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Tampa Motorcycle Accident

Whether it's our year-round pleasant weather or the lure of Bike Week, Florida is one of the leading states in the nation in motorcycle deaths. Only California has more deaths and injuries in 2008 (537) than Florida (523).

Consider the statistics:

Hillsborough County had 27 motorcycle fatalities in 2009, a slight decline from 31 in 2008, 27 in 2007, 37 in 2006 and 42 in 2005.

There were 482 motorcyclists injured in 2009, 584 in 2008, 588 in 2007, 616 in 2006, and 503 in 2005.

Helmets are estimated to reduce the likelihood of death in a motorcycle crash by 37%. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that from 1984 through 2006 helmets saved the lives of 19,230 motorcycle riders.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says a motorcyclist without a helmet is 40% more likely to suffer a fatal head injury and 15 percent more likely to suffer a nonfatal injury than a cyclist who uses a helmet.

The cost is not just in injuries and death but in the cost to society. The economic burden from crash-related injuries and deaths include public funds for emergency response, emergency room hospital costs, and lost productivity. In one year alone, the economic burden can total $12 billion, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In 2000, Florida's helmet law was withdrawn, now requiring helmets only or those under the age of 21 and with inadequate medical insurance.

If you are injured in a Florida motorcycle crash, the experienced Tampa personal injury attorneys at Farah & Farah remind you that insurance adjusters work for the other side and are trying to save their company money. Please seek legal counsel before signing any document. Make sure you seek medical help right away, even if you do not feel as though you are injured. Frequently, soft tissue injuries do not show up right away. Keep records of all of your medical appointments and forms.

These will be important documents we need in fighting for a settlement in your case. Additionally, we will seek witnesses to the accident, and try to calculate the impact the motorcycle accident has had on your life with the help of accountants, doctors, and therapists, both for the present and in the future. Our skilled motorcycle accident attorneys can win a financial settlement to ease the burden on the family of a Tampa motorcycle collision victim including medical costs that can run into the millions of dollars over a lifetime and lost income from a loved one who can no longer return to work.

Let Farah & Farah work for you. Our first meeting is complimentary and if an investigation reveals you have a case, there are no upfront hourly costs or attorneys fees to you. We partner with you and advance those costs to pursue your case. The first step is with you, call our skilled Tampa motorcycle accident attorneys today at 1-800-533-3555.

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