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Motorcycle Accident Injury Attorneys in Asheville, NC
Motorcycle riders are treated differently after a crash, and not in a good way. Insurance adjusters often assume the rider was speeding, weaving, or taking risks, long before anyone has looked at the evidence. You need a lawyer who does not share that assumption. Nagle & Associates is North Carolina's only law firm that handles exclusively motor vehicle accident cases. We turn away or refer out every other type of personal injury matter, concentrating all of our attention on roadway crash claims. See why Asheville riders choose our firm. Our Asheville office at 7780 Brier Creek Pkwy represents injured motorcycle riders throughout Wake County, the greater Triangle, and across northeast NC.
Carl Nagle Rides, and He Handles Your Case Himself
Carl Nagle is a motorcycle rider who personally handles every motorcycle accident case the firm takes on. That is not a marketing line about a managing partner who signs off on files. When you hire our firm after a Asheville motorcycle crash, Carl is the attorney working your case. Carl has been riding bikes for 40 years. He has faced emergency circumstances and fully understands countersteering, lane position, and what a rider can and cannot do to avoid a car that turns left across a rider’s path. As a fellow rider, he can explain it to an adjuster or a Wake County jury in terms they will understand. Meet Carl Nagle.
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Overcoming the Bias Against Riders
North Carolina's contributory negligence rule makes rider bias especially dangerous. If an insurance company can convince a jury you were even 1% at fault, you can be barred from recovering anything at all. That is why adjusters in motorcycle cases push so hard on questions about your speed, your gear, your lane position, and your riding history. We anticipate those arguments and answer them with evidence: scene photographs, physical damage patterns, witness statements, and, where necessary, testimony from accident reconstruction experts.
One of our motorcycle clients had liability denied outright after a highway collision with a tractor-trailer. Our investigator, a former State Trooper, tracked down the investigating officer, obtained a black box download from the truck, and proved the rider was not at fault. The truck driver's insurer accepted liability and the case settled. That is the level of investigation motorcycle cases often require. Read more client results.
An Attorney Who Knows How Insurers Value Rider Claims
Founder Carl Nagle is a former insurance claims adjuster and insurance defense attorney, giving the firm firsthand knowledge of how carriers value, oppose, and minimize claims. He has seen from the inside how motorcycle claims get flagged, discounted, and disputed. This insurance industry experience helps us push back on lowball valuations with specifics rather than generalities, and it shapes how we build your motorcycle injury case from day one to overcome defenses and maximize settlement value.
Where Asheville Riders Get Hurt
Our Asheville office handles crashes throughout Wake County, from the Beltline and I-40 near the RDU interchange to surface roads like Capital Boulevard, Six Forks Road, and Glenwood Avenue. Left-turn collisions in downtown Asheville or at other busy intersections are among the most common and most serious motorcycle crashes we see, along with drivers changing lanes into a rider they never checked for. Riders heading out toward Falls Lake, US 64, and the two-lane roads east and north of the city face different hazards, including gravel, sudden gaps in traffic, and drivers who are not expecting a motorcycle. Distracted driving is a recurring factor in these cases. Learn about distracted driving claims.
Our Asheville motorcycle crash lawyers handle cases all over North Carolina. The office sits one mile outside Durham County, close to Cary, Apex, and Chapel Hill, and within reach of riders throughout northeastern North Carolina. Every case starts with a free consultation by phone, and if travel is difficult because of your injuries, we offer free home visits anywhere in the state.
Motorcycle Injuries Are Rarely Minor
A rider has no roof or doors, no seat belt, no air bag. The same impact that leaves a driver with a sore neck can leave a motorcyclist with multiple fractures, extensive road rash requiring skin grafts, a traumatic brain injury, or permanent loss of function. We build your medical evidence around what your injuries will actually cost you over a lifetime, not just the bills that have arrived so far. If your injuries are life-altering, see our Asheville catastrophic injury page. If a rider did not survive the crash, our Asheville wrongful death attorneys can help the family to confront insurance companies and build a successful wrongful death case.
A Lower Fee for Asheville Riders
The firm's contingency fee is 25% of the settlement, compared with the 33.3% most personal injury firms charge. In a $1 million case, that puts another $83,000 in the client's pocket. Our fee in litigated cases is 33.3%. This is far lower than the 40% to 44% that other firms charge after suit is filed. Our fee is pure contingency, meaning no legal fees unless and until we collect money for you. See a full breakdown of our fees.
Frequently Asked Questions
North Carolina requires all motorcycle riders and passengers to wear a helmet. If you were not wearing one, expect the insurance company to raise it. Whether it actually affects your recovery depends heavily on your injuries and the facts of the crash, which is exactly the kind of argument you want an attorney handling rather than an adjuster.
It usually helps. A driver who did not see you generally failed to keep a proper lookout or yield the right of way. Adjusters sometimes try to reframe it as the rider being hard to see. We use scene evidence, sight lines, and lighting conditions to establish what the driver should have seen. In every case, a driver can see a motorcyclist if they pay proper attention.
Your own uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage may apply, and there may be more coverage available than the adjuster initially discloses. We may also find commercial coverage if the at-fault driver was on the job, or if he was driving for Uber, Lyft, or DoorDash. In most bike crash cases, we locate multiple policies to collect from. See our page on uninsured and underinsured motorist claims.
Yes. Rider bias, injury severity, and the evidence needed to prove fault all differ. Carl personally handles these files for that reason. You can also read our general North Carolina motorcycle accident information or our Asheville car accident page if a car crash is what brought you here.
Our fee is 25% of the settlement, and 33.3% if the case goes into litigation. Nothing is owed until we collect.
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