Pleasanton Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

The Tri-Valley is good riding country. The I-580 run toward the Altamont, the climbs along Mines Road and Calaveras Road, and the weekend loops through Niles Canyon draw riders from across the East Bay. They also put riders alongside drivers who are not looking for a motorcycle, at the I-680 and I-580 interchange, on Sunol Boulevard, and on the rural two-lanes where speed and blind curves raise the stakes. When a driver turns left across a rider’s path, the rider pays for it.

Mirador Law represents injured riders from our Pleasanton headquarters. Led by former San Francisco public defenders Megan Burns and Emily Dahm, the firm brings more than 40 years of combined experience, close to a hundred jury trials, and two of California’s Top 50 plaintiff verdicts for 2024.

Answering the bias against riders

Insurers often assume the motorcyclist was at fault. We answer with evidence: scene measurements, damage patterns, witness accounts, and accident reconstruction where it helps. California’s pure comparative negligence rule means that even a rider found partly at fault recovers, reduced by that share, so keeping the fault percentage accurate is central to the case.

Deadlines

The general deadline to file is two years from the date of the crash under Code of Civil Procedure section 335.1. A dangerous road condition on a county or state road can trigger the six-month government-claim deadline under Government Code section 911.2, which matters on the rural routes riders favor.

A look at how these cases unfold

The following hypothetical examples illustrate how these cases can unfold. They are not based on any specific client and are provided for educational purposes only. A rider on a weekend loop through Niles Canyon is struck when an oncoming driver turns left across the lane. The driver’s insurer claims the rider was speeding. Scene evidence and the damage pattern show a lawful speed, and the claim is valued on the facts rather than the assumption.

See also: East Bay Motorcycle Accident Lawyer | Pleasanton Personal Injury Lawyer