How do you get back on the road after a motorcycle accident? A Long Beach attorney can help you overcome the financial obstacles standing between you and the freedom of the open road. We’ve helped thousands of people get the financial aid they need to pay their motorcycle accident bills, and we can use that experience for you.
Our Long Beach personal injury lawyers have worked within California’s civil court for years. We know how intimidating the system can seem from the outside, and we want to help you navigate it. Contact Omega Law Group today to book a FREE motorcycle accident case evaluation, during which you can learn more about how our services can benefit you.
Personal Injury Claims Help You Hold Negligent Parties Accountable for Dangerous Roadway Conduct
Motorcyclists find themselves in uniquely dangerous situations when navigating Long Beach’s interstates. This isn’t to say that motorcyclists should never drive in Long Beach. Rather, the people around a motorcyclist like yourself need to take particular care to prevent accidents that might put you in harm’s way.
The responsibility that other motorists owe motorcyclists is referred to as those motorists’ duty of care. All parties on the road must uphold the duty of care they owe to one another to prevent accidents. Parties who engage in recklessness or unchecked negligence violate that duty and can find themselves held civilly accountable for an accident.
What does this mean for you, though, as you’re trying to recover from a motorcycle crash? You can work within the California civil system to claim that a negligent party violated the duty of care owed to you. In doing so, you can open a personal injury case against that party and demand that they help you financially recover from your accident.
Criminal Motorcycle Accident Cases Versus Civil Motorcycle Accident Cases
Often, negligence that leads to a motorcycle accident can result in an offending driver, pedestrian, bicyclist, or other party violating California’s rules of the road. As a result, the offending driver may receive a ticket or suffer a criminal investigation helmed by the state.
Even as an accident victim, you cannot initiate a criminal investigation into the negligence that led to your accident. Likewise, you cannot recommend that a criminal judge enact any particular punishment against the party responsible for your accident.
You can, however, benefit from the state’s efforts to bring a criminal case against the party responsible for your accident. Should California’s criminal justices convict the party responsible for your accident of criminal roadway negligence, you can submit that conviction to a civil judge as proof of negligence in your case.
A criminal conviction does not guarantee that you will win your civil case. However, using a criminal conviction as proof of negligence can make it easier for you to argue that a negligent party violated the duty of care owed to you and thereby owed you financial support.
When Should You Contact a Long Beach Motorcycle Accident Lawyer?
Motorcycle accidents can leave you in a tricky financial situation. Our team recognizes that you have bills to pay. We also recognize that you may find yourself reluctant to reach out out of concern about the cost of legal representation.
Fortunately, Omega Law Group anticipates these concerns and works to accommodate them. Following a crash, you have the right to meet with a Long Beach motorcycle accident attorney free of charge. If you choose to work with our team, you can benefit from our contingency policy, which ensures you don’t pay us unless we win your case.
With that in mind, we recommend that you contact a personal injury attorney within hours of your accident. The sooner you have an attorney on your side, the faster you can delegate the legal elements of your recovery to an experienced professional. Even if you decide not to move forward with a civil case, you can still benefit from our early advice.
Stay on Top of Your Case’s Statute of Limitations
According to California Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1, motorcycle accident survivors in your shoes have no more than two years to bring a personal injury claim against the party responsible for your recent crash. If you contact an attorney shortly after your accident, you can make the most of that timeline.
That said, you can contact Omega Law Group at any point before your statute of limitations expires to learn more about your legal right to compensation.
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The Pros and Cons of Working With Insurers to Recover from a Motorcycle Crash
California requires everybody on the road to maintain the state’s minimum liability insurance, if not more coverage. This means that you should have the right to file an insurance claim against an offending party following a motorcycle accident.
Unfortunately, securing support from an insurance provider isn’t always that easy. Some insurance providers operating in California have an inherent bias against motorcyclists and may deny your claim without further consideration. Insurance claims adjusters may act in bad faith to either minimize your losses or outright deny your claim.
If you work with an insurance provider who acknowledges the reality of your losses, you can receive compensation to relieve your most immediate sources of financial stress. However, if you find yourself contending with an insurance company’s bad faith conduct, working with a provider may prove more stressful than beneficial.
You can request that a motorcycle accident lawyer in Long Beach step in to help you contend with an uncooperative insurance provider following a crash.
Call Omega Law Group to Book a Free Motorcycle Accident Case Evaluation
Our lawyers understand that motorcycle accident survivors like you may find themselves reluctant to reach out for legal support out of concern for the cost of that representation. We don’t want to add to the financial stress you’re already under. That’s why Omega Law Group offers you an initial motorcycle accident case evaluation free of charge.
You can meet with our Long Beach motorcycle accident attorneys without having to commit to legal action. During your first meeting, we can discuss the negligence that led to your accident and what damages you might take away from a civil lawsuit. We can also outline our contingency fee policy, which ensures you don’t pay us unless we win your case.
Contact us today to schedule your FREE case evaluation.
