California Bicycle Accident Lawyers

For several decades, Masry & Vititoe has represented those who have been seriously injured. Through experience and education, our firm is able to expertly evaluate medical injuries and pursue personal injury claims on behalf of the injured plaintiff. Masry & Vititoe provides sophisticated legal services for almost any type of injury, both emotional and physical.

The popularity of bicycling has increased dramatically over the past three decades. Bicycles are now used by more and more Californians as their main mode of transportation. Congested roadways, the high cost of commuting and parking restrictions make bicycling a convenient and inexpensive alternative.

Many cities have constructed special bike lanes and many parks have now made trails accessible to bicycles. Even some vehicle manufacturers are now offering bike racks as standard equipment. However, many automobile drivers do not respect the bicyclists' rights to share the roads and, more importantly, young bike riders haven't been educated on how to legally and safely share the roads with automobiles, resulting in a rise in serious, and sometimes fatal, injuries to bicyclists.

In the United States, a bicyclist is fatally injured every 6 hours and nearly one million children are injured every year in bicycle related accidents. While collisions with automobiles only account for 1/3 of the accidents, they account for the majority of the catastrophic injuries, 75% of which are head injuries.

Motor vehicle operators and bicyclists must obey the same traffic laws and there are many "new" traffic laws concerning bicycles. Ignorance of the laws does not alleviate a motor vehicle operator's fault in an accident if they injure a bicyclist.

Masry & Vititoe believes that in order to represent our injured clients in the best possible manner, our firm must have an understanding of the human anatomy and how it responds to an injury. Therefore, through experience and education, our firm is able to expertly evaluate injuries and successfully pursue claims on behalf of the injured plaintiff.

While proving a physical, emotional, or cognitive injury can be difficult, our experienced and knowledgeable bicycle accident attorneys and staff are able to undertake difficult cases and prevail, convincing skeptics of the merits of a claim via credible, trustworthy evidence and objective test findings. Our law firm is committed to protecting our client's rights and has repeatedly demonstrated our ability to succeed in the most challenging and complex bicycle injury cases.

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