As motorcycle owners and avid cyclists ourselves, we’re familiar with mechanical and maintenance issues and understand how to prepare and present evidence involving manufacturing defects and design defects in motorcycles and bikes.
If your motorcycle or bike suddenly malfunctioned causing serious injuries to you or others, contact Choulos Choulos & Wyle. Our investigators will conduct tests on your bike to determine what caused its failure.
The personal injury attorneys at Choulos Choulos & Wyle represent clients injured due to all types of motorcycle defects and failures, including:
Under California law, the designer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer can all be held legally liable for injuries caused by a defective product. When preparing your case, our lawyers look at everyone involved, given the severity of injuries that often result from defective motorcycles and bikes. Since head trauma, spinal cord injuries, road rash, even amputations are not uncommon when bikes fail, recovering damages proportional to your injuries and pain and suffering is essential.
Yes, if a defective component directly causes a crash or makes your injuries worse, you can file a product liability claim against the manufacturer or distributor. Faulty brakes, sudden tire blowouts, or defective electrical systems can easily cause a rider to lose control through no fault of their own. Resolving these cases requires demonstrating that the part was inherently dangerous due to a design flaw, a manufacturing mistake, or a failure to provide adequate warnings.
Insurance carriers frequently try to shift the blame to the rider by claiming the equipment failure was due to standard wear and tear or a lack of routine upkeep. To fight this defense, the legal team at Choulos, Choulos & Wyle works closely with a trusted network of automotive engineers and accident reconstruction experts. They thoroughly preserve and analyze the damaged components, service logs, and crash scene telemetry to prove the failure stemmed from an engineering defect rather than rider neglect.
You may actually have two separate legal claims in this scenario. While you can pursue the negligent driver for causing the initial crash, you may also have grounds for a product liability claim against the safety gear manufacturer if a defective helmet, jacket, or protective pad failed to perform as designed and allowed for worse injuries. Successfully navigating these multi-party cases in the San Francisco Bay Area requires an attorney who knows how to separate driver liability from manufacturer accountability.
People buy motorcycles and bicycles to enjoy them. There simply is no excuse for a bike to fail. We put manufacturers on notice by demanding answers and damages for our clients.
Help us help you and the safety of other bikers — contact the product liability lawyers at Choulos Choulos & Wyle today if you’ve been injured due to a defective motorcycle or bicycle in California.
