Posts tagged Motorcycle Accidents

• Crossing the Double Yellow Line-Mistake or Bad Choice?

  Claude Wyle | August 17, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  For outraged commentary by friends and foes of bad biker Joe Silver who caused Harley rider Sam terrible fractures and other personal injuries, and caused the wrongful death of Ronda Anaya, check the link above. Our motorcycle accident attorneys represent the injured Harley rider Sam, and I can tell you that Sam is in agony both physically and emotionally every day. Whether he ever recovers...

• Trucker Chases Hat: Struck by SUV.

  Claude Wyle | August 17, 2007 5:54 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Rick Uvaney, a trucker, survived being struck by a SUV in Canton, Ohio with relatively few injuries earlier this week. Uvaney pulled off the freeway to secure his load, when a sudden gust of wind blew his baseball cap he had worn for years into the median. Uvaney walked over to retrieve his hat, and was struck by an SUV. Uvaney's injuries, a broken wrist and dislocated shoulder, could have...

• Motorcyclist Collides With Car, Suffers Fatal Injuries

  Claude Wyle | October 11, 2007 7:37 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Thursday, 37-year-old Teterio Carpenter suffered fatal injuries after colliding into the side of a vehicle that was making a left-turn. The accident occurred at approximately 8:30 p.m., at 1100 block of Gilman Avenue, in San Francisco, California. For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Car and Motorcycle Accidents.

• What NOT To Do Right After a Crash

  Claude Wyle | March 14, 2007 2:07 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  You've been in a motorcycle or automobile or bicycle accident and you were injured. Now what do you do to protect your claim for personal injuries? Call an attorney right away? If you delay, you may make mistakes that will permanently prejudice your claim and prevent you from getting a fair settlement with the insurance company. Obviously, you will have your hands full, or will not be well...

• $400,000 for Oakland Motorcycle Accident Survivor

  Claude Wyle | December 07, 2006 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Our motorcycle accident attorneys fought for, and won a $400,000 settlement, for an Alameda man who suffered serious personal injuries, including multiple fractures and the crushing and eventual amputation of his left foot, in a motorcycle accident in Oakland, California. The offending driver, an Oakland woman, turned left directly into our client and struck the motorcyclist, as he was...

• Truck v Motorcycle Crash With Serious Injuries on I-680

  Claude Wyle | November 20, 2006 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Last Tuesday night a motorcyclist suffered serious personal injuries in a motorcycle accident with a truck on northbound Interstate 680 near Pacheco, just south of Highway 4. According to the Contra Costa Fire District, the motorcycle accident delayed traffic while firefighters treated the motorcyclist. The injured biker was taken to John Muir Medical Center.

• Does Lane Sharing Increase Motorcycle Accidents?

  Claude Wyle | October 31, 2006 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  California is one of two states that actually allows lane sharing for motorcyclists. Called filtering or lane splitting, essentially lane sharing enables motorcyclists to pass between cars on multi-lane roads. While most auto drivers believe that motorcyclists are crazy and that this practice leads to increased motorcycle crashes, actual government sponsored studies have shown that lane sharing...

• Is Criminal Prosecution Enough Accountability for Killing a Motorcyclist?

  Claude Wyle | August 30, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A reckless driver involved in a fatal motorcycle-car crash earlier this week, in which an off-duty Flint police officer was killed, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, DUI, leaving the scene of an accident, and driving on a suspended license. According to witnesses, 25 year old Ramon Pineda was driving a Camaro about 8 p.m. Sunday on Sashabaw when he rear-ended a motorcycle driven...

• Deadly Oakland SUV v. Motorcycle Accident

  Claude Wyle | August 15, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  On Tuesday morning in downtown Oakland near Chinatown, a motorcyclist was killed when an SUV while making a lane change, brushed the motorcycle he was riding, knocking him into a parked car, and then into a retaining wall.The motorcycle accident happened about 6 a.m. in the 100 block of Seventh Street, between Jackson and Madison streets. This apparently is another case of "I just didn't see...

• Recent Motorcycle Accident Settlement for $280,000

  Claude Wyle | November 28, 2006 12:23 PM | 0 CommentsOakland, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  Our motorcycle accident lawyers won another great settlement in a motorcycle accident case. Our team of motorcycle accident attorneys settled this personal injury case, before litigation, for $280,000. This dangerous product case is all the more interesting, since our client, an El Sobrante motorcyclist, had just recently purchased this high-end motorcycle in San Rafael. As he was riding the...