California laws allow what's called an "apportionment of liability." If you are determined by a judge or jury to be 20% responsible for your accident, then you will be entitled to 20% less than the value of the damages you incurred as a result of the accident. So if you filed a $10,000 claim and it was demonstrated that you were 20% at fault, then you will be owed $10,000 minus 20% ($2,000) of the claim. So you will be owed $8,000 by the other parties for your injuries and damages.
Under the California system, you can receive damages provided another party is at least 1% responsible for a motorcycle accident in San Diego, California; however, if you are 100% responsible for your accident, then you have no claim and are not eligible for recovering any funds.
For this reason, in the majority of cases where a motorcyclist is partially responsible for a motorcycle accident, you should still retain legal counsel and pursue a claim against the other involved drivers. Even if you are 50% or more responsible for your claim, you are still entitled to the balance of damages for the proportion of the accident that is someone else's fault.
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