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Fontana riders share the road with more big rigs than almost anywhere in California. The 10, the 15 and the 210 cut through the middle of town, and Sierra, Cherry and Slover carry warehouse traffic all day. If a driver or a truck put you on the ground, Morales Law Firm handles the claim. Free consultation. No fee unless we win. English and Spanish.
Most motorcycle crashes involve a car. In Fontana, a lot of them involve a truck. That changes who pays, how much insurance there is, and how fast we have to move.
A tractor-trailer has blind spots along both sides and behind the trailer. A rider beside a trailer on the 10 or the 15 can disappear from the driver’s mirrors completely. Lane changes and wide right turns onto Slover and Jurupa are the usual result.
A commercial truck carries far more coverage than a family car, and the trucking company’s insurer sends investigators to the scene within hours. You need someone on your side just as fast.
Trucks record speed, braking and hours of service electronically. Dispatch records and driver logs show whether the driver was rushing or over hours. Some of it can be overwritten if nobody asks for it in writing.
Send a preservation letter to the trucking company for the truck’s electronic data, dashcam video, driver logs and dispatch records. Identify the carrier from the DOT number on the cab.
Canvass Sierra, Slover or wherever the crash happened for business cameras before the footage is overwritten. Request the Fontana PD or CHP report.
Photograph and secure your motorcycle and gear, and set up an inspection before anything is repaired or salvaged. Open the claim with every insurer involved, without a recorded statement.
Fontana riders are ten minutes from Lytle Creek Road and the climb through the Cajon Pass. Those roads bring blind curves, gravel and trucks descending the grade on the 15.
Crashes there can involve the county or the Forest Service as well as another driver, and claims against a public agency have a six-month deadline. Call early if you went down in the mountains.
Sierra Avenue. Where many Fontana riders are seen first, especially Kaiser members.
Colton. San Bernardino County’s Level I trauma center, fifteen minutes east on the 10.
Loma Linda. The county’s other Level I trauma center.
17005 Upland Ave. Takes reports for crashes on city streets.
Takes reports for crashes on the 10, the 15 and the 210 through Fontana.
Where a Fontana lawsuit is filed. California law is the same as in Los Angeles County.
Send a few details and an attorney, not a screener, will call you back. No cost, no obligation, and no fee unless we recover money for you. Phones are answered 24 hours a day, in English and Spanish, and we come to you in Fontana.
Tell us what happened. No cost, no obligation, and your information stays private.
The Fontana Police Department at 17005 Upland Ave. for crashes on city streets. Crashes on the 10, the 15 or the 210 are handled by the CHP Rancho Cucamonga Area office. We request the report on every case and check it for mistakes.
Usually the driver and the trucking company, and sometimes the company that loaded or maintained the truck. Commercial trucks carry much larger insurance policies than cars. We identify the carrier from the truck’s DOT number and send a preservation letter right away.
Yes. California allows lane splitting and defines it in Vehicle Code section 21658.1. Splitting lanes does not make a crash your fault. The question is still whether the driver or trucker acted carelessly.
Yes. The insurer can argue for a reduction, but only for injuries a helmet would have prevented or reduced. It does not affect a broken leg, an arm injury or road rash.
About twenty miles west, roughly twenty-five to thirty minutes on the 10 or the 210. We are at 151 W. Bonita Ave. in San Dimas. For most Fontana riders we come to you, at home, at Kaiser or at Arrowhead Regional.
Two years for most injury lawsuits in California, and six months for a claim against a city, county or other public agency. In a truck case the electronic data and video can be gone long before that, so call early.
Nothing up front. Our fee comes out of the recovery, and if we do not recover money for you, you owe no fee. The consultation is free, in English or Spanish.
Morales Law Firm
151 W. Bonita Ave., San Dimas, CA 91773
(626) 521-5402
We are about twenty miles west of Fontana on the 10 or the 210, at the Bonita Avenue exit off the 57. For most Fontana riders we come to you for the first meeting, at home or in the hospital, and handle the rest by phone, text and email. If you would rather come to us, there is free parking in downtown San Dimas.
Free consultation, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No fee unless we win. Two years to file under California law, and the evidence does not wait.