Motorcycle Accidents

A California jury has awarded a California motorcyclist a significant award in relation to a 2007 accident that left the biker with serious groin injuries. The motorcyclist at the time of the motorcycle accident served as a noncommissioned officer in the Navy on active duty in San Diego. The man was riding his Harley-Davidson to […]

A motorcycle and a car collided Wednesday in Palo Alto. The motorcyclist suffered a serious leg injury in the accident and was taken to Stanford Hospital for treatment. The motorcycle accident reportedly occurred shortly before 11:00 a.m. Wednesday on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Officials originally reported that the accident involved a pedestrian, but now have clarified

A woman who was severely injured in a 2007 motorcycle crash has settled a personal injury lawsuit against San Bernardino County. The woman was riding as a passenger on a motorcycle when the bike went down in a single-vehicle crash. The woman sustained numerous permanent and disabling head and neck injuries in the California motorcycle

A California woman left home Friday to pick up some goods at the market. The woman had relied upon her motorcycle as a form of affordable transportation when doing household errands. The 52-year-old single-mother of two was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in 2006 that left her unable to work. Her disability insurance checks

A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer survived an accident on Interstate 880 in Fremont Thursday morning. The officer was rear-ended on the interstate and was thrown roughly 100 feet, according to the CHP. The motorcycle accident occurred at roughly 7:00 a.m.

Last month, this blog recounted the story of a motorcycle accident involving a delivery truck making a U-turn in Cathedral City. The California Highway Patrol says that an Oroville man has now died in a motorcycle accident involving a second vehicle making a U-turn. The Oroville bike wreck took the life of a 19-year-old man

A motorcycle accident may have become significantly more severe when a driver failed to heed the warnings of Good Samaritans Tuesday. The motorcyclist essentially was involved in two accidents that occurred roughly eight minutes apart. The tragedy reportedly began when the driver of a 2003 Saturn blew through a stop sign. The California Highway Patrol

Motorcycle accidents often involve a driving attempting to make a turn and striking a motorcycle with the right of way. This blog has recounted stories of inattentive driving, distracted driving and other influences that may be involved in a California motorcycle accident.

Many news reports about distracted driving focus on issues such as cellphone use, electronic gadgets or distractions created by other passengers in a vehicle. San Francisco personal injury attorneys know that distractions come in a wide variety of forms. California’s roads can be especially dangerous for motorcyclists even when drivers are not distracted, as many

Motorcycle accidents often involve situations where a driver did not see the motorcyclist. Many cases may involve distracted driving, while others are just plain inattentiveness, where a driver just does not look for an approaching motorcycle. In an odd twist of fate, a California Highway Patrol officer was recently injured in a motorcycle accident after