January 03, 2014

Exercise Your Legal Rights through a Motorcycle Injury Attorney

Motorcycle accidents are some of the most severe of all types of vehicular accidents. When riding a motorcycle, you do not have the added protections a vehicle brings, and only have your protective helmet and possibly special padding in your jacket and pants. If you get hit and thrown off your bike, you may be seriously injured and hurt. While your helmet protects your head, the rest of your body could end up with broken bones. You might find yourself confined to a wheelchair after the accident, and your quality of life drastically changed because of someone else’s negligence.

Luckily, you do have legal rights that you can exercise against the other person who caused your injuries. In order to use these rights, you need to retain a qualified and experienced motorcycle injury attorney in your area. Your attorney works on your behalf to file your claim based on the evidence they gather from your initial free consultation, as well as medical reports, police reports, and accident reports. This information is also used to establish the monetary amount of damages you are able to seek under the law.

Your motorcycle injury attorney should also work on your case on a contingency basis. What this means is he or she does not require any payment upfront to represent you. Further, they only get paid if they win your case, either through an acceptable settlement or a verdict in your favor in a court of law. The amount you have to pay your attorney after winning your case is typically around a third of the settlement or verdict amount awarded.