Mississauga Motorcycle Accident Lawyers
A motorcycle is a motor vehicle under Ontario’s Insurance Act, so an injured rider has the same two claims as any other motorist: an accident benefits claim through their own policy, and a tort claim against the at-fault driver. What changes is the severity. With no metal cage and no airbags, a rider absorbs the impact directly, and the injuries are often catastrophic.
Riders also face a bias other clients do not: the assumption that the motorcyclist must have been speeding or weaving. We meet that head on with scene reconstruction, vehicle data and independent witnesses, so the file is decided on the evidence and not on a stereotype.
What to do after this kind of accident
Go to the hospital even if adrenaline is masking the pain. Road rash, fractures and head injuries need to be documented from day one.
Do not repair or discard your helmet, jacket or motorcycle. The damage to each is evidence of the forces involved.
Get the other driver’s plate and insurance, and the names and numbers of anyone who saw what happened.
Do not apologize or guess at fault. Insurers treat offhand comments as admissions.
How we help
- ·Open and manage your accident benefits file under the SABS
- ·Reconstruct the collision to establish fault and rebut rider-bias arguments
- ·Build the catastrophic-impairment case where the injuries support it
- ·Pursue the at-fault driver in tort, including for future care and income loss
- ·Apply your own OPCF-44R coverage if the at-fault driver is uninsured or underinsured
Eligible personal injury cases are handled on a contingency-fee basis.
Call 416-262-SHAH (7424)Frequently asked
Often yes. Ontario uses contributory negligence, which can reduce a recovery by your share of fault but does not necessarily bar it. We work to keep that share as low as the evidence allows.
It can be raised against you, but it is not the end of a claim. The real question is whether the missing gear would have changed the specific injuries, and that usually takes medical evidence to decide.