California Bike Accident Lawyers
Bicyclists throughout California, especially in San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area, are vulnerable to serious injuries in many of the same types of crashes that occur with motorcycles:
- inattentiveness of car, truck, and bus drivers
- cars speeding, driving recklessly or running red lights
- car drivers failing to yield the right of way
- roadway hazards
- defective products or parts such as bike helmet failures, mechanical failures, rims collapsing and chains breaking and catching
The San Francisco bike accident lawyers of the Dolan Law Firm have the experience and the resources to effectively represent bicyclists and their family members in recovering full and fair damages for catastrophic injuries and wrongful deaths. Throughout our personal injury practice, we represent clients in Oakland, San Jose, Alameda, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and San Francisco.
Tackling Tough Bike Accident Cases
In many of our successful cases, the police report said the bicyclist was 100% at fault but we turned the case around. In bike accident cases in which the bicyclist was partially at fault, he or she may still have the right to recover partial damages.
Attorney Christopher Dolan and his colleagues fully investigate every case. We have a record of achieving substantial jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of the victims of bicycling accidents. In one case, Chris Dolan won a $365,000 verdict for a bicyclist who was injured when a passenger opened a car door in his path. Such door opening accidents (sometimes known as "being doored") are all too common. Our bike accident lawyers have handled dozens of door opening accidents.
Our trial attorneys have also successfully represented bicyclists injured because of dangerous road conditions and defective products in incidents involving:
- construction site gravel
- sand and gravel on roadways
- road resurfacing
- railroad tracks
California Bike Laws
Bicycle riders have the same rights and responsibilities as motorcycle and car drivers. They must stop at traffic signs and signals and observe traffic laws. Bicycles in San Francisco have the right to use the whole lane when there is no bike lane available. Cars should not travel in bike lanes. (For more information, see the Web site for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.)
Bicycle messengers face significant challenges every day while they provide a valuable service to the businesses of San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento. Many bike messengers are hurt and two to three are killed each year, often through no fault of their own. The Dolan Law Firm represents bike messengers injured by negligent car and truck drivers.
Contact Our Lawyers
The attorneys of the Dolan Law Firm regularly help bicycle accident victims in California get the compensation they deserve. Our lawyers do all work on contingency, meaning that you are not charged a dime until you collect damages. Contact our attorneys today for a free evaluation of your case.
