Can I Still Recover Compensation if I Wasn’t Wearing a Bicycle Helmet?

Name: Can I Still Recover Compensation if I Wasn’t Wearing a Bicycle Helmet? - Lawrence & Associates Accident and Injury Lawyers, LLC
Uploaded: 2025-08-21T16:22:16+00:00
Duration: 32 s
Description: Injured in a bike crash without a helmet? Attorney Justin Lawrence explains how to still file a claim and recover damages, even with reduced compensation.

Posted on Aug 21, 2025 at 4:22pm

TRANSCRIPT:

If you’re injured in a bicycle collision with a car and you’re not wearing a bicycle helmet, you absolutely have the right to file a claim and you can still recover damages. It’s possible that the jury may assess some of the fault for your injury against you if wearing a helmet would have stopped that injury from occurring, but that doesn’t mean you don’t recover, only that you might recover less.

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