Who's Responsible For Your Motorcycle Accident?

An accident causing you to take a spill on your treasured motorcycle can be painful. It can be even more uncomfortable for you when you see the damage the encounter has caused to your bike. As repair estimates come in and doctor bills rise, you may become convinced that the person responsible for this accident has to be held accountable. If you're sure that the accident wasn't caused by wrongdoing on your part, you'll have to figure out whose bad actions were to blame. Besides yourself, the following entities could have caused the event.

Car Driver

Many motorcycle accidents happen because of an error by a car driver. Whether they swerved without notice or did not see you, the collision could be their doing. You might not know their name now, but the police report is likely to contain that information, as well as an officer's opinion about what took place.

Truck Operator or Company

Driving for one's livelihood can mean long hours, and truck operators are used to driving on highways, city streets and country roads for hours at a time. However, they can still make mistakes, particularly when motorcycles are concerned. They might have veered into your lane on the road; perhaps they turned illegally or fell asleep after a long journey.

A truck operator is easy to blame for any accident; they were present and they were driving. However, some blame can belong to their employer. Their company could have allowed the operator to haul a load without checking logs that showed they shouldn't be driving anymore hours that week. The driver's employer could have failed to verify their CDL license credentials. The company may not have taken time to administer appropriate background or drug checks. There are many people in a trucking company that could bear some responsibility for allowing the operator to be on the road at the specific time of the accident, and your motorcycle attorney will investigate who those persons could be.

Load Owner

If your bike was struck by a retail store's delivery truck, the operator and their employer may have absolutely nothing to do with the events that led up to the accident. It's possible that whoever was responsible for securing the truck's load, typically the owner of any items loaded onto the truck, made some errors. If containers or boxes were not closed adequately and products spilled out, causing you to slip on your motorcycle, they're possibly to blame.

One or all of these parties could be a defendant in your situation; it's up to your accident lawyer to determine where the best case lies. With their help, the case could be decided in a favorable way for you. For more information, contact companies like Law Office of Daniel E Goodman, LLC.