Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtliff had a motorcycle accident in September 0f 2007 when he crashed his Harley while preparing for a motorcycle rally to raise money for a memorial for murdered Utah police officers.  It was a simple mistake and his bike went down in a patch of gravel.  The outcome has been anything but simple however.

Shurtleff finally had teh Ilisarov fixator removed from his leg yesterday declaring "The shackle is off!"  Infections were the cause of the multiple surgeries.  When bone gets infected it can dramatically delay union of the fracture retarding recovery and sometimes even necessitating limb removal.  Motorcyle crashes and the resulting fracture of bone dictates that you wait until all is healed to make sure your claim for all harms and losses resulting from the crash can be compensated for.  If you settle your claim too soon and the initial injury has not yet healed, or unfortunately like Shurtleff, infection dramatically retards healing, you will be left with partial recovery and out of luck.

In Utah you have 4 years from the date of the crash in which you must launch your motorcycle injury case.  Do not wait that long before you contact a motorcycle injury attorney however becasue the more time we have to fully investigate the case the better the chances of obtaining full financial compensation for your harms and losses.  We charge no fee to talk with you about your potential case and do not charge a fee unless we take your case and get money for you either by way of settlement or trial if necessary.

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