Motorcycle Accident Lawyers in Marietta
In almost every motorcycle case we handle, the insurer's first theory is that the rider was speeding, lane-splitting or riding recklessly — often before anyone has looked at the scene. That assumption follows the file into the adjuster's evaluation and, if it gets that far, into the jury box. We reconstruct these cases properly, we get the gear and the bike inspected before anything is released, and we plan for the bias rather than acting surprised by it.
What we do on these cases
- We get the motorcycle and the protective gear inspected and photographed before either is released, scrapped or repaired. Damage patterns on a helmet and on a fairing answer speed and angle questions that are otherwise a swearing contest.
- We reconstruct rather than argue. Scene measurements, sight lines, and where the other vehicle actually was when it began its turn are answerable questions, and answering them is what displaces the assumption the file arrived with.
- We deal with the rider's own record and equipment head-on rather than hoping nobody raises them, because the version that surfaces first is the version that sticks.
- We look at the rider's own coverage early. Motorcycle policies are structured differently from car policies and the uninsured-motorist position is frequently the part that decides what a case is actually worth.
What the insurer is doing while you wait
The recorded statement in a motorcycle case is usually aimed at one thing: getting the rider to estimate a speed. It will be an estimate, made under stress, about a moment lasting under two seconds, and it will be treated for the rest of the case as though it were a measurement. The same interview will often work its way around to what the rider was wearing.
Behind that is a comparative-fault calculation. Georgia reduces a recovery by the claimant's share of fault, and bars it entirely past a threshold — so every percentage point the defense can attach to the rider is worth money to the carrier, and the assumptions people already hold about motorcyclists make those points cheap to argue for. That is a fight to plan for from the first week, not a surprise to react to at mediation.
What it costs
There is no fee to talk to us and no fee unless we win. If we think the comparative-fault exposure makes a case not worth bringing, we will tell you that in the first conversation rather than after a year.
“No fee unless we win” refers only to the attorney's fee — court costs and other expenses of legal action usually must be paid by the client, and contingent fees are not permitted in all types of cases.
Results in this area
- $2.45MLeft-turn collision, rider seriously injuredVerdict · 2022
- $780,000Rider struck by a vehicle changing lanesSettlement · 2024
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case is different, and the value of any case depends on facts that are specific to it.
Questions we get about these cases
Does not wearing a helmet hurt my claim?
Georgia requires helmet use, and a violation is something the defense will raise. Whether it actually reduces a recovery depends on the injuries: it is a much stronger argument against a head injury claim than against a fractured leg, because the defense has to connect the choice to the specific harm. We would rather deal with this openly from the first week than have it arrive as a surprise at mediation.
The report says I was speeding. Is the case over?
No. A crash report is an officer's opinion formed quickly, frequently from the account of whichever party was able to speak at the scene — which is rarely the rider on their way to hospital. Reports are also generally not admissible as evidence of fault at trial in Georgia. It matters because adjusters read it, so it has to be answered with reconstruction rather than argued about.
What happens to my bike and gear?
Tell us before anything is released, repaired or scrapped, including by your own insurer as part of a property-damage settlement. The bike and the helmet are evidence, and once they are gone the questions they would have answered become opinion. If storage is costing money we can usually deal with that; what cannot be dealt with is a machine that has already been crushed.
Tell us what happened.
Three steps, about two minutes. A lawyer reads every one of these.