Gainesville Accident Attorney

At the Uman Law Firm, our Gainesville motorcycle accident attorneys work hard to consistently obtain impressive settlements and verdicts for our clients and we will fight to accomplish the same success for you.  At the Uman Law Firm, we are proud of the victories that are the product of our hard work, diligence, determination, and aggressiveness in litigation.  Whether you or a loved one has suffered a minor injury or catastrophic damages, you can count on our experience and unyielding determination to obtain the best settlement or verdict possible.  The following is an example of some of our result motorcycle injury compensation awards: 

Personal Injury: Motorcycle Crashes

$5,100,010.00 Motorcycle T-Bone crash resulting in serious injuries

In this catastrophic injury case, a negligent truck driver failed to yield when he pulled into the highway and crashed into our client.  

The insurance company attorney for the negligent truck driver vigorously defended the truck driver in a variety of ways.  First, the insurance company lawyer tried to blame our client by falsely alleging, among other things, that our client was exceeding the speed limit and that our client took the wrong kind of evasive action to avoid the crash.  Second, the insurance company lawyer paid an insurance company doctor to testify that our client was somehow exaggerating his catastrophic injuries.  Finally, and perhaps even most egregious, the insurance company lawyer argued that a technical exclusion in the insurance policy prevented any recovery by our client.

The Uman Law Firm spared no expense and retained leading experts in every scientific and medical field at issue and under contention. Working with its experts, the Uman Law Firm was able to systematically refute every defense asserted by the insurance company.   The Uman Law Firm was then able to prove that the insurance company and their lawyers acted in bad faith by failing to settle for a reasonable amount when they had numerous opportunities to do so and should have done so.   The case was ultimately settled for $5,100,000 on the eve of trial.

$1.1 Million (confidential settlement) Motorcycle Crash resulting in serious injuries

$500,000   Motorcycle Crash resulting in serious injuries

In this interesting case, our client was riding her 1979 Harley Davidson Shovelhead home from work in Pomona Park.  When an oncoming vehicle suddenly turned left in front of her, our client successfully swerved around the vehicle, but was then hit by a second oncoming vehicle, causing serious injuries to her foot and lower leg which ultimately required amputation of her leg below the knee.  The second driver told investigating officers that our client struck him while he sat stationary in his own lane awaiting the opportunity to turn left.  Based on his statements, investigating officers decided that the accident was caused by the unknown driver of the first vehicle, which had left the scene, and could not be found.  Although our client initially hired a large law firm in Tampa, Florida,  that large Tampa law firm made little progress over the next year.  Ultimately, that firm told our client that they could not help her because they could not find the at-fault driver.  Despondent and depressed, our client turned to the Uman Law Firm.

The Uman Law Firm saw things differently and immediately undertook an aggressive  reconstruction of every single detail of the crash in an effort to piece together exactly what happened.   After this initial evaluation and reconstruction, the Uman Law Firm was suspicious that the second driver played a significant part in the crash, contrary to the crash report and contrary to the conclusion of the Tampa law firm. The Uman Law Firm suspected that the phantom driver and the second driver knew each other, that they were traveling together, and that the second driver did not, in fact stop in his lane, but, instead, followed the phantom driver into the turn and hit our client in her lane. 

In order to prove this theory of prosecution, the Uman Law Firm dispatched Clearcapture Investigations to investigate the history, background, and relationships of  the second driver and to locate and take statements from the phantom driver.  Armed only with a year old description of the phantom vehicle, Clearcapture located the phantom vehicle, abandoned on property owned by the second driver.  Clearcapture located the VIN and tracked it to the home of the phantom driver, who unwittingly gave our investigators his statement confirming, among other things, that the second driver, his friend, was following him to the store to buy more beer.  The Uman Law Firm was able to incorporate the newly discovered information into the expert accident reconstruction to prove that the second driver, who had $500,000 insurance did, in fact, strike our client in her lane, causing her injuries.

Uman Law Firm aggressively pursued this case and the insurance company finally conceded, paying our client their policy limits of $500,000.  Our client, who has since recovered, used the settlement funds to travel abroad, a lifelong dream, then return to Pomona Park and purchase her home and, of course, a new special equipped motorcycle, which she still rides every day.  

