In beautiful Santa Rosa, bicycling is pretty common most of the year. Unfortunately, bicycle accidents are also pretty common much of the year. These accidents can be very severe, leaving a victim with lasting injuries and piling debt, but bike accident victims can legally claim such damages and recover compensation for them. As a bicycle accident victim, you or your loved one can recover compensation in a personal injury claim. A lawyer can file your claim for you and fight on your behalf for your due compensation.
Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers has been representing bicycle accident victims for over 30 years, having recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for injury victims. We are experts at proving that our clients’ bicycle accidents were caused by someone or something else, from an at fault driver to a defective bicycle to dangerous roadway conditions like badly designed bike lanes. We have been spending decades helping victims of bike accidents recover compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain, suffering and more.
We represent bicycle accident victims on a contingency fee basis, which means that bicycle accident victims won’t owe us any fee until and unless we recover compensation for them. This means no upfront fees and no out of pocket fees. The only fee we charge bicycle accident victims is a percentage of any money we recover for them.
If you can’t afford to have your bicycle accident injuries treated, even your severe injuries, we can get you to doctors who won’t charge you until your case is over. Doctors do this for us because they know that when bicycle accidents occur, we get their victims great results.
Call a Santa Rosa bicycle accident attorney at Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers today for a free consultation, text us from this page or fill out the free case evaluation form on this page if you or a loved one was injured or killed in a bicycle accident in Santa Rosa or Sonoma County. You may qualify for financial compensation.
Common Damages In Bicycle Accident Cases
After suffering a bicycle accident, a victim may have severe physical, mental and emotional damage. On top of that, the victim may incur significant financial damages, such as medical bills. You may have some of those damages or similar ones, like physical pain, lost wages, and mental anguish. If so, and if you believe your bicycle accident was someone else’s fault, you may have a personal injury case.
After a bicycle accident involving loss of life, the victim may have unresolved damages, like outstanding medical bills. In addition, a victim’s family might have damages of their own, like their own mental and emotional damages. If you lost a family member in a bicycle accident, we are very sorry for your loss and what you and your family must be going through. Your family may have some of the damages we have mentioned and others, such as loss of companionship and loss of family support. You can claim such damages in a wrongful death claim or lawsuit.
If you or a loved one was injured or killed in a bicycle accident in Santa Rosa, you may qualify for compensation for:
Medical Bills
If you’re already facing medical bills because of your bicycle accident injuries, we can help you recover compensation for that. If you will need future treatment for your injuries, we can help you recover compensation for future treatments as well.
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Lost Wages
If you’ve had to miss time from work because your bicycle accident left you hurt too badly to work, we can help you recover financial compensation for the wages you weren’t able to earn. If you’ve had to miss time from work to have your bicycle accident injuries treated, we can help you recover compensation for that as well.
Loss Of Earning Capacity
Bicycle accidents often leave their victims disabled and unable to ever work again or unable to ever work again in the same job. We can help you recover compensation for any loss or reduction of earning capacity caused by your bicycle accident.
Property Damage
We can help you recover compensation for the cost to repair or replace your bicycle as well as any other bicycling gear you may have been wearing at the time of the accident.
Pain And Suffering
You have probably endured physical pain and mental suffering as a result of your bicycle accident. We are experts at putting an accurate value on the pain and suffering that bicycle crash victims endure as well as helping them recover fair compensation for it.
Wrongful Death
If you lost a loved one to a bicycle accident, we can help you recover compensation for:
- Your grieving
- Your suffering
- The loss of your loved one’s income
- Your loved one’s funeral and burial bills
- The loss of your loved one’s love and companionship
- Your loved one’s pain and suffering
- The loss of your loved one’s household services
- Your loved one’s medical bills
- The loss of your loved one’s consortium
Pursuing Damages In Bicycle Accidents
Filing, managing, and settling or litigating a bicycle accident claim or suit may be complicated on your own. There are many steps involved, and some are especially complicated, requiring knowledge of the law and, sometimes, legal experience. One of our firm’s bicycle accident attorneys can help you in your pursuit of damages by taking on each of the following tasks for you:
- The investigation of your incident: Your lawyer will have to determine what happened and who was involved. Multiple parties may have been involved in your accident.
- The establishment of liability in your case: This involves showing how the other party was negligent, which can be a complex process. Also, your lawyer will have to protect you against any claims that you were negligent and that you share in the liability.
- The collection of evidence: Your attorney will seek out sources of evidence for your case, such as the police report, medical documents, and traffic camera footage. Additionally, your lawyer may have to seek corroborating statements from a medical expert and an accident reconstructionist.
- The valuation of your damages: To help ensure you receive your due compensation, your attorney will valuate your damages, including your non-financial damages, which can be challenging to assign monetary values to.
