Hey y’all, I got into an accident while on my motorcycle a few weeks ago and I just obtained a police report which seems incorrect. A lady pulled out from the sidewalk side of the road over a double yellow trying to do a u-turn. She had no line of sight of me because of a bus blocking both our vision and by the time she pulled out (quickly). I did not have enough time to brake and we made contact.
I’m not sure whether or not their insurance have received the report but when they called me the day before I retained it they said it is 50/50. I had the right of way, we were in the middle of two intersections and at the time I still had the green to go straight ahead had she not pulled out in front of me.
The senior officer who responded to the scene told me I’m “100% winning that insurance claim” but his partner, wrote the report instead and what seems like taking her side trying to put me at fault to some degree, not mentioning the u-turn she performed and instead said she was simply making a left turn (again we were not near an intersection or driveway she could’ve made a turn at). The diagram depicting the accident shows it happened at an intersection which again, it did not.
I’m thinking about lawyering up for this, if anyone knows any good lawyers for motorcycle/auto please let me know, I’m in NYC. This is my first accident ever so I’m looking for any advice.
Thanks!
Edit: By taking her side I mean in the way they were speaking in Spanish, and she had a pride shirt on at the time speaking to the officer in question who was apart of the community as well. Not trying to throw shade or anything.
I’m not sure whether or not their insurance have received the report but when they called me the day before I retained it they said it is 50/50. I had the right of way, we were in the middle of two intersections and at the time I still had the green to go straight ahead had she not pulled out in front of me.
The senior officer who responded to the scene told me I’m “100% winning that insurance claim” but his partner, wrote the report instead and what seems like taking her side trying to put me at fault to some degree, not mentioning the u-turn she performed and instead said she was simply making a left turn (again we were not near an intersection or driveway she could’ve made a turn at). The diagram depicting the accident shows it happened at an intersection which again, it did not.
I’m thinking about lawyering up for this, if anyone knows any good lawyers for motorcycle/auto please let me know, I’m in NYC. This is my first accident ever so I’m looking for any advice.
Thanks!
Edit: By taking her side I mean in the way they were speaking in Spanish, and she had a pride shirt on at the time speaking to the officer in question who was apart of the community as well. Not trying to throw shade or anything.