Motorcyclists hurt in an accident caused by a driver can ask for support when they are dealing with injuries, stiffness, and pain. Their treatment may include trips to see a chiropractor, and those bills should be covered too.
Injured riders can figure out their next steps by contacting Maison Law and scheduling a free, no-obligation case review. It’s a chance to talk to a real lawyer without risk and find out what your injuries may be worth.
Why Would a Motorcyclist Need a Chiropractor?
Motorcyclists who suffer serious injuries, such as broken bones, neck or back injuries, and other joint damage, may turn to a Chiropractor for relief.
Chiropractors are licensed health care providers and are often recommended when patients want to avoid surgery and strong medications. Chiropractors focus on musculoskeletal issues. The CDC explains that this is the treatment of muscles and bones together, including tendons, cartilage, and ligaments.
Chiropractors generally don’t prescribe medication and use hands-on therapy to help accident victims. They can generally help riders with many of the consequences of a dangerous tumble.
- Getting muscles to relax
- Getting rid of stiffness
- Helping the spine become more flexible
- Helping with neck pain, including whiplash
- Helping with back pain
- Helping relieve the pain of nerve damage
- Reduce headaches
- Promoting stretching in the office and at the victim’s home
These treatments can give motorcyclists the ability to do the things they love again. That may include riding a motorcycle.
Do Car Insurance Companies Have to Cover Chiropractor Bills?
Yes, they do when a doctor recommends the treatments and sends patients to a chiropractor. If the auto insurer is representing the at-fault driver and accepts blame, they’d have to cover any necessary medical treatment.
Unfortunately, car insurance companies like to avoid paying out support, especially when motorcyclists are involved. They are known to look for ways to transfer the blame to the rider, relying on old cliches about “daredevil” motorcyclists.
A Bakersfield Motorcycle Accident Lawyer protects riders and fights back when insurers try to question fault or the victim’s injuries. An experienced lawyer mounts an investigation to keep all the facts from changing. A lawyer can gather witness testimony and rely on data from accident reconstruction teams to build a strong case and win the maximum in compensation for victims.
Asking Chiropractors to Delay Billing
A skilled attorney can help you when you’ve been stuck waiting on settlement money for weeks, and your medical bills have come due.
- Medical Liens. Your attorney would help you find doctors and chiropractors that are willing to work under a medical lien agreement. It means they want to help motorcycle accident victims and will accept payment later, when you’ve received your settlement money.
- Forcing Car Insurance Companies to Hurry Up. Your Maison Law attorney also takes aggressive action with your claim and makes sure insurers aren’t purposely delaying your settlement check. Your lawyer will have the evidence clearly and powerfully arranged so that insurance adjusters can’t have less opportunity to dispute fault in your accident. This leads to faster acceptance of blame and hopefully a faster-arriving check.
- Reducing Medical Bills. Your lawyer may also be able to get your doctors to go further to help you. Your lawyer can negotiate to reduce bills, so you pay less when they come due. This might also work with your health insurance company, which may have paid some of your medical bills. They’ll want to be repaid if you receive a settlement. It’s a process called subrogation. Your attorney could be able to reduce your repayment total.
Frequently Asked Questions
What types of things can I ask compensation for in an injury claim?
You must seek compensation for every doctor bill you have and every potential medical bill that might arise in the future. This includes all chiropractic billing. The paychecks you miss while out of work must be replaced. You should also receive support for the pain you’ve endured. The emotional trauma your injuries cause, such as having to give up family activities and vacations, should be compensated.
How long do I have to file an injury claim after a motorcycle crash?
Injured riders are allowed to wait up to two years to file a claim. But it’s not wise to wait years to file. Your case must be started while evidence is fresh. Surveillance video can get erased, and witnesses might become harder to locate. Talk to a Bakersfield lawyer as soon as you can.
What types of documents should I turn over to my lawyer?
You’ll want to turn over witness contact information and photos you may have brought with you from the scene (take plenty of photos). If you’ve already requested the police accident report, bring that too. (If not, your lawyer will obtain it for you.) Bring all of your medical receipts and motorcycle repair bills. Bring old pay stubs so you can show how much income you’ve lost while you’ve been too hurt to work.
Contact a California Motorcycle Accident Attorney
If your motorcycle accident leaves you with a serious injury and another driver was to blame, it’s a good indicator that you should have a lawyer for your case. There’s more money involved, and that prompts car insurance companies to challenge everything about your case. You’ll probably do better with a lawyer’s protection.
Maison Law offers free case reviews to all injured Kern County motorcycle accident victims and their families. There’s no obligation, but if you need a lawyer, you don’t have to worry about how you’ll pay one. We work on behalf of clients with no upfront costs. We are only paid if your case is won. Then our fee comes out of a settlement check the car insurance company must write.
