Catastrophic Injuries from a Motorcycle Accident Need to Be Handled by Experienced Personal Injury Lawyers in Levittown, PA
Personal injury victims suffering catastrophic harm after a motorcycle accident may face surgeries, months of recovery, and significant lost wages and medical bills. While most insurance carriers will pay victims some compensation for their losses, most insurance carriers also blame motorcycle riders for their crashes and their injuries in an effort to lower the amount of compensation a victim may be entitled to. This is particularly true in fatal motorcycle crashes, which Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveal that there were over 5,000 motorcycle fatalities in 2019 in the United States. Do not let insurance adjusters use unfair stigmas about motorcycle riders not paying for your losses. Call our experienced motorcycle accident lawyers in Levittown, PA for help.
Here at Silver & Silver, our team of personal injury lawyers has over 40 years of experience fighting back against overreaching insurance carriers that refuse to pay their fair share. We will not let insurance adjusters hide or protect dangerous drivers in Pennsylvania. We work with your treating physicians and law enforcement and hire leading experts to help prove your damages and liability. Learn more about how we can help you after a motorcycle accident by scheduling a FREE consultation with our motorcycle accident lawyers in Levittown, PA.
What Compensation We Could Recover For You in a Crash
Our bodily injury attorneys in Levittown can help you and your family recover compensation for your motorcycle crash occurring in town or anywhere else in Pennsylvania. Some of the most common damages that we can recover include the following:
- Past pain and suffering – compensation from the date of injury to the date of payment
- Future pain and suffering – the sum of money measured from the date of payment to the estimated life expectancy of a person (by an actuary table)
- Medical bills
- Lost wages
- Lost future earnings if unable to work in the same job or position
- Home or vehicle modifications due to your disability
- Ambulatory devices such as braces or wheelchairs
- Loss of consortium between a victim and a spouse or other family members
- Property damage
- Punitive damages in rare and exceptional cases
- Wrongful death damages, and
- Other losses related to a motorcycle accident in Pennsylvania.
We Can Prove Liability Against Negligent Parties
Victims and their families who have suffered personal injuries after a motorcycle accident in Levittown, PA, will need to establish liability because they may recover compensation for their damages. Liability is about proving fault for an accident.
Under Pennsylvania law, all motorists owe others a duty of care to exercise reasonable care in the use or operation of a motor vehicle. Drivers who fail to exercise reasonable care may be liable to others whom they harm in a crash. Some examples of failing to use reasonable care include the following:
- Speeding and driving too fast for the weather or traffic conditions
- Drunk driving or drugged driving
- Distracted driving with cell phones, radio, eating, makeup, or passengers,
- Failure to stop at a red light or stop sign
- Failure to yield
- Driving while fatigued or falling asleep at the wheel
- Mechanical errors like brake failures, steering column defects, and other mechanical errors
- Following too closely
- Aggressive driving, and
- Many other common causes of serious motorcycle accidents.
Are You Entitled to Compensation? Let Us Review Your Motorcycle Crash Case
Our motorcycle accident lawyers in Levittown, PA, can help victims and their families recover compensation for serious personal injuries after any type of motor vehicle crash, especially motorcycle wrecks. Learn more about how Silver & Silver can help you during a FREE consultation by calling 610-638-7255 or by sending us a message on our “contact us” box available here.