{"id":8132,"date":"2020-04-08T09:50:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/?p=8132"},"modified":"2020-04-17T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T15:01:02","slug":"cruising-for-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lawyer.com\/index.php\/cruising-for-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruising for Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Avoid the wobble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of us have witnessed motorcycles weaving in and out of traffic on the highways and cruising through neighborhoods.\u00a0 While some love the acceleration and adrenaline, others worry about the safety aspect.\u00a0 A recently filed lawsuit may push people in the middle to the side of the latter.\u00a0 A North Carolina motorcycle owner, William Rouse, is taking legal action against well-known Harley-Davidson, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for injuries sustained after his bike crashed.<\/p>\n

Rouse is not attributing his accident to his own mishandling of the bike or the fault of another driver, but rather to a design error present in Harley-Davidson bikes.\u00a0 According to the lawsuit, there is a potential for these motorcycles<\/a> to \u201cwobble\u201d and cause the drivers to momentarily lose control.\u00a0 In Rouse\u2019s case, he was bending at a curve in the road, lost control and was thrown from his father\u2019s 1999 Electra Glide Classic.\u00a0Rouse was left not entirely conscious, with critical bodily injuries.\u00a0 The amount of compensation Rouse is seeking from Harley-Davidson has not been disclosed, but the lawsuit remains in the US Middle District Court in Harrisburg.<\/p>\n

Harley-Davison has responded to the accounts of several riders experiencing this wobble sensation by providing a guide of what to do under these circumstances.\u00a0 The company urges riders to reduce the \u201cgrip on the handlebars, not apply brakes and wait until the wobble ends.\u201d\u00a0 Rouse argues that this method only works if the riders are presented enough room on the road to wait out the wobble.\u00a0 On the contrary, if the riders are in heavy traffic or rounding a curve in the road, the instructions provided by Harley-Davidson are not guaranteed to work.\u00a0The lawsuit points out that this wobble flaw is not necessarily exclusive to Harley-Davidson but is a possible defect in other motorcycle brands.\u00a0 Riders, as well as other drivers on the road, should be cognizant of this dangerous wobble and proceed with caution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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