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San Francisco Motorcycle Accident Lawsuit Verdicts & Settlements
  

  • $6.5 million SETTLEMENT -- A motorcycle rider was injured when Chiante Road in Yountville came to an abrupt end around a corner without any warning. As a result of this dangerous roadway condition, the motorcyclist broke his collar bone when his VFR 750 could not stop on gravel and he low-sided under a guardrail.

  • $2,494,000.00 VERDICT, jury trial, $100,000.00 SETTLEMENT, Martin V. Cal-Trans, Marin County Superior Court. Defendant: State of California, Department of Transportation. Plaintiff Martin, a 26 year old motorcyclist on a GSXR 750 motorcycle, suffered paralysis of right arm and facial injuries following auto vs. motorcycle collision in Marin County, near the town of Bolinas. The accident was due to dangerous condition of public property, namely vegetation that had grown so as to block view of the cross traffic. The pre-trial offer of $30,000.00 was rejected. The police report attributed 100% of fault to motorcyclist, but the jury found that motorcyclist was not liable for his injuries. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

  • $2 million SETTLEMENT -- motorcycle rollover. Inadiquate signage at a highway construction site caused a driver to cross onto the wrong side of the road and into oncoming traffic. Plaintiff was travelling at speed and came around a corner to see the car parked in his lane. He managed to avoid the vehicle but in doing so was unable to keep his motorcycle upright and it slid out from underneath him, resulting in severe head trauma and death.

  • $1.75 million SETTLEMENT Motorcycle accident at 25th and Church when a San Francisco motorcyclist drove through stop sign that driver could not see because of overgrown vegetation. The motorist had his leg amputated below the knee. The negligent motorist paid $1,250,000.00 and the building owner paid $500,000.00 for failing to maintain his tree. The city put up new stop signs as a result of the accident. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

  • $1.65 million SETTLEMENT -- A fifty four year old motorcyclist was injured in single motor vehicle accident in Lake County when his Ducatti 998 lost traction because of a dangerous condition of public property, a roadway defect of loose gravel. The motorcyclist hit a guardrail, causing crush fracture of the 11th thoracic vertebrae and nerve damage. The police report attributed 100% of the fault to the motorcyclist. The Dolan Law Firm, using expert accident reconstructionists, demonstrated that the motorcyclist was not at fault. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

  • $976,141.00 VERDICT, jury trial. The case involved a collision between an eighteen-wheel tractor trailer and a motorcycle operated by Plaintiff. The operator of the trailer, backed into Plaintiff who, intending to turn right on Jack London Street, had approached from behind on his motorcycle. Plaintiff suffered a fractured tibia that required several operations. The driver of the trailer and the company that employed him denied that the collision caused all of the injuries that are claimed by the husband as well as the nature and extent of the injuries that he suffered in the collision. The marital relationship suffered as a result of the incident and the wife sued for loss of consortium. Her damages were disputed by the Defendants as well. Trial lawyer Christopher B. Dolan and Rachel Pusey

  • $900,000.00 SETTLEMENT in wrongful death of a 28 year old, a close friend of Christopher Dolan, when he was killed in a vehicle crossover collision in Arizona. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

  • $500,000.00 SETTLEMENT, wrongful death of motorcyclist in Napa County as a result of a car pulling back onto roadway from the shoulder, causing another car to cross the center-line into the motorcyclist. Maximum available insurance recovered. Names confidential as condition of settlement. Trial Lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.
  • $295,000 SETTLEMENT -- A car struck the front right side of amotorcycle, throwing the motorcyclist into the air and propelling him onto the pavement, causing a fractured clavicle, among other injuries. Click here for more information.
  • $160,000 SETTLEMENT -- Stratton v. Buresh - Client was a motorcyclist who was involved in an automobile accident in Berkeley, CA. Client collided with automobile in intersection. Client suffered a fractured and dislocated elbow among other injuries in accident.

Record Verdict - $60,000,000.00: California Jury Awards $50 Million in punitive damages, and above $11 Million in compensatory damages, to Arab-American FedEx ground/home delivery drivers, victims of ethnic discrimination and harassment. Click here for more information. Trial lawyer: Christopher B. Dolan.

If you have been injured in a San Francisco motorcycle/bike accident and you need an energetic lawyer who cares about you as a person and is dedicated to getting you the best result, contact the attorneys of the Dolan Law Firm. Our services are available in Spanish, and evening and weekend appointments are available. We will even come to you in your home or the hospital if you are unable to come to us. Our injury lawyers work on a contingent fee.

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