Helmet Laws
For bicycle and motorcycle riders, whether wearing a helmet at the time of an accident may or may not be a deciding factor in a Phoenix personal injury lawyer claim. It depends largely on the type of injury.
If an accident victim received injuries to her head or neck, the issue of whether or not she was wearing a helmet at the time of injury becomes imperative.
If the rider was not wearing a helmet while receiving head or neck injuries, she may face difficult opposition in her claim even if the law in her state did not require her to wear a helmet. In effect, the failure of a person to wear a helmet in this instance can result in comparative type negligence on the part of the injured party making a Phoenix personal injury lawyer claim much more difficult to win,
To obtain any compensation, the claimant would have to show through the use of experts in court that the injury would have occurred regardless of whether she was wearing or not wearing a helmet.
In the specific instance of a bicyclist, since the protection afforded by bicycle helmets is not as well documented as it is for motorcyclists, a Phoenix personal injury lawyer may be able to still make a successful claim.
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