In this post: Commercial truck crash investigations move faster, dig deeper, and involve far more players than regular car crashes. Evidence disappears quickly, liability spreads across companies, and catastrophic injuries change the stakes. Treating a truck case like a fender-bender costs injured people leverage and compensation. A fully loaded tractor-trailer can weigh 80,000 pounds. Physics does not negotiate Read More
Carrying While Riding
I tell people all of the time that they should get their CCW if they otherwise qualify. It’s especially important if you are an MC rider for two reasons: 1. The only way you can really carry a firearm on a bike will be in a concealed fashion. Even if you have it on your hip in an open carry holster, chances are your shirt/vest/jacket will be covering it enough to say it’s not readily observable to the naked eye, Read More
Motorcycle Pelvic Injuries
Another injury topic very pertinent to motorcycle riders is pelvic injuries. The pelvis is the strongest and most protected structure in the body. It takes a lot of energy to damage the pelvis, and many times, pelvic injury is accompanied by a lot of other injuries. There is one doctor in town that testifies that a pelvic injury is, by definition, also a spine injury. I don’t fully agree, but appreciate the Read More
Speed and Motorcycles
May not be popular to say, but speed is a factor in a lot of motorcycle-related accidents. Fortunately, Nevada is a “comparative negligence” State, our version of that law says you can still recover for your injuries so long as your fault is “not greater than” the fault of the other party. So you can recover so long as you are not more than 50% at fault for an accident. The degree of your fault is for a jury to Read More
Female Specific Motorcycle Injuries
As a follow-up to the boy’s injury post, I wanted to do one for the girls. In thinking back through the thousands of cases we have handled, I could only think of a maybe one where a female was injured in her groin, a tear as I recall. Obviously, I am not posting pictures of that. But I started thinking, as far as accidents, why we see far fewer women injured than men, not just the fact that there are more male Read More
Male Specific Motorcycle Injuries
In the injury information post from yesterday, I promised today would be one for the boys. Motorcycle accidents are one of the leading causes of blunt scrotal injuries. “Testicular dislocation is an uncommon complication, often due to a direct trauma to the fuel tank in motorcycle accident”. Basically, when a motorcycle runs into something, the body keeps traveling when the bike stops. Our balls have almost no Read More
ATGATT! For your skin!
All the gear all the time! Another reason to wear gear. We have all heard of road rash, most of us have had it. But not everyone has heard of “degloving injuries”. I mentioned this briefly in the post yesterday about lower extremity injuries. As a result of sliding on the ground, or getting some part of your body stuck in or under something during a crash, a portion of the skin and subcutaneous tissue can be torn or Read More
Riding in the heat
Asphalt temps can reach 180 degrees in the summer here. That’s slightly less hot than a frying pan on a low setting on a gas stove top. If u crash without gear and lay on the ground for any more than a few seconds, you will get burned. 2nd-degree burns can occur in as little as 30 seconds. You can sustain 3rd-degree burns, or full thickness burns, in less than a minute on a hot asphalt surface at 180 degrees. Imagine Read More
Motorcycle Accident Injuries
As riders, we are uniquely susceptible to certain injuries in accidents that people in cars are not. Lower extremity (thigh, knee, calf, ankle and foot) are some of the most common injuries riders suffer. In America, we receive more injuries on our left lower limbs, because we drive on the right hand side of the road and therefore, cars are more likely to hit us on our left side. In countries that drive on the left Read More
M Endorsement
We typically handle approximately 300 motorcycle accident cases a year, more than any other local firm. We also consult with both local and out-of-state firms on their cases as well, as we have developed the reputation among other lawyers as the go-to firm for motorcycle accident cases. Many riders do not have an “M” endorsement on their license and are concerned about the effect that will have on their case. It’s Read More
