How do you recover from the physical and financial losses that stem from a bicycle accident? Fort Wayne lawyers can help you file an insurance claim, communicate with insurance claims adjusters, and explore your right to reactive legal action. Our efforts can protect you from financial pitfalls that might further delay your recovery.
The team with Vaughan & Vaughan brings decades of combined legal experience to Hoosiers’ pursuit of post-accident support. Our personal injury lawyers in Fort Wayne make it easy for you to outline your right to loss-based compensation while protecting your right to rest and recuperate. You can book a free case evaluation with our team today.
What to Do After a Bicycle Accident
Your means of recovering after a bicycle accident will depend on the injuries you sustained due to someone else’s negligence. Our attorneys encourage you to take an individualized approach to your post-accident care.
We recommend that you:
Take Care of Your Injuries
Nothing is more important than your health, especially not after a bicycle accident. You deserve as much time as you need to address your physical losses. Medical professionals can help you make a plan that restores as much of your lost sense of physical wellness as possible.
You should never try to remain at the scene of a bicycle accident if you’re seriously injured. The sooner you can have a professional treat your injuries, the faster you’re likely to be back on your feet.
Medical professionals can simultaneously protect your physical wellness and lay the foundation for a personal injury case. You can use the records medical professionals make addressing your post-accident health to argue for compensation in conversations with an insurance claims adjuster or the party liable for your losses.
Contact an Attorney
It’s not a good idea to try to recover from a bicycle accident alone. You need time and professional medical attention to overcome your physical losses. Let a legal professional help you overcome your financial losses.
Our Fort Wayne bicycle accident attorneys work on contingency to hold a negligent party financially accountable for the losses you sustained in a bicycle crash. That effort allows you to sue a negligent party for the damages you need to pay your bills.
However, you have a limited amount of time to take legal action against a negligent party. You must file a personal injury claim within Indiana’s statute of limitations if you want your case to move forward. The sooner you connect with an attorney, the easier it will be for us to build you a case before your statute of limitations expires.
Discuss a Bicycle Accident Claim
Bicycle accident claims do not lock you into a jury trial. Instead, they allow you to outline the total value of your losses and fight for your right to recovery. You can do so in front of a judge or privately, depending on your preferences.
You can work with an attorney to determine whether you want to negotiate for the support you deserve or initiate trial proceedings. At the same time, you can watch our attorneys use decades of legal experience to maximize the damages you request from the party responsible for your accident.
We make every effort to demystify the legalities behind the civil process. You can bring any questions you have about the tools we use to facilitate your recovery to a free case evaluation.
Discuss Insurance Options
You make it to an accident with someone who has enough insurance coverage to support you after your collision. However, you can’t benefit from that support unless you file an insurance claim.
Filing an insurance claim puts you in direct contact with an insurance claims adjuster. You need to be careful when working with an adjuster. Most wanted to save their corporations money instead of offering you the support you deserve. Some will attempt to hide evidence rather than your case. Others may deny your right to damages for certain losses.
A Fort Wayne bicycle accident lawyer can prevent insurance claims adjusters from using battery tactics to complicate the recovery. We encourage you to include our team members in conversations with an insurance claims adjuster so we can object to their attempts to minimize your right to recover.
Your Case Will Get
The Attention It Deserves
How to Hold Someone Responsible for a Wrongful Bicycle Accident
You can’t name someone responsible for your bicycle accident unless you have evidence that they:
- Owed you a duty of care on the road
- Behaved negligently, violating that duty
- Put you in harm’s way
- Caused you to endure financial losses
You need evidence to support these points. That evidence can come from the scene of your accident, but it may also include electronic evidence, an accident report, video footage from nearby stores, and input from expert witnesses.
Our team can bring this information together on your behalf. While we go to work in the field, you can work with medical professionals, your boss, and other parties to get your life back on track again.
In other words, Vaughan & Vaughan makes it easy for you to preserve your legal rights without compromising your peaceful recovery.
There is no fee
unless you win
Vaughan & Vaughan Fights for Hoosiers in Need
Residents of Fort Wayne should feel safe to take out their bikes and navigate local streets. If you’re struggling to get back on the road after a recent collision, know that there are legal professionals ready to help you recover. You can connect with Vaughan & Vaughan to discuss how to protect your financial future from someone else’s negligence.
Our bicycle accident attorneys in Fort Wayne break down the complexities of the legal process during FREE personal injury case evaluations. You can use these opportunities to get to know our team and learn more about the settlement you can demand from the party liable for your losses. Contact us today to book your first appointment with our team.