$50,000  Motorcycle Crash resulting in temporary internal injuries

Our client was thrown from his sport bike when an unaware motorist turned left in front of him.  As a result of the high side fall, our client’s bike was totaled.  He later went to the emergency room for evaluation of side pain and internal bruising.  Incredibly, the insurance company for the negligent driver later refused to compensate our client for the fair value of his bike. When he sought legal help, the Uman Law Firm was able to quickly demonstrate liability and negligence and not only recovered payment to repair the motorcycle but also secured $50,000 in damages for his pain and suffering.

$50,000  Motorcycle Crash resulting in lacerations and whiplash

A negligent driver pulled his late model sedan in front of our client’s sport bike, causing the bike to crash into the side of the sedan launching our client, a college student, up and over the car.  Amazingly, our client, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered only minor whiplash and lacerations to his inner thigh.  When the insurance company refused to take responsibility for the crash, refused to pay for motorcycle repairs, and refused to pay medical expenses, the sport bike enthusiast turned to Uman Law Firm for help. The insurance company then took a blame the victim approach. In an effort to deter Uman Law Firm, the insurance company claimed that our client was reckless and that post-accident video surveillance captured our client popping wheelies at high speeds.  Aggressive prosecution by Uman Law Firm ultimately established that the insurance company had no such evidence and, under the threat of prosecution, the insurance company finally acquiesced to the Uman Law Firm’s demand for $50,000.

$35,000   Motorcycle Crash with ankle injury

Our client was thrown from his motorcycle when a negligent motorist turned left in front of him.  The motorist tried to flee the scene before he was stopped by a witness.  Then, the motorist actually tried to argue that our client was at fault for not using his bike’s headlight.  As a result of the accident, our client suffered a fractured foot which later became infected.  Although the insurance company disclosed that its negligent driver had only $25,000 in insurance coverage, it failed to provide  Uman Law Firm a copy of the insurance policy within 30 days, blaming their delay on the Christmas holiday.  As a matter of principal, Uman Law Firm thereafter refused to accept the $25,000 policy limits, thereby rejecting the contention that our client should be made to suffer and wait while insurance company representatives enjoy their holiday.  The insurance company later paid for its delay, an additional $10,000 over and above the policy limits. 

$17,000   Motorcycle Crash caused by off- duty sheriff’s deputy

In this interesting and ironic case, our client was riding her Harley Davidson Fat Boy in the Bikers on Parade benefit to honor veterans, law‑enforcement officers, firefighters and rescue personnel.  After the parade was under well way, an off-duty Alachua County Sheriff’s deputy, who had not paid an entry fee or registered as a participant, drove his Hiabusa at high speeds on the restricted parade route, cutting in an out of the parade motorcycles, laying down rubber, and generally disrupting the parade and endangering the participants. While the parade participants tried their best to avoid the off-duty Sheriff’s deputy, the deputy eventually hit our client, causing her to lay her bike down and suffer facial lacerations, and neck and back injuries. The deputy was initially charged with the crash, but  later, law enforcement officers reversed the conclusions of the investigating officer, and decided to charge our client.  Luckily, the crash was witnessed by several local celebrities, including a well known talk radio host, who testified in court.  Ultimately, justice was served and the insurance company for the off-duty Sheriff’s deputy paid their policy limits.  The off-duty Sheriff’s deputy was demoted for sneaking into a charity event.

$10,000   Motorcycle Crash resulting in bruising and calf sprain

Our client was entering a right hand turn on his BMW sport cruiser  when he was rear-ended by a negligent automobile driver.  Following the accident, our client was diagnosed with chest and right calf sprains and a contusion to the chest.  He came to the Uman Law Firm frustrated and in pain.  The insurance company was refusing the compensate him for the motorcycle shop’s 17% mark-up for parts, even though it was the only one of seven authorized BMW repair shops in the entire state able to  perform the work.  The Uman Law Firm was able to recover the entire cost of repair, including the 17% mark-up, compensation for the delay caused by the insurance companies unreasonable position, and the $10,000 policy limits for pain and suffering.  

Contact a Gainesville Motorcycle Accident Lawyer!

By consulting a Gainesville accident lawyer at The Uman Law Firm, you can gain a clear understanding of what you can do to obtain compensation for your injuries and the losses you have suffered as a result of your motorcycle accident.

Contact a Gainesville motorcycle accident attorney at The Uman Law Firm today!