Catastrophic Motorcycle Injuries and Insurance Coverage

We often see wrecks involving motorcyclists that are catastrophic, sometimes even resulting in a loss of life. Obviously, motorcycles leave the rider more exposed to severe injury than collisions involving two cars. For this reason, it is critical that people on motorcycles protect themselves as much as possible using helmets and other devices.

If a car or truck strikes or clips your motorcycle and you take a spill on the pavement, all kinds of bad injuries can occur including road burn, brain injury and paralysis if you have a spinal cord injury.

One major problem that we see as the lawyers for injured motorcyclists is the lack of sufficient insurance when there has been a serious injury. Typically in Virginia (VA), you are limited to the amount of insurance coverage that is available from the at-fault driver who hit you on your bike and any insurance that you may be carrying on your motorcycle or other family auto policy.

Unfortunately, we have seen many people over the years who were hurt and there was not enough insurance coverage to begin to handle all of the medical bills, lost wages, and other economic losses caused to a family after a serious injury. So, if your husband or son likes to ride motorcycles for fun, or to commute to work, please make sure they keep the highest insurance coverage that they can afford, so that there are sufficient financial resources to help them get rehabilitated from, or adjusted to, a devastating injury.

About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a Virginia injury law firm which focuses on personal injury and accident law and our attorneys have experience handling motorcycle accident cases. Check out this case result involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck. Our primary office in based in Virginia Beach but we're ready to come to you anywhere in Virginia, including Hampton, Portsmouth, Newport News, Norfolk, Chesapeake and Suffolk, VA, if you've been seriously hurt by someone else's carelessness.

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been included among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008 and have been named Virginia Super Lawyers for Personal Injury Law since 2010, an honor fewer than 5 percent of attorneys receive. Lawyers with our firm have also been selected by the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009.

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