Motorcycle Accident Injury Blog

  A Los Angeles jury recently ordered an Irvine auto firm and one of its mechanics to pay $21 million to a Culver City man who was seriously injured after the mechanic veered out of a carpool lane on the 405 Freeway while test-driving a car and struck the plaintiff's motorcycle. According to a C...

  An Orange County jury recently awarded $21.5 million to a motorcyclist who was struck by a vehicle and hurled on to the 405 Freeway in Westminster. According to a news report in the Los Angeles Times, the lawsuit was filed in March 2018 against the driver of a Kia Optima and his employer, an I...

Progressive Insurance, a company that is notorious for provoking consumer complaints that result from its failure to pay claims, recently released data in the form of an “ infographic” regarding motorcycle claims in 2014. Much of the data reports the obvious. The weather is more conducive to m...

Traffic enforcement officers in Los Angeles County, including the California Highway Patrol and local police departments, announced a “crackdown” on motorcycle safety during the month of May. The State of California has designated May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. It is a month in which...

An officer with the Pomona police department was injured in a motorcycle accident after a left-turning vehicle struck him at a street intersection. An article in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin states that the incident occurred at the intersection of North Garey and Garfield avenues in Pomona,...

Die-hard motorcyclists are always looking for great jobs where they can ride their hog, but for one biker working as part of Obama's motorcade, a prestigious moment turned into an embarrassing spectacle. Specifics were difficult to obtain, but it has been confirmed that there was an accident invo...

As part of their grant-funded STEP (special traffic enforcement & crash prevention) activities, Newport Beach Police are going to conduct special operations on Motorcycle Safety Enforcement taking place Friday Jan. 16th and Friday Jan. 23rd. There will be extra officers put on duty to patrol the...

A 34-year-old Fountain Valley man was killed in a Santa Ana motorcycle accident after he collided with an SUV as it was pulling out of a driveway. According to a report in The Orange County Register, fire officials arrived at the scene the morning of Aug. 18 and pronounced the motorcyclist dead a...

California law requires motorcycle operators and their passengers to wear a safety helmet when the motorcycle is operated on a public road. Helmets save lives. Personal injury lawyers encourage motorcyclists to wear helmets because we see the tragic head injuries that helmetless riders and passe...

There's something special about the Los Angeles motorcycle community. While LA motorcycle riders celebrate life whenever they take to the road, they never stop caring about others who might be less fortunate. Here are some reasons we are proud to represent Los Angeles motorcyclists. The Los Ange...

Nothing quite matches the excitement of riding a motorcycle. Passenger vehicles don't provide the same feeling of freedom that you get when you ride a two-wheeled masterpiece. Unfortunately, riding a motorcycle also leaves you vulnerable, and it only takes a single accident to forever change you...

Too often, drivers of cars and trucks fail to notice motorcycles. A Florida study, based on ten years of data, concluded that most car versus motorcycle collisions are caused by the driver of the car. The study also found that drivers who do not have a motorcycle endorsement on their licenses are...

Experienced motorcyclists know that riding the streets in Huntington Beach can be a very dangerous affair; drivers often do not notice the presence of motorcyclists around them, and the consequences are often devastating. Last Tuesday, a motorcyclist suffered life-threatening injuries in a colli...

Motorcycle accident attorneys are some of the most sought after personal injury attorneys for the simple fact that when a motorcycle is in an accident there are almost always severe injuries or death associated with it. The statistics on motorcycle accidents are surprising to the majority of driv...

Learning how to avoid suffering serious injuries while riding a motorcycle is no easy task; even if you are extremely safe, you can't count on others to do the same. California has the largest number of motorcyclists in the nation: according to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, over 80...

There are two things that are required to be considered in order to value a motorcycle accident case: Liability Damages Liability refers to the act of holding someone responsible for causing the accident. In cases with no liability, the person who hit the injured was not negligent or the pl...

Riding motorcycles is a popular pastime in California. According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, there are over 800,000 registered motorcycles in the state, the majority of which are in southern California. Despite their popularity, motorcycles can be dangerous and result in seri...

If you were injured in a San Diego motorcycle accident that was caused by another person's negligence, you are probably entitled to compensation. The amount of compensation you should receive depends upon the facts of your case. A motorcycle accident personal injury lawyer can help you make tha...

Motorcycle helmet use tends to be higher in states where mandatory universal helmet laws are in effect, as it is in California. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), in 2015, 92 percent of fatally injured motorcyclists were helmeted in states with helmet laws that cover ...

In what appears to be a negligence-related accident, a man in his 40s has been reported to have suffered minor injuries after crashing his motorcycle in Fullerton, California. The accident occurred around 7:10 pm on August the 25th when the victim was reportedly cut off by a speeding car and fel...

Our prayers are with the family of Robert Lavender III (29 years old) who was killed in a motorcycle accident on June 21 in Orange County. Mr. Lavender was riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle when a 39-year old woman Deanna Marie Soto, driving a Nissan Sentra, turned left in front of Mr. Lavend...

Last week a male motorcyclist was killed after striking a compact car while driving on McFadden Avenue in Westminster. Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of the gentleman, who received this tragic news on the eve of a holiday celebrating gratitude. Preliminary investigations...

Motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson has confirmed that it is getting ready to put its first electric motorcycle in the market. According to a report on Electrek, Harley-Davison introduced its all-electric motorcycle prototype in the Avengers series. That was four years ago. Announcing its fou...

Motorcycles are fun to ride, particularly in Southern California where we have bright, sunny, warm weather year round. However, riding a motorcycle comes with certain risks and dangers. According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motorcycle deaths occurred 27 times more ...

Riding defensively and exercising caution is the key to preventing motorcycle accidents. Unfortunately, motorcyclists can only control their own actions. Many crashes are caused by the carelessness of drivers, a factor that motorcyclists cannot control. Protection against injuries caused by an un...