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Maybe you don’t remember the impact. Maybe you remember all of it: the SUV that started its turn, the half second when you knew, the sound your bike made sliding across Washington Road.
Now you’re home, or close to it. Your jacket is in a plastic bag somewhere, cut up the sleeve by a paramedic. Your bike is sitting in a tow yard, racking up storage fees. There’s a stack of envelopes on the kitchen table you haven’t opened yet, and a voicemail from an adjuster who just wants to “get your side of things.”
You were riding home.
For more than 30 years, we’ve been the people riders call at this point. We take over the phone calls, the paperwork and the fight with the insurance company, and we’ve recovered millions for people who were told to settle for less. You pay nothing up front.
No stress. No upfront costs. Just results - contact our law offices in Augusta, Georgia today at (706) 722-3500 to schedule a free consultation.
Insurance companies don’t waste time after a crash. Within days, sometimes hours, someone calls. They’re polite. They ask how you’re feeling. Then they ask if they can record the conversation.
Their favorite move is the fast settlement: a check in front of you while the bills pile up, before anyone knows whether you’ll need a second surgery or ever ride again. Sign it, and whatever this crash costs you next year is yours to carry.
Our Augusta personal injury lawyers build cases that make that strategy fail.
Here’s how:
- Proving Fault with Expert Analysis. Drivers who hit motorcycles almost always say the same thing: “I never saw him.” We work with accident reconstruction specialists to prove they should have. Often that means tracking down traffic camera and gas station video before it gets recorded over.
- Calculating Your True Losses. Today’s hospital bill is only the start. Our network of medical professionals helps us put a real number on long-term care, rehab, and the income you could lose for years.
- Negotiating with Insurance Companies. We’ve sat across the table from these adjusters many times. Plenty of them also handle the claims our Augusta car accident lawyers ⟨NEW LINK → Augusta car accident page⟩ take on every week, so we know their playbook and how they value a case.
- Exploring All Compensation Options. The at-fault driver’s policy often isn’t enough to cover a serious motorcycle injury. We dig into uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, employer liability, and every other source that could pay.
The goal is simple. You get every dollar you’re owed, and you don’t fight for it alone. If you were hurt some other way, our personal injury team in Augusta handles that too.
Call (706) 705-8956 for a free consultation today.
The honest answer is that it depends. Anyone who quotes you a number in the first five minutes is guessing. What we can tell you is what moves that number up or down:
| Factor | How It Affects Your Compensation | Potential Compensation Range | How We Prove It |
|---|---|---|---|
| Injury Severity | More serious injuries mean higher medical costs, longer recovery, and greater pain and suffering damages. | Can exceed $1 million for catastrophic injuries. | Medical records, doctor evaluations, and expert testimony, including from the doctors who treated you. |
| Ability to Work | If you can’t work, you may receive lost wages and reduced future earning capacity. | Depends on income level and recovery duration. | Employment records, wage statements, and vocational expert analysis. |
| Long-Term Impact | Changes to your mobility, independence, or daily life can increase your settlement. | Varies, but often $500,000+ for cases involving permanent disability. | Testimony from doctors, life care planners, and financial experts. |
| Fault & Liability | Under Georgia’s modified comparative negligence rule, your payout is reduced by your share of fault. | Reduced in proportion to your fault; barred entirely at 50% or more. | Police crash reports, witness statements, and accident reconstruction experts. |
The insurance company will run your bills and diagnosis codes through a formula and send you a number.
That number has no line for the first time your daughter asks why you don’t ride anymore. Or for the bike you spent three winters rebuilding, sold to a stranger off Marketplace because you can’t stand to look at it in the garage. Or for 3 a.m., when the pain pills wear off and you’re up again, sleeping in the recliner because lying flat still hurts.
We make sure the people deciding your case hear about all of it.
Before you sign anything, picture yourself a year from now, still in that recliner. Is the check enough?
If you’re unsure, call (706) 705-8956 today for a free consultation.
Two years sounds like plenty of time. It goes faster than you think, especially when most of it is spent in doctors’ offices.
Georgia generally gives you two years from the date of your crash to file a personal injury lawsuit. Miss that date and, in almost every case, your claim is gone for good. It won’t matter how badly you were hurt or how obvious it was that the other driver caused it.
Some deadlines are much shorter. If a city or county vehicle was involved, or a poorly maintained road helped cause your crash, Georgia law may require written notice of your claim within months. A few narrow exceptions can pause the clock, but betting your recovery on one is a gamble you don’t need to take.
Meanwhile, your evidence is quietly disappearing. Camera footage gets recorded over. Skid marks wash away in the next storm. The witness who saw everything moves out of state. Every week you wait makes your case a little harder to prove.
If someone else was responsible for your crash, you may be able to recover compensation for your economic and non-economic losses. Punitive damages may be available in rare cases of gross negligence.
Economic damages include things like:
Common examples of non-economic damages include:
If you lost a family member in a fatal motorcycle crash, you may be entitled to damages for wrongful death. Those damages often include funeral and burial costs, loss of financial support, loss of consortium, and more. Our guide to fatal motorcycle accident wrongful death claims in Georgia explains what families should know after a deadly motorcycle collision and how these claims are evaluated.
You’re strapped to a backboard, and the first question you hear is how fast you were going. Riders get blamed before anyone has looked at the evidence, and insurance companies count on it. Don’t let that talk you out of a claim.
Georgia follows a modified comparative negligence rule. You can still recover as long as you’re less than 50% at fault. Your award just shrinks by your share of the blame. If a jury decides you were 20% responsible for a $100,000 loss, you walk away with $80,000. At 50% or more, you walk away with nothing.
