Pennsylvania Bike Injury Lawyers
Bicycle accidents often present challenging medical and legal issues, including the following:
- Injuries: an accident involving a bicycle and a motor vehicle often results in serious injuries (head injuries, spinal cord injuries or broken bones) to the bicyclist, who is easily thrown and does not have the protection that car and truck bodies offer drivers and passengers.
- Negligence: when a bicyclist makes an injury claim, opposing counsel (lawyers for whoever is responsible for compensating the bicyclist) often claim that the bicyclist is partially at fault, and that "comparative fault" means less responsibility for the other party.
- Insurance: an injured bicyclist (or the family of a bicyclist who is seriously injured or dies in the accident) is often surprised to learn that the best source of coverage for medical expenses and wage loss. The bicyclist may also recover for pain and suffering from the uninsured motorist and under insured motorist coverage in the same policy.
- Age: in the case of a child who is killed in a bicycle accident, the challenge may be to demonstrate to a claims adjuster, a jury or a judge that the family has suffered a great loss despite the fact that the child was not a wage earner.
Contact a Pennsylvania personal injury lawyer to schedule a free initial consultation to discuss these and other issues in your bicycle accident in Erie or in the vicinity. Attorneys of Quinn, Buseck, Leemhuis, Toohey & Kroto, Inc. continue an 80-year tradition of trust that the law firm has earned in Northwest Pennsylvania.
