What can you do if you’re a biker injured by an animal?

If you’re a biker injured by an animal, you may be unsure as to how you can make a claim for personal injury compensation.

It’s not like you can sue an animal directly…

There is a way you can make a claim for compensation and receive the damages that you may be entitled to receive, and we may be able to represent you on a No Win, No Fee basis for a case as well. Whether you can claim or not often depends on the circumstances of your accident but know this: you may be able to bring a successful case.

What can you do as a biker injured by an animal?

As a biker injured by an animal, you may be able to bring a claim for personal injury compensation against the owner of the animal involved in the accident.

In many cases, the accident occurs because it’s a farm animal that has escaped from an enclosed space. In those circumstances, you may be able to bring your claim against the farmer responsible for the animal. Most farms have insurance, so making a claim is usually a viable route.

What about individual owners?

If the animal is owned by an individual, it can depend on whether there’s any insurance in place.

Pet insurance isn’t compulsory, and not all insurance owners take out actually covers third-party claims. As such, it can be hard to bring a claim as a biker injured by an animal when there’s no insurance in place to settle a case.

You may have to bring a claim against the owner personally, but that isn’t always easy unless they have the finances to settle a case. One of the firs things that needs to be done is the investigation into the insurance element to find out whether we can bring a viable claim for you.

How do you win a claim for an animal injury?

Winning a claim as a biker injured by an animal still comes down to negligence, as with any other case for compensation.

We must still prove that there has been negligence on the part of whoever is responsible for the animal. When we think we can do that, we may be able to offer you No Win, No Fee representation.

For free, no-obligation advice, please contact the team.