- Negotiating your settlement: This will involve back-and-forth discussions with the other party’s insurance company, who may be unwilling to settle your case fairly. If the insurer does not make a fair settlement offer, your lawyer will take your case before a judge and a jury.
Common Bicycle Accident Injuries
Injuries are common in bicycle accidents, even serious injuries like traumatic brain injuries. This is because injured bicyclists don’t have the frame of an automobile to protect them in an accident.
Common injuries seen in a bicycle accident case include:
Broken Or Crushed Bones
Bicyclists often break bones in their legs, hands, fingers, feet, collar or wrists – areas which are often unprotected. Broken bones take a while to heal, and fractures can be simple or they can be complex. The kind of treatment that fracture victims will receive will depend upon what kind of break occurred and where the break occurred.
Organ Damage Or Internal Bleeding
Broken bones, falls, blunt force trauma or other things can cause internal bleeding inside the body. Imaging tests can confirm organ damage like punctured lungs, or internal bleeding. Physicians may order more tests to prescribe the most effective treatments for these conditions.
Dental And Facial Injuries
Many bicycle accident claims involve dental and facial injuries such as broken teeth, broken cheekbones, broken noses or broken jawbones. Patients can end up owing thousands of dollars after facial reconstructive surgery depending on the procedure and how bad the damage was.
Chest Injuries
Bicyclists can suffer chest damage when they’re forced into their handlebars after being struck from behind, or if their chest strikes another bike part, the ground or a nearby object. This can lead to lung injuries, broken ribs and more.
Spinal Cord And Back Injuries
Damage to the spinal cord or back can lead to severe pain caused by fractured or dislocated vertebrae. Bicycle accident victims can be permanently paralyzed by these types of injuries, necessitating extensive care over the course of the remainder of their lives.
Head Injuries
Traumatic brain injuries such as concussions are common in bicycle accidents, especially when victims aren’t wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
Road Rash
Road rash is when skin abrasion occurs from skin being scraped off by gravel or another hard surface on the road. While this can be a minor injury, it can cause great pain.
Meeting The Deadline For Filing A Bicycle Accident Claim In California
Another benefit of hiring a lawyer from our firm is that your lawyer can help you meet the filing deadline for a personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit. So even if you are unsure about a lawsuit, you may want to consider one since it may become your best option in the future. Per CA Civ Pro Code § 335.1, the filing deadline for a personal injury lawsuit is two years from the date of an accident, and the filing deadline for a wrongful death suit is two years from the date of a loss of life.
However, some circumstances can change this time limit. One particularly important circumstance to keep in mind is if a government agency is partially or fully responsible for an accident.
For example, you may have been injured in a bicycle accident caused by a pothole. In this case, a dangerous roadway condition was the cause of your bicycle accident, and the government agency which should have but failed to correct that dangerous roadway condition would thus be liable for your damages.
In this circumstance, you would actually only have six months to file a claim.
Failing to file a claim before the statute of limitations expires can forever bar you from recovering compensation for your injuries. However, you shouldn’t wait until just before a statute expires to file a claim, either.
It’s important that you call us today for a free consultation if you’ve been injured in a bicycle accident so we can have as much time as possible to put together a convincing case on your behalf and make sure all paperwork is filed in time. Bicycle accident cases can be complex and it can take many months to put together a solid case. Calling us today gives us the best chance of recovering the most money possible for you.
Our Attorneys Work On A Contingency Fee Basis
Law firms like ours make hiring an attorney very easy and affordable. These firms offer their legal services on a contingency basis, so clients will not pay for their lawyer’s services unless their lawyer has a successful outcome in their case. The clients pay their lawyer out of the award they recover. On top of that, firms like ours offer free consultations, making an attorney even more affordable.
About Our Personal Injury Law Firm
Our legal team consists of bicycle accident lawyers, car accident lawyers and other personal injury lawyers. Since they have backgrounds in personal injury law and work on personal injury cases almost exclusively, our lawyers understand this field of law incredibly well and know precisely how to handle your case. As a result, they have obtained over 0,000,000 in settlements and verdicts for their clients, and you can be sure your lawyer will fight hard for the best outcome in your case. Our legal team works alongside many medical professionals throughout Santa Rosa who provide their services on a lien. We can refer you to one of these professionals if you need quality care after your accident. You will not have to pay the professional anything to have your bicycle accident injuries treated until your case is closed. Also, the professional may be able to provide invaluable testimony for your case.
Discuss Your Claim With A Santa Rosa Bicycle Accident Lawyer Today
If you or a loved one suffered injuries in a bicycle accident, we want to help. Our legal team has assisted many people like you with their personal injury actions, so we are very confident we can assist you with yours. Even if your case is especially serious, like a wrongful death case, we can help. Since a consultation with a bicycle accident lawyer will be free with no obligation, you have nothing to lose by contacting our law firm. During your consultation, we will provide a case review and offer advice about how to proceed with your case. Contact Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers today for your free consultation and case review.
