If a cart driver or someone driving a car caused a collision and knocked you out of a golf cart, they could be liable for your recovery costs. A golf course crew that creates a danger that ends up knocking you from a cart could also be liable.
These and other causes can leave you injured and facing expensive medical bills at a time when you aren’t strong enough to return to work and earn a paycheck.
Maison Law represents victims injured in golf cart accidents. Our California golf cart accident lawyers help victims determine who can be held responsible for an accident and can help secure support for patients and their families. Contact a skilled California Golf Cart Accident Lawyer and schedule a free, no-obligation consultation.
Falling Out of a Golf Cart Dangers
Golfers and resort guests fall out of golf carts quite often. They can suffer serious injuries, like broken bones and head trauma. Sometimes it’s the clumsiness of the victim that causes the harm. It may have been a simple misstep. But when another person, company, or corporation is responsible for putting the victim at risk, the victim shouldn’t have to pay for medical care alone.
A golf cart owner driving the cart you are in may be accountable after recklessly using the cart, causing you to fall out. A careless driver in another cart might strike your cart and send you flying out of the seat.
Golf carts don’t usually have to meet as strict of safety standards in California because they don’t usually travel on public streets. That means they don’t have seat belts to hold victims in their seats. A victim can fall out to strike a knee or push an ankle to a breaking point. Blunt-force trauma to the head is also possible.
The consequences of being sent flying out of a golf cart can be severe. Check out our page on the most common ejection accident injuries in golf cart accidents. You should talk to a California Golf Cart Lawyer about your case if you are seriously hurt by an accident caused by someone else’s negligence.
Who Can I Sue After Falling Out of a Golf Cart?
Your lawyer would determine every party that contributed to your accident. In some cases, that would mean you would file a claim against several parties and insurance companies at once. This would give you a better chance of earning compensation to pay off all of your medical bills.
Any bill not paid by a settlement check would end up as a bill you’d have to cover out of your own savings. Your lawyer will be fighting to see that none of those expenses fall in your lap.
Your lawyer will investigate your accident and target every party that owes you support:
- Your Golf Cart Driver – If the person driving your cart acts recklessly and causes your accident, that person should share in your recovery costs. You could ask for help from the person’s insurance provider. You may know the driver and feel conflicted about filing a claim against a family member or friend, but don’t let those feelings keep you from seeking support. The claim would usually only target the person’s insurance provider. The person pays premiums to help the victims of accidents. They shouldn’t want you to face this recovery alone.
- Another Golf Cart Driver – Someone in another cart could strike your cart and send you tumbling out to take a hard hit on the ground. That golf cart driver may have a golf cart or recreational vehicle insurance that can provide the support you need. The company that rents the carts or a golf course could also be responsible for the actions of a dangerous driver.
- Car, Truck, or SUV Driver – A golf cart collision along a busy street, could leave a normal driver at fault for an impact and a fall. The driver may have been looking at a cell phone or speeding when you tried to use a golf cart crossing. If they don’t slow down as they should, a serious impact and injury can occur. Your lawyer would be demanding full compensation from a driver’s car insurance provider.
- Golf Course Owners or Resort Owners – A fall may be caused by a hazard left on a golf course or along a cart path. A golf course employee could have created a hazard along a slope that sent a golf cart driver and passengers from a vehicle. The maintenance on the golf cart may have been neglected. This could leave an owner or operator of a resort fully liable if the brakes fail and a driver strikes a tree and falls out.
Your California Golf Cart Lawyer would be collecting all evidence to build a strong case for you against every party that should be contributing to your accident recovery funds.
What Kinds of Things Can I Get Compensated for After a Fall Out of a Golf Cart?
Your lawyer fights to get all victims the financial compensation they need to pay for every bill they have stemming from an injury. Your family’s lawyer also insists on support for the non-economic damages that affect patients long after a golf cart crash has been cleared away.
Your Golf Cart Accident Attorney would be demanding support for these factors and more:
- Totals on all medical costs and physical therapy now and the costs for care expected in the future.
- Estimates on all costs associated with a permanent physical disability. This will include medical equipment and home renovations needed to help a victim enjoy as much freedom as possible. Support for career training could also be required if an accident leaves a victim unable to perform previous job duties.
- Support for dealing with pain during recovery from a golf cart crash and fall.
- Support for emotional trauma. A loss of enjoyment of life may be experienced in recovery while victims are unable to play golf. Depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptoms are common.
- Past and future lost income and benefits while victims are forced to miss time at work.
- Money for a new golf cart or golf cart repairs.
- Wrongful death benefits. Families can earn support after losing a loved one in a tragic golf course accident. The support can cover the cost of a burial and any remaining ambulance and hospital bills. The income the deceased can no longer provide for a spouse and children would also be covered.
Contact a California Golf Cart Accident Lawyer
After a serious golf cart accident, please rely on an experienced California golf cart accident lawyer to handle your case and protect what’s important to you.
Insurance companies aren’t required to tell you about every benefit available to you. When you aren’t informed of your rights, you can lose out on valuable resources and end up paying for a large chunk of your recovery costs out-of-pocket.
That should never be the case when you are put through such a traumatic accident through no fault of your own. Take advantage of a free case consultation with Maison Law. This case evaluation comes with no obligation to you or your family. Make sure you are treated fairly and receive the support you need to fully recover and get back on your feet and back on a golf course.
