Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

You will be asked to provide dates, times, contacts and other specific crash information. After your consultation, if we mutually agree to represent your case as your motorcycle accident lawyer, this will help us with our investigations. Advice from an experienced motorcycle accident lawyer is necessary with serious injuries, often requiring treatment and rehabilitation:

• Fractures
• Amputations
• Soft tissue injuries
• Burns from friction
• Paralysis
• Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Part 7 Accident Benefits provides disability coverage if you were working at the time of the accident and were totally disabled for more than 7 days and your disability started within 21 days of the accident if there is no other coverage. The amount payable is 75 per cent of your average gross weekly wage up to a maximum of $300 per week or $145 per week for homemakers. Part 7 benefits may include a Graduated Return to Work Program on case by case basis for an motorcycle accident claim. For more details, visit BC Laws.

If you were unemployed on the day of the accident, you may still receive benefits if you worked for at least 26 weeks in the year before the accident. Part 7 benefits are available if you were self-employed or work part-time. If you are self-employed, it is extremely important you maintain records to measure losses as soon as you are unable to work. Your motorcycle accident lawyer can help with your Part 7 disability claim, as well as past wage loss and future wage loss to be covered under third-party liability.

Motorcycle accidents often happen because a negligent motorist moved into your lane and sideswiped the motorcycle. As your motorcycle accident lawyer, we can obtain witness information for these types of collisions as the rider is often too injured to get the names of witnesses. Through the Courts, we can get the police and ICBC to disclose the names and contact information for the witnesses to this type of accident. Getting the facts as early as possible helps us to get you a better settlement for your motorcycle accident claim.

Liability for causing an accident is determined primarily under statute law in British Columbia; the Motor Vehicle Act in BC is referenced to determine liability apportioned for all parties involved, as it governs the Rules of the Road. Fault for an accident depends on a number of facts, including the actions of all of the drivers involved, not just the motorcycle driver. As your motorcycle accident lawyer, we will investigate the accident by getting reports from the police, witnesses and accident reconstruction specialists. We can also use the legal process to ensure the other driver answers questions about their driving.

Our motorcycle accident lawyer will help you dispute an unfair blame for the collision that causes you to be denied of a compensation. Even if you are partially blamed, it is important to get legal advice early to make sure liability is fair as you are still entitled to some compensation for your injuries. These include general damages for pain and suffering and other claimable expenses called special damages from the other partially at fault driver policy.