If you sustained a severe injury in a motorcycle accident, you could have the right to pursue compensation from the party whose negligence caused your injury. You can demand compensation for your medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and more. You should not be responsible for the damages someone else has caused, and we can help.
With multiple decades of experience, our law firm has a track record of obtaining settlements and verdicts for accident victims. Our Savannah personal injury lawyer has helped past clients who suffered injuries in motorcycle crashes recover $450,000 – $650,000 in compensation to cover their losses.
Call Kaine Law for a free case consultation. Discuss your case with one of our legal representatives and learn what options you have.
What You Get When You Hire Kaine Law for Your Motorcycle Accident Case
If you’re injured and at home recovering from your motorcycle accident, you want a law firm that fights for your rights. You want a law firm that cares about your recovery and your family’s well-being. Kaine Law can provide you with the comprehensive legal services that allows you to heal in peace.
Our legal team handles every aspect of your case to recover damages.
We Establish Negligence in Your Savannah Accident
Georgia law requires more than proof of fault to recover damages in a personal injury case. Our lawyers must prove the at-fault party’s negligence caused your injury. Our motorcycle accident attorneys will do this by providing evidence that supports the four legal elements of negligence. Those four elements are:
- Duty of care: The defendant owed you a legal responsibility to follow the law and expected standards of behavior to prevent you from suffering an injury.
- Breach of duty: The defendant failed to fulfill their duty of care through their action or lack of action.
- Causation: This breach of duty caused your motorcycle accident and injuries.
- Damages: You sustained injuries, losses, and hardships (physical, financial, emotional) from the accident.
To establish these elements, though, requires evidence.
We Investigate and Collect Evidence in Your Motorcycle Accident
When you hire our law firm, our personal injury attorneys will investigate your accident to gather the evidence we need to prove your motorcycle accident claim. Toward that end, we will:
- Go to the accident scene and collect evidence such as photographs
- Review videos from traffic and surveillance cameras
- Obtain the police report
- Interview eyewitnesses
- Work with accident reconstruction specialists
- Gather your injury-related medical records
- Request wage statements from your employer
- Collaborate with medical, economic, and occupational therapy experts
With the evidence we collect, we can file an insurance claim with the at-fault party’s insurer.
We Negotiate With the Insurance Company
Thankfully, most personal injury cases never go to trial. Rather, the at-fault party’s insurance company usually agrees to a settlement. However, you should be careful of any initial settlement offers you receive. Most will not cover all your damages. Our lawyers, though, know how to work with the insurers so that they do not get away with undervaluing your claim.
Our legal team will detail your losses and present them to the insurance company in a demand letter. This point is where the negotiating process begins. Our law firm will fight to get you a fair settlement offer. If, however, the insurer does not cooperate, your accident lawyer will take the next step and file a personal injury lawsuit.
We File a Lawsuit on Your Behalf
Our lawyers do not shy away from trial. If we cannot settle with the insurer, we can have a civil court decide the matter of your compensation.
Be aware, though, that Georgia law (O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33) gives you two years from the date of your motorcycle accident to file a lawsuit against the negligent party. Also, if the City of Savannah or some other government entity is the at-fault party in your case, O.C.G.A. § 36-33-5 requires that you file a Notice of Intent with the government agency within six months of the collision. Your Savannah motorcycle accident lawyer could write this document for you.
We can investigate and negotiate for damages, but your options are limited if the statute of limitations expires in your case. The sooner you contact us, the sooner we can begin the claims process, the better it is for you and the strength of your case.
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How Much Will It Cost You to Hire Our Personal Injury Law Firm?
Our law firm works on a contingency-fee basis. This means our team only charges you legal fees if we win you a settlement or court award.
Furthermore, your initial consultation is free. When you call our firm, our representatives will review your case and inform you of your options for moving forward with a claim and/or lawsuit.
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Compensation You Could Obtain for a Motorcycle Accident Injury
The damages you recover in your case depend on the type and severity of your injury.
Common Motorcycle Accident Injuries
Motorcyclists can sustain serious to catastrophic injuries in crashes. Examples of possible injuries include:
- Spinal cord injuries
- Traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
- Fractures/broken bones
- Concussions
- Broken ribs
- Bruises
- Lacerations
- Burns
- Head injuries
- Internal organ damage
You must seek medical attention immediately after a motorcycle accident. Some of the most serious injuries are not visible to the naked and untrained eye. A doctor who knows you have been in a collision will know how to check for injuries. They will document what they find, making it easier to link your injury to the accident.
In addition to seeing a doctor as soon as possible, you need to follow your doctor’s treatment plan. Attend all appointments and communicate your progress with your doctors. Not only is this for your health, but it will also protect your claim. The insurance companies can use missed appointments against you and argue that you were not as hurt as you claimed.
Types of Recoverable Damages
From our experience, motorcycle accident victims can recover the following types of damages:
- Doctors’ and surgeons’ fees
- Emergency transportation (ambulance, helicopter, etc.)
- Prescription medications
- Hospitalization costs
- Physical therapy/rehabilitation
- Home modifications (wheelchair ramps, door widening, etc.)
- Replacement services (lawn maintenance, childcare, etc.)
- Lost income and benefits
- Diminished future earnings
- Pain and suffering
- Mental anguish
- Emotional distress
- Diminished enjoyment of life
Our legal team will review your losses and get you results to recover from your injury and move on with your life.
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Who Is Liable in a Savannah Motorcycle Accident?
Anyone whose negligence caused your motorcycle crash is liable for your injuries.
Many motorcycle accidents result from another motorist’s negligence, making that driver liable for damages. Negligent motorist behavior that can cause a motorcycle collision include:
- Making a left-turn in front of the motorcyclist
- Driving while intoxicated or while under the influence
- Driving while distracted
- Driving at excessive speeds
- Side swiping
- Failure to yield
- Not noticing the motorcyclist
- Underestimating the speed of the motorcycle
- Failure to check before changing lanes
- Failure to check blind spots
- Rear-end collisions
If you have been in a motorcycle accident, talk to our staff about your case.
Other Liable Parties
In other cases, however, other negligent parties emerge during the investigation. In the case of defective motorcycle components, the manufacturer of the faulty component—and any party in the supply chain—would be liable for damages.
Sometimes, a construction company will leave equipment on the road, causing a motorcycle to crash into the obstacle. Such negligence would make the construction company liable.
Crashes sometimes result from negligence on behalf of a government agency. This could include poorly maintained roads, debris, faded road striping, or inadequate roadway signage. In these instances, the government entity having jurisdiction could be liable for an accident that occurs in or near Savannah.
Georgia’s Fault Law Could Affect Your Settlement or Court Award
If your motorcycle accident occurred in Savannah, you would be held to Georgia’s contributory negligence law (O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33). Under this law, if you were 50 percent or more at fault for the collision, you could not recover damages.
On the flip side, if you were less at fault for the crash than the other party, you could recover damages. However, the amount you recover would be reduced by the percentage of your share of liability.
For example, if you were slightly speeding on the W.F. Lynes Parkway when another driver was weaving through traffic and crashed into you, the insurance company could find you to be 10 percent at fault. If your settlement or court award was $100,000, you would receive 10 percent less than that amount, or $90,000.
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Our Lawyers are Here to Help You After a Motorcycle Accident in Savannah
If you suffered an injury in a motorcycle accident, please know that you need not bear your medical costs, loss of income, and pain and suffering alone. Our Savannah motorcycle accident lawyers will fight to recover damages on your behalf, enabling you to focus on your physical and emotional recovery.
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