Justice as Your Dallas Motorcycle Accident Attorneys
For over 40 years, Road Justice has represented Dallas injury victims, including those harmed in motorcycle accidents caused through no fault of their own. By choosing Road Justice, you’ll find the following:
- Robert Greening is a board-certified Texas trial lawyer with an AV Preeminent® rating by Martindale-Hubbell and a Superlawyer designation by Thomson-Reuters in Texas Magazine
- A 40-year history in navigating injury claims in Texas, including complex motorcycle accident claims
- An open-communication policy, keeping a client involved and informed on the progress of their claim
- A personalized strategy based on the circumstances of your case, maximizing the chances of a result in your favor
With a free consultation and contingency-based payment, you pay nothing for legal representation in your Dallas motorcycle accident claim until after your attorney recovers compensation for you.
What are the Most Common Causes of Motorcycle Accidents In Dallas?
Dallas residents are active and productive, but these qualities often lead to congested roadways, frequent road construction, and frustrated or aggressive drivers. When an average 4,000-pound vehicle has an accident with an exposed motorcyclist, the rider is vulnerable to serious, catastrophic, or deadly injury. While motorcyclists must be vigilant and follow traffic laws, even the most careful rider can have an accident when other parties fail to take reasonable measures. The most common driver actions to cause motorcycle accidents include the following:
- Distracted driving
- Speeding
- Unsafe lane changes (blindspot accidents)
- Failure to yield the right of way
- Improper merging
- Left-turn accidents (caused when a driver making a left turn focuses on traffic approaching from the right, and collides with a motorcycle coming from the left)
- Aggressive driving
- Impaired driving
- Following too closely (tailgating), or non-driver accidents such as:
- Road hazards, like potholes, cracked pavement, obstructed traffic signs, or grass clippings
- Defective motorcycle parts
Although negligent drivers are the most common liable parties in Texas motorcycle accident cases, your Dallas motorcycle accident lawyer from Road Justice will pursue all avenues for compensation, such as from a negligent road maintenance agency or roadwork contractor, or through a product liability claim against the manufacturer of a defective motorcycle part. Under the state’s modified comparative negligence system, all parties who contribute to an accident can be held liable for their percentage of fault for a Dallas motorcycle accident.
What Types of Injuries Occur In Dallas Motorcycle Accidents?
Helmets help prevent death in motorcycle accidents, reducing operator fatalities by 37% and passenger fatalities by 41%. Even so, helmets cannot prevent all traumatic brain injuries. A direct blow can cause the brain to bump or twist inside the skull. In addition, a motorcyclist’s body has little protection and experiences trauma from direct impact. Common injuries in Dallas motorcycle accident claims include the following:
- Traumatic brain injuries
- Fractures, including those of the limbs, hips, pelvis, ribs, and clavicle
- Soft-tissue injuries to the lower legs, shoulders, ankles, wrists, and other parts
- Neck injuries
- Back injuries
- Internal organ injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
- Skull fractures
- Burns
- Traumatic amputations
- Lacerations and contusions
- Road rash (severe abrasions)
- External head, facial, and dental injuries
In the worst cases, a motorcycle accident caused by another party causes wrongful death. In Texas, a spouse, parent, or child may recover wrongful death compensation after a motorcycle accident fatality occurs to a loved one.
What Damages Can I Recover In a Dallas Motorcycle Accident Claim?
Motorcyclists often experience temporary or permanent disability after a motorcycle accident, with adverse impacts on all aspects of their lives, including their ability to provide for themselves and their families. These consequences of an accident are the damages in a Dallas, Texas motorcycle accident compensation claim. A successful claim may recover motorcycle accident damages such as the following:
- Property damage costs to a motorcycle
- Medical expenses
- Future medical costs
- Reduced earning ability
- Compensation for pain and suffering
- Catastrophic injury damages as they apply in individual cases, including compensation for loss of limb, scarring, disfigurement, organ loss, loss of vision, hearing loss, loss of quality of life, or diminished earning capacity
An experienced motorcycle accident lawyer in Dallas carefully calculates a motorcycle accident victim’s damages to recover the maximum compensation available from the liable party or parties.
Proving Liability In a Motorcycle Accident Case In Dallas
An esteemed Dallas motorcycle accident attorney on your side conducts an independent investigation into all aspects of the accident to determine the cause, pinpoint the negligence, and identify the liable party or multiple parties that caused or contributed to the accident. Then, a trusted lawyer documents evidence demonstrating the following legal standards of liability:
- The responsible party owed a duty of reasonable care to the injury victim, such as a driver’s duty to follow traffic laws and avoid distractions, and a road maintenance agency’s duty to repair dangerous potholes
- They breached their duty of reasonable care through negligence
- The breach of duty caused the motorcycle accident and injuries
- The injury victim suffered damages from the injury
Damages range from a single emergency room bill and a few days of lost wages to lifelong disability. Either way, when someone else is responsible, the motorcycle accident victim doesn’t have to be left responsible for the economic damages as well as the physical pain and emotional trauma of the accident.
Contact the Dallas Motorcycle Accident Law Firm at Road Justice
A serious motorcycle accident often causes far more than just damage to a motorcycle, but also completely disrupts the injury victim’s life. Instead of leaving your case in the hands of an insurance company that may protect its profits at your expense, or trying to navigate a complex legal process alone, call Road Justice for a free consultation and prompt action in your case.