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Were you injured in an accident involving an electric scooter in Dallas, TX? A Dallas electric scooter accident lawyer can help you cut through the red tape and fight for compensation.
Our Jay Murray Car Accident and Truck Accident Lawyers team is ready to fight to get the results you deserve. Contact our law offices in Dallas, Texas, at (214) 855-1420.
Electric scooter accident claims can present unique challenges. Our attorney has over 28 years of experience fighting for clients in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. We’ve successfully recovered over $110 million in settlements and verdicts for accident victims like you.
You may deserve compensation if you were injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault. That said, the insurance claims process can be difficult. It can be especially frustrating to deal with insurance while you’re recovering.
Even worse, the insurance company will usually try to undervalue your personal injury claim. They might claim that your injuries weren’t that serious–or try to blame you for the accident. It’s always important to have experienced Dallas injury lawyers on your team. It’s even more critical if your injuries are serious.
Our team at Jay Murray Car Accident and Truck Accident Lawyers has been working hard to protect injury victims like you since 1995.
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It’s never too early to consult an experienced Dallas personal injury lawyer. Give us a call today to schedule your completely free case review.
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Back in 2020, the City of Dallas banned electric scooter rentals due to safety concerns.
According to research published by the CDC, electric scooter accidents cause at least 20 injuries per every 100,000 e-scooter trips. Data published by the Consumer Product Safety Commission found that e-scooter accident injuries increased by 70% between 2017 and 2020 (when e-scooters first became popular). A total of 191,000 people were treated in emergency rooms across the U.S. for electric scooter-related injuries during that period.
Despite the safety issues, dockless electric scooter rentals officially returned to Dallas on May 31, 2023, with restrictions:
Bird, Lime, and Superpedestrian were all offered permits to rent e-scooters to the public in Dallas. Now, people in Dallas can simply use their smartphones to scan a QR code and rent an electric scooter.
Even with the new safety regulations, about 560 complaints have been filed about electric scooter riders since the program was reintroduced. It also seems that e-scooter injuries are, once again, on the rise.
Causes of electric scooter accidents include:
Electric scooter accidents can also happen because of problems with the e-scooter itself. Rental companies have a duty to maintain their fleet of scooters in safe condition. Problems with the electric scooter’s battery, steering mechanism, or tires can all cause serious accidents.
It’s important to determine why your accident happened. Understanding the root cause of the accident is the key to finding out who is responsible for your damages.
Ultimately, the answer depends on why your accident happened.
Examples of potentially responsible parties include:
Our Dallas electric scooter accident attorney will conduct a thorough investigation to determine the cause of your e-scooter crash. Call our law firm today to schedule your free case review.
Economic damages are awarded to restore you to the financial position you occupied prior to the injury, and may include:
Non-economic damages are your losses that don’t have such a clear financial value, and often include:
In rare cases, you may deserve punitive damages if the defendant’s acts were intentional or especially shocking.
You can recover compensation if your percentage of fault is less than 51%. Once your share of fault reaches or exceeds 51%, you lose your right to compensation entirely under Texas’ modified comparative negligence rules.
Shared fault is an important issue, even if you were less than 51% to blame. Your compensation will be reduced if you share any blame at all for your injuries. For example, if you were found to be even 10% liable, your settlement or verdict is reduced by 10%.
Our lawyer will work hard to minimize the amount of fault assigned to you so that you can secure full compensation.
Electric scooters may be convenient, but they aren’t the safest way to travel. As with bicyclists, e-scooter riders have almost nothing to protect them in a crash–even if they’re wearing a helmet. When e-scooters are involved in car accidents, the risk of severe injury is even greater.
At Jay Murray Car Accident and Truck Accident Lawyers, we can handle e-scooter accident claims involving:
Regardless of the types of injuries you’ve suffered, seek legal advice after an accident. Someone else may owe you compensation.
Most personal injury cases are based on negligence. Someone is negligent when they fail to exercise reasonable caution under the circumstances. In plain English, negligence is similar to carelessness.
To establish negligence, you must prove four separate elements:
It’s also possible that strict liability theories could apply if your accident occurred because of a defective e-scooter or safety feature. In these cases, you don’t have to prove that the manufacturer was negligent. Instead, you must prove that the product suffered from a defect and that you were injured because of it.
The statute of limitations in Texas personal injury cases is two years. You have two years from the date of your accident to file a lawsuit for damages. After two years, you lose your right to compensation.
Two years might seem like a long time, but it’ll go by fast. It’s also important to start the legal process and gather valuable evidence to support your case sooner rather than later.
We always recommend consulting an experienced attorney as soon as possible after an injury–and remember that you don’t have to wait until you’re fully healed to take legal action.
If you or a family member were injured in an e-scooter accident, our team at Jay Murray Car Accident and Truck Accident Lawyers is here to fight for fair compensation for your injuries. Contact us today to learn more about how an experienced Dallas electric scooter accident lawyer can help you get the money you need.
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