Riverside Bicycle Accident Attorney

Bicycle Accident Attorney in Riverside, CA

Like most places in California, Riverside features pleasant weather year-round and a network of off-street bicycle paths for riders to enjoy, such as The Santa Ana River Trail and Mt. Rubidoux bike routes. Unfortunately, the city also features areas where riders are in proximity to drivers who are often distracted, impaired, or driving too fast for the conditions of the roadway. This leads to accidents in which bicyclists can be seriously injured.

If you’ve been injured in a bicycle accident that was caused by a negligent driver, the personal injury claims process provides you with a way to seek compensation for the financial and emotional harm you experienced. A skilled bike accident lawyer at Setareh Law can help you receive the compensation you deserve if you were injured due to another’s negligence.

How to Seek Compensation For a Riverside Bicycle Accident

When an individual is injured in a cycling accident that was caused by a negligent driver, they have two opportunities to seek compensation for their injuries:

• They can file a third-party claim against the negligent driver’s auto liability insurance policy. The insurer can choose to accept or deny this claim, or they can offer to settle the claim out-of-court for less than its established value.
• If the at-fault driver’s insurance provider does not compensate the claim, the claim can be filed as a personal injury lawsuit and a judge or jury can make relevant decisions about compensation that is owed to the claimant.

It is important to understand that Riverside personal injury claims are inherently complex, even if it seems like the accident that caused your injury is an open-and-shut case. The claim is likely to face opposition from the claims adjuster, who is in place to protect the interests of their employer by keeping payouts as low as possible. The amount of evidence and documentation needed to prove the claim is generally extensive and difficult for a person to obtain alone. A Riverside bike accident lawyer can provide services to help make the process easier for you. 

What Compensation Is Available After a Bike Accident?

Bicycle accident claimants in Riverside can seek to recover economic and non-economic damages through their claims. Economic damages involve compensation for the expenses incurred as a result of the accident, such as:

• All past and estimated future medical expenses associated with injuries sustained in the biking accident.
• Property damage that the claimant incurred in the accident, such as damage to their bicycle or helmet.
• Lost wages for the time in which the claimant’s injuries prevented them from working.
• Lost earning capacity if the claimant’s injuries result in disabilities and impair their future ability to earn an income.

Non-economic damages refer to compensation for the impacts of the accident and the injury on the claimant’s quality of life. Examples of the types of impacts included in non-economic damage claims are physical pain and suffering, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of life.

In some cases, where the at-fault party displayed extremely willful and wanton recklessness leading to the accident, the claimant can also receive punitive damages. These damages are not intended to compensate the claimant for the expenses and impacts of their injury, but as a form of financial punishment to those who exhibit a disregard for human safety and life.

How to Prove Liability In a Bicycle Accident

To show that a negligent driver was responsible for your biking accident, you must be able to prove that they had a duty to take reasonable actions to avoid harming others while using the roadway. You also must show that this duty was breached by the driver’s careless or reckless actions and that these actions were the cause of the accident that resulted in injury. 

Several types of evidence can be used to prove the actions of the other party caused your injuries, such as the police report, photos of the damage to the vehicle or bicycle, photos of visible injuries, eyewitness statements, and even video surveillance.

Documentation will also be needed to prove that you were injured in the accident, the severity of your injury, and the types of treatment you received. You will also need to submit documentation showing the amount of your average weekly wages before the accident, and the number of earnings that were lost as you recovered from your injury.

How Can Our Bicycle Accident Lawyers Help You? 

Bicycle accident lawyers and their legal teams can perform the legal and documentary legwork that is needed to prove your claim. They will start by investigating the claim to determine who was liable for the accident. They can help you determine an appropriate value to your claim and can manage communication with the at-fault party’s insurer to negotiate a settlement on your behalf. 

An attorney with experience with bike injuries can also protect your right to seek compensation by ensuring that your lawsuit is filed within the statute of limitations. Whether your claim is resolved through a settlement or a court verdict, they can help cyclists to receive the compensation owed to them at the resolution of their claim.

Call Setareh Law For a Free Consultation With A Riverside Bicycle Accident Attorney

In an instant, a rider’s life can be changed by serious injuries incurred in a biking accident. The legal team at Setareh Law understands how overwhelming it can be to suddenly experience unexpected expenses and impacts due to an accident caused by someone else’s negligence. We will work hard to help you reach the goals you have for your claim and obtain the compensation you need. Our team also speaks Spanish.

For your free, no-obligation case evaluation, contact us by calling (310) 659-1826 or contact us online.

Daniel Setareh obtained a Bachelor’s degree from UCLA before attending the Southwestern School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate. He was then admitted to practice law before various state and federal courts.

Before starting his law firm, Mr. Setareh worked as an associate at Khorrami, Pollard & Abir, a top consumer law firm in Los Angeles, where he worked on class action, mass torts, and personal injury cases.