That’s why every percentage point matters, and why the insurer will fight for each one. Expect them to claim you:
- Violated Georgia helmet laws
- Failed to wear protective eyewear
- Didn’t have a valid motorcycle license
- Were lane splitting or weaving through traffic
Sometimes there’s some truth to it. Often there isn’t. Either way, how your attorney answers those accusations can swing the result by tens of thousands of dollars. If you’re being blamed for a crash you don’t believe you caused, contact our law firm in Augusta today.
Most motorcycle crashes happen because someone made a mistake. To recover damages, you’ll typically have to prove that the at-fault party was negligent.
Legally speaking, negligence means someone failed to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances.
As our Personal Injury Attorney Chase Hawk explains, it’s a term lawyers use all the time—but really, it just means someone acted carelessly, recklessly, or just plain irresponsibly.
Think of it as a failure to take proper care when it matters most—like texting while driving, speeding, or changing lanes without checking first.
To successfully recover compensation, you have to prove four key elements:
One key is that not every mistake leads to a valid legal claim.
| HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE: someone injuring themselves while cooking isn’t the same as someone getting hurt in a crash caused by a drunk driver. The difference? In motorcycle accidents, there’s often a clear duty that was breached—and when that breach leads to real harm, you have a case. |
Establishing financial liability isn’t always simple.
You'll need real evidence to connect the dots between the at-fault party’s negligence and your injuries.
That’s where we come in. At Hawk Law Group, we know what to look for—and how to fight for what you deserve.
You don’t have to figure this out alone. Call an Augusta motorcycle accident lawyer at Hawk Law Group and get straight answers about your case today. The first consultation is free, and we work on a contingency fee basis. You don’t pay us a cent in attorneys’ fees unless we win.
Motorcycles don’t come with airbags, seat belts, or even a metal frame to protect riders. Even a relatively mild motorcycle accident can cause life-changing injuries. You shouldn’t have to deal with the consequences while the responsible party walks away unharmed.
At Hawk Law Group, our experienced motorcycle accident lawyers in Augusta will fight hard to recover full compensation for your injuries. We often represent clients who have sustained:
An accident can leave you feeling overwhelmed. You don’t have to wait for your injuries to heal to take legal action. Our lawyers offer home and hospital visits--so even if you aren’t feeling up to an office visit, call to schedule a free case evaluation today.
You’ll find us on Telfair Street in downtown Augusta, less than a mile from the Augusta-Richmond County Judicial Center on James Brown Boulevard, where most local motorcycle injury cases are filed. If getting here is the hard part right now, just tell us. We’ll come to you.
338 Telfair St. Augusta, GA 30901
(706) 722-3500
Numbers don’t tell the whole story, but they do explain why riders are right to be careful.
In 2019, Georgia recorded 3,948 motorcycle crashes. That sounds small next to the more than 404,000 total crashes on Georgia roads that same year. Look closer, though. Motorcycles were only 2% of registered vehicles in Georgia in 2019, yet riders made up 11% of everyone killed on the state’s roads. Between 2017 and 2019, motorcycle deaths in Georgia climbed 22%, from 139 riders to 170. Over 80% of the riders in those crashes were wearing helmets. Doing everything right doesn’t guarantee you walk away. And it hasn’t gotten better since: motorcyclist deaths hit 221 in 2022, the most in a decade, and riders were 12% of everyone killed on Georgia roads in 2023.
Most of the riders who call us weren’t doing anything unusual. They were heading to work, or out for a Sunday ride, on roads they’d driven a thousand times. Think of Washington Road, where someone is always turning left across traffic, and where Masters week fills the lanes with visitors who’ve never driven it before. Almost every rider tells us the driver said the same thing afterward: “I never saw him.”
Our Personal Injury law firm in Augusta also provides:
Bikers tend to get a bad reputation in Georgia. In reality, many motorcycle crashes happen because of negligent drivers. It’s unfortunate, but these drivers often fail to watch for smaller vehicles.
Some of the most common causes of motorcycle accidents include:
Inexperienced drivers can also contribute to the cause of an accident. According to the Georgia Department of Driver Services, 51% of all motorcycle crashes in 2019 involved a biker with an invalid motorcycle license. Around 7% of all motorcyclists involved in crashes were driving without any valid license.
If you were injured in a motorcycle accident, it’s important to know what happened. Multiple factors can play a role--and the insurance company often tries to blame the biker for causing the accident.
Our motorcycle accident attorneys at Hawk Law Group will do everything we can to help. Call our firm today to schedule a free case review to learn more.
Did you sustain an injury at work or develop an occupational illness? If so, hiring an experienced Augusta Motorcycle Accident Lawyer can be essential for your fight for benefits.
(888) 771-1110The personal injury lawyers at Hawk Law Group represent accident victims throughout the Central Savannah River Area, including Augusta, Avera, Belvedere, Blythe, Crawfordville, Davisboro, Evans, Gibson, Grovetown, Harlem, Hephzibah, Jackson, Lincolnton, Louisville, Martinez, Millen, New Ellenton, North Augusta, Sandersville, Sparta, Stapleton, Thomson, Warrenton, Waynesboro, and all surrounding communities in Aiken, Edgefield, and Richmond Counties.
Hawk Law Group is a personal injury law firm serving clients in Augusta, GA, and surrounding areas. With over 71 years of combined experience, we have recovered hundreds of millions on behalf of injury victims. Contact us for help today.
