If you’re injured in a motorcycle accident, can not wearing a helmet affect your case? Memphis motorcycle injury attorney Darrell Castle explains. Does it matter for my motorcycle case if I wasn’t wearing a helmet? In a motorcycle case, if you were not wearing a helmet, it’s a factor. It’s a factor in assessing how badly you were injured. The other side’s attorneys are going to argue that if you were wearing a helmet, your injuries would probably be less, so they’re less responsible. Perhaps that’s true – you should always wear a helmet; but it’s not a dealbreaker. It’s not a reason to think, “Well, this one’s on me because I was not wearing a helmet.” Just keep in
Motorcyclist is lucky to be alive after this accident and it was caught on camera A motorcycle collided with an SUV at a Missouri intersection and the accident was caught by the traffic camera. The motorcyclist, who very fortunately walked away from the incident with only a few bumps and bruises, hopes the video shows drivers they need to be more careful and lookout for the many bikers like him out on the road. The SUV pulled into the intersection to turn left at a green light as the motorcyclist, 20-year-old Britt Hamilton, was crossing. Hamilton had the green light and the right-of-way. “I had a green light. I guess she got scared and slammed on the brakes,” he said.
If you’re in a motorcycle accident, how is that case different from a normal personal injury case? Memphis PI lawyer Darrell Castle explains how bike crashes can play out differently from car crashes in lawsuit situations. In personal injury, how are motorcycle cases different from car accident cases? Motorcycle accidents are different from car accidents in that people in general tend to be prejudiced against motorcycles, in the sense that most of them drive cars. They kind of resent the motorcycles being out there. Attorneys representing people injured in motorcycle accidents understand this; and they know how to deal with that and how to explain to people that riders of motorcycles have the same rights on the road as any
Late last month in NYC, an SUV evidently hit a biker who slowed down suddenly on the highway. In response, the biker’s motorcycle gang chased down the SUV and assaulted the driver in front of his wife and young child. According to Time, the bikers: “…swarmed around Lien’s car on the West Side Highway after he clipped one of their own, who had slowed down in front of him. Lien sped off, knocking into and seriously injuring another biker, but was overtaken by members of the biker gang, who slashed his tires, smashed his windows, and beat him.” Even with the helmet cam and dozens of witnesses, it’s still not entirely clear who committed the assault. In addition, the SUV
News stories surfaced yesterday of a motorcyclist weaving through San Antonio traffic at terrifyingly-dangerous speeds. The driver of this motorcycle posted a first-person video in the act, with the caption served to taunt cops saying, “catch me if you can.” “Really all it would have taken was a split second for him to impact the lives of several people, possibly killing someone just by his very actions,” said Sgt. Javier Salazar of the San Antonio Police Department. I’d like to think this motorcyclist knew how dangerous his actions were and one can only speculate his motives in this situation. But that doesn’t make the driving any less reckless and stupid. The scary thing is, here in the city of Memphis, you can
How much does a car accident lawsuit cost? Is the attorney expensive? In this video, Memphis car accident lawyer Darrell Castle explains who covers the cost for an injury lawsuit. How much does a car accident lawyer cost? Is it expensive? To hire an attorney, it costs you nothing unless that attorney actually wins your case. Almost all accident attorneys work on a contingent fee basis – that is, they get a percentage of whatever recovery they get for you. If they don’t make any recovery then you owe them nothing. Normally the attorney will pay the up front costs and so forth – it costs you nothing to call him and talk to him about the case. It costs
If you’ve ever heard that US healthcare is expensive because of medical malpractice lawsuits, don’t believe it. Medical malpractice lawsuits require insurance for doctors and hospitals, which some people claims makes overall costs skyrocket. But in actuality, malpractice lawsuits aren’t the culprit. According to a recent Johns Hopkins study: U.S. malpractice payouts of more than $1 million added up to roughly $1.4 billion a year — making up far less than 1 percent of national medical expenditures in the United States. The cost of U.S. healthcare was $2.6 trillion in 2010. And while the insurance and testing to protect against malpractice suits can get expensive, even that “defensive medicine” doesn’t make a large dent in overall costs. Consider Texas as
You should avoid having more than one wage garnishment at the same time – you should even avoid having one! Need to stop wage garnishment immediately? We offer ZERO DOWN TO FILE! Call 901-327-2100 to see if you qualify. Video Transcript Can you have more than one wage garnishment at the same time? Hi, I’m Darrell Castle and I’m an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee and the answer to that question is YES. You can have more than one at the same time, but hopefully that won’t happen to you. But no matter how many you have, it can only take 25% of your disposable income. So they have to split it if there’s more than one.
According to a report, federal safety officials ordered General Motors to provide information explaining why it took so long to recall 1.37 million cars in the US for a faulty ignition switch. The faulty ignition switch had the potential to shut off the engine and disable safety systems, like the air bag. The order listed 107 specific questions the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration required to be answered, under oath, by April 3. The faulty switches have been linked to 31 crashes and 13 deaths. GM should be punished for this – that’s a given. But how will they be punished? It’s quite possible the government will punish GM with a fine, but that doesn’t help the injured people. None
Debunking common medical malpractice myths There are a lot of myths out there about medical malpractice, and they come from both sides of the issue. For example, a lot of doctors and insurance companies complain the only reason health care costs are so high is because malpractice lawsuits make it expensive. They claim they have to perform a ton of extra tests to cover their bases so they won’t get sued, which makes the system more pricey and inefficient for everyone. As a result, some lawmakers have tried to cap the liability doctors and hospitals could have to pay for medical malpractice. In 2011, Tennessee set caps at $750,000 on non-economic damages like pain and emotional suffering and $500,000 cap