Originally Posted by
longbeachgary
I am not an attorney but here are a couple of pieces of advice.
1) call an attorney. the consultation will be free and he'll send you to a doctor to be checked out.
2) don't let anyone in your house to look at you or your bike. The insurance company will sometimes send out an adjustor - DON'T LET HIM IN AND DON'T TALK TO HIM (OR HER) edit - unless your attorney says it's OK - end of edit.
3) if you take advice number one, do what ever the doctor says..
Call the police department and see what their procedure is to get a copy of the report. Sometimes they charge a small fee to get a copy.
This is all totally true story. I went through this when I was a passenger in a car that was rear-ended by a drunk. Took over a year to settle, but I got about $11,000 and it wasn't even my car. The insurance company tried to get me to settle (before I had a lawyer) for $350. Lawyers really help you from getting screwed over by insurance agencies. It's not like the insurers stay in business because they just want to hand money out, you know? They're crooked just like everyone else.
You should get a lawyer.