Brooklyn Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

The financial and emotional strain that follows a motorcycle accident can make it feel like your life will never go back to the way it used to be. Factor in the physical injuries that can stem from these accidents, and it makes sense that you may feel hopeless. You don’t have to fight to get your life back on your own, though.

Brooklyn motorcycle accident attorneys stand ready to help you demand loss-based support from the party responsible for your recent crash. You can connect with a Brooklyn personal injury lawyer through Morelli Law Firm to outline the personal injury claim you want to file with New York’s civil courts.

You can get in touch with our team today to learn more about your right to post-accident legal action.

Who to Hold Liable for a Motorcycle Accident

Your right to hold certain parties liable for motorcycle accident losses depends on what evidence of negligence you can integrate into your personal injury claim. You need to collect enough evidence to meet, if not exceed, New York’s burden of proof. The evidence that proves most relevant to your case may include some combination of the following:

• Statements from witnesses
• Video footage of the accident
• Electronic evidence
• Cell phone data
• Photos from before and after the accident
• Statements from emergency responders

You’re under no obligation to gather this evidence on your own. You can work with Brooklyn’s motorcycle accident lawyers to balance an investigation into your losses as well as your recovery. Our team can help you determine the value of different kinds of data, whether you want to pursue an insurance claim or a personal injury lawsuit.

Working with Morelli Law Firm’s personal injury lawyers also allows you access to our professional network. We can call on expert witnesses, including accident recreationists, and ask them to contribute their expertise to an analysis of your accident.

How to Request Support After a Motorcycle Accident

If you can prove that your motorcycle accident stemmed from someone else’s negligence, you can file a personal injury lawsuit against them. A civil lawsuit allows you to require a liable party to financially support your recovery.

You may also have the opportunity to file a claim with a negligent party’s insurance provider so long as your liable party has enough insurance to cover your losses. You can discuss this option with a motorcycle accident attorney in Brooklyn to determine what impact an insurance claim may have on your right to receive compensation from a personal injury lawsuit.

The Pros and Cons of Filing an Insurance Claim

Filing an insurance claim after a motorcycle accident can make it easier for you to deal with your most pressing expenses. That doesn’t mean that insurance providers want to financially support you, though. Most providers will take steps to try and deny your motorcycle accident claim, oftentimes by placing the blame for the accident on you.

Our personal injury attorneys can help you fight back against an insurance provider’s bad faith behavior in or out of court, depending on your circumstances. If you find yourself struggling to make an insurance company understand the breadth of your losses, consider looping our team into your fight. We’re ready to represent your best interests.

What Damages to Request After a Motorcycle Accident

The losses you sustain in a motorcycle accident can impact your financial, physical, and emotional health. The silver lining here is that you subsequently have the right to request financial support based on your economic and non-economic losses following a motorcycle crash. The losses we consider when calculating the value of your claim can include:

• Emotional distress
• Lost wages
• Emergency medical care
• Long-term medical care
• Mental anguish
• Stress
• Property damage and restoration

A civil judge may even allow you to recover punitive damages. You cannot request punitive damages in a motorcycle accident claim, though, nor should you pre-emptively integrate them into your total estimated compensation.

How to Fight for Motorcycle Accident Damages

Filing a personal injury claim doesn’t commit you to a full-blown jury trial. While you have the option to request a jury trial as your preferred medium for resolving your case, you can alternatively schedule out-of-court settlement negotiations with a liable party. You may even have the right to request a bench trial or arbitration. 

None of these processes are better than the rest. They all have their pros and cons. For example, negotiating for a motorcycle settlement can put money in your hands faster than average, but it also requires you to meet face-to-face with the party responsible for your accident. Trials allow you some distance but at the cost of time.

Our motorcycle accident attorneys in Brooklyn can break each of these approaches down and work with you to determine which can help you overcome your losses the best.

When to File Your Motorcycle Accident Claim

You have an obligation to bring a motorcycle accident claim forward before your statute of limitations, New York Civil Practice Law & Rules section 214, expires. This statute of limitations allows judges to dismiss cases submitted more than three years after an initial accident. 

We recommend that you connect with an attorney as soon as you can after your crash to make the most out of that three-year investigative period.

Our Motorcycle Accident Lawyers in Brooklyn Want to Work for You

Motorcyclists deserve an extra degree of care on today’s dangerous roads. Should you walk away from a dangerous accident knowing that someone else’s negligence caused your crash, you can fight for justice. The motorcycle accident attorneys in Brooklyn working with Morelli Law Firm can walk you through the process of filing a personal injury claim today.

Our firm has helped thousands of survivors like you win millions to recover. You can contact us today to book a FREE case assessment.