Draper Motorcycle Accident Lawyer
After a Draper, UT motorcycle accident, you may face significant physical, emotional, and financial damages. If your crash was someone else’s fault, you deserve personalized legal representation to protect your rights and pursue fair compensation.
Focus on yourself and your family, and let us skillfully take care of every stage of the insurance and legal processes. The Draper motorcycle accident lawyers at Feller & Wendt, LLC™ have local knowledge, a significant history of success, and will take your case at no cost unless you win.
Why Choose Feller & Wendt, LLC™ as Your Draper Motorcycle Accident Attorney
Our award-winning attorneys have over 70 years of combined personal injury experience, including handling all types of motorcycle accidents. We know Utah laws and are a respected part of the Draper legal community. We know its attorneys and judges, and have successfully negotiated with local and national insurers.
Our firm has a 99 percent success rate, and we’ve recovered over $85 million for our clients. This includes a $3.85 million recovery in a motorcycle accident case. You don’t have to worry that top-tier legal representation is out of reach. With our no fee unless we win guarantee, you’ll only pay if we recover compensation on your behalf.
We understand why people hesitate to file claims. But in the majority of cases, you are seeking compensation from an insurance company that received premium payments to protect accident victims. We don’t let those insurers take advantage of our clients.
We are energetic and trial-tested lawyers, but we stay a mid-size firm so we can provide every client personalized representation. One of the true measures of our success lies in client testimonials praising our work.
Why You Need a Motorcycle Accident Lawyer in Draper, UT
Motorcycle accidents often involve serious injuries such as TBIs or multiple fractures, and significant short and long-term medical expenses. It takes experience in similar claims, and sometimes the use of trusted experts, to know what types of long-term physical and emotional challenges you may face.
Motorcycle accident claims can also be legally complex and involve bias on the part of insurance adjusters who assume motorcyclists are reckless. The more serious your injuries and damages, the harder insurance adjusters may fight to minimize your claim and protect company profits.
When you are trying to heal, you need aggressive representation to fight claims that you caused the accident or that your injuries aren’t as severe as your damages reflect. You also need an experienced voice to talk to insurers, and a skilled eye to evaluate settlement offers.
Our motorcycle accident lawyers in Draper and Millcreek, UT, do the hard work of collecting evidence, establishing liability, and protecting your rights. We have the experience, resources, and network to take on insurers more worried about the bottom line than your health and financial stability.
Types of Compensation You May Be Entitled To
After a Draper motorcycle accident that was someone else’s fault, you can pursue compensation for your financial and emotional harm. Short and long-term damages include:
- Economic damages
- Medical bills, including hospital stays, doctor bills, surgeries, rehabilitation, and long-term care
- Lost wages and future earnings
- The cost to modify your home or vehicle to accommodate your injuries
- Home nursing or other aide care
- Non-economic damages
- Pain and suffering
- Loss of enjoyment of life
- Loss of consortium
- Scarring and disfigurement
- Scarring and disfigurement
To collect these compensatory damages, you must prove through evidence that the other party caused your injuries. In limited instances, you can also seek punitive damages. You must meet a higher standard of proof that the other party’s extreme negligence or intentional acts caused your accident.
If the other party violated Utah’s driving under the influence law and that caused your crash, you can seek punitive damages and must only meet the lower preponderance of the evidence standard.
Utah Motorcycle Accident Laws Riders Should Know
Only motorcycle drivers and passengers under the age of 21 are required to wear a DOT-compliant helmet under the Utah helmet law. In some states, not wearing a helmet can affect a claim after an accident. However, Utah specifically prohibits introducing the lack of helmet use as evidence on issues of negligence, injuries, or mitigating damages.
Under Utah’s comparative negligence law, you can only collect in a motorcycle accident claim if you are less than 50 percent responsible for the crash. Your percentage of fault reduces your potential damages. For example, if you have $100,000 in damages and are 20 percent at fault, you can recover $80,000.
You cannot split lanes in Utah. However, lane filtering is legal on roads with a speed limit of 45 or lower and at least two lanes in the same direction. You must maintain 15 mph or lower, and can only pass stopped vehicles.
The Utah personal injury statute of limitations gives you four years from the date of your motorcycle crash to file a lawsuit. However, it is best to act quickly before evidence disappears and witnesses forget key details.
Utah Motorcycle Insurance Requirements
Utah is a no-fault accident state, but it specifically exempts motorcycles from mandatory personal injury protection (PIP) coverage. Even if you have PIP on another vehicle, it does not cover you in accidents on your bike.
Motorcyclists must find another way to cover their medical expenses and lost wages in case of an accident. You can seek similar coverage, such as MedPay insurance. You can also increase your uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage to provide more benefits if someone else is at fault.
Other drivers must use their PIP benefits first and meet certain thresholds of harm before filing a lawsuit. Because they don’t have PIP, motorcyclists can often pursue a legal claim against the at-fault driver immediately.
Motorcyclists must have liability coverage. Utah minimum insurance requirements for new or renewed policies after January 1, 2025, include $30,000 for injuries or death to one person in an accident, $65,000 for injuries or death of two or more people, and $25,000 for property damage.
Common Causes of Motorcycle Accidents in Draper, UT
Driver negligence is often the cause of motorcycle accidents, in many cases because others on the road don’t keep a proper lookout. Our attorneys have experience handling several types of motorcycle crashes, including:
- Left-turn collisions
- Distracted or impaired drivers
- Unsafe lane changes or merging
- Poor road conditions
- Improper U-turns
If road conditions, such as potholes or poorly marked lanes, caused or contributed to your crash, you may have a claim against the government agency responsible for maintenance. You may also have a claim against an employer if its negligent driver caused the collision. Our knowledgeable attorneys identify all potentially liable parties so our clients don’t miss a chance at compensation.
Our Utah Office Locations
169 W 2710 S Cir. #202-A
St. George, UT 84790
(By Appointment Only)
Speak With a Draper Motorcycle Accident Lawyer Today
At Feller & Wendt, LLC™, we have significant experience with motorcycle accident claims, so we understand the law and the challenges you may face in securing much-needed and deserved compensation. When you partner with us, it’s our family protecting yours, and our commitment to justice is unwavering.
Request a free consultation with our respected Draper motorcycle accident attorneys by calling 801-499-5060 or completing our contact form. If you would like to learn more about whether you have a claim, take our case quiz.
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