Posts tagged Motorcycle Accidents

• Arizona Civil Jury Verdicts for 2006

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 27, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The numbers are out for civil jury verdicts and they are not pretty. Indeed, they are generally very low and, since they include commercial cases in the average (which can skew the numbers quite a lot), we pay more attention to the median numbers.2006 Reported Arizona VerdictsAverages vs. Medians {mso-displayed-decimal-separator:"\\."; mso-displayed-thousand-separator:"\\,";}@page {margin:1.0in...

• Statute of Limitations in Uninsured and Underinsured Personal Injury Claims

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 23, 2007 5:57 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently the Arizona Legislature enacted a new and shorter statute of limitations for UM/UIM claims. The applicable section is ARS 12-555.For uninsured motorist (UM) claims such claims, such claims must be made in writing within three years after the earliest of (i) the date you knew that the tortfeasor was uninsured; or (ii) the date you knows or should have known that coverage was denied by...

• State Helmet Laws For Each Jurisdiction

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 20, 2007 12:42 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  While helmet usage should be everyone's priority, not every state requires helmets for every type of rider. In fact, most states still only require helmets for certain age riders and the majority of states still leave helmet usage up to the individual rider.An excellent summary of helmet law requirements can be found at the Law Tigers website, or by clicking here.

• Is a Medical Malpractice Claim "Mature" If There Is No Present Injury?

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 19, 2007 8:57 AM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As a rule, every medical malpractice claim must have four elements -- duty, breach, causation and damages -- and, at least as a general rule, you need all of them to have a cognizable claim. Sometimes, however, there can be an issue as to when a claim is "mature," i.e., complete or ripe.Take, for example, a person who has an increased risk of disease because he has been exposed to a defective...

• So, You Say You Have "Full Coverage" -- Well, You Don't.

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 18, 2007 9:33 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Let me make this clear: there is no such thing as full coverage. It's really that simple.What types of coverage is there? There's first-party coverages, such as comprehensive, collision, medical payments, and underinsured and uninsured motorist. Then there's third-party coverages such as property damage and bodily injury. And then there are other coverages, such as rental and towing.But...

• Settlement Reached Where Improper Road Repair Leads to Motorcycle Mishap

  Geoff Trachtenberg | April 05, 2007 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  This month the City of Phoenix approved a $250,000 settlement in a motorcycle injury case with one of our clients. The incident occurred when the City workers improperly repaired a section of the roadway that, within days after the repair, resulted in a large pothole in a through lane of travel. Unfortunately, this pothole was also all but invisible at night and caused our client's motorcycle...

• Road Debris: Recipe for Motorcycle Accidents

  Geoff Trachtenberg | March 20, 2007 8:37 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Imagine riding your motorcycle down the freeway and having a tire tread or some other debris thrust into your path by an unknown vehicle. It is a prospect, in one form or another, that bikers face all the time. Often the problem for injured bikers in these types of situations is that, even if they have uninsured motorist coverage, carriers attempt to deny these claims since it is impossible to...

• One Dead in Motorcycle vs 2-Car Accident

  Christina Cole | March 05, 2007 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsScottsdale, AZ Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  One person is dead after a traffic accident involving a motorcycle and two vehicles on Monday morning on westbound Interstate 10, approximately 15 miles east of Scottsdale.The Arizona Department of Public safety says the accident involved a motorcycle and at least two other vehicles. One of the vehicles was rear-ended during a lane change. At this time there is no further information regarding...