Northwest Hills, TX Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

Recognized & Trusted

Some of the worst Northwest Hills motorcycle crashes happen without the cars ever touching — a driver drifts into a rider’s lane, and the rider goes down avoiding them. SMB Law, PC proves fault even when there was no contact. A Northwest Hills motorcycle accident lawyer knows a no-contact crash, where a driver runs a rider off the road, is still the driver’s fault. Shane M. Boasberg has handled Central Texas injury claims for more than twenty years and personally proves fault even without impact.

The winding roads off Loop 360 and Mopac around Northwest Hills leave little room to recover when a careless driver forces a rider to swerve, and these no-contact crashes are among the hardest to prove.

Where a Northwest Hills motorcycle accident claim is handled

Northwest Hills is in Travis County, so a lawsuit is filed with the Travis County District Clerk at the Civil and Family Courthouse on Guadalupe Street in Austin. Most claims resolve with the insurer first.

No-contact and phantom-vehicle crashes

A driver does not have to hit a motorcycle to cause the crash. When a car changes lanes into a rider, pulls out from a side street, or runs a rider off the road, the motorcyclist often lays the bike down or takes evasive action and is badly hurt — without the vehicles ever touching. These no-contact or phantom-vehicle crashes are fully compensable in Texas, but they are harder to prove, because the at-fault driver may not even stop, and an insurer will argue the rider simply lost control. Winning them takes evidence: independent witnesses, any nearby or helmet-camera footage, the physical marks on the road, and a reconstruction showing the rider’s path was a reasonable response to the driver’s maneuver. If the phantom driver is never identified, the rider’s own uninsured-motorist coverage may still apply. We build the proof a Northwest Hills no-contact case needs so a rider is not blamed for a crash a careless driver caused.

Proving a crash the other driver caused but never touched

The defense in a Northwest Hills no-contact case is predictable: with no impact between the vehicles, the insurer says the rider simply crashed on their own. Overcoming that means assembling the objective proof that another driver forced the wreck. Independent witnesses who saw the car cut in, footage from a helmet camera or a nearby business, the location of the bike’s skid and scrape marks, and a reconstruction of the rider’s evasive path can together show the crash was a reasonable response to someone else’s negligence. Because a phantom driver often does not stop, we also move quickly to preserve that evidence and, where the driver stays unidentified, to position the rider’s own uninsured-motorist coverage. Done properly, a no-contact crash becomes a provable claim rather than a rider’s word against an empty road.

Decades of Texas injury experience on your side

Motorcycle claims come with a built-in headwind, and answering it takes experience. You work directly with attorney Shane M. Boasberg, who has represented injured Texans for more than two decades and has been licensed by the State of Texas since 2003. He knows how Central Texas insurers and juries view riders, how to document a serious motorcycle injury, and how to push back on the assumptions that get used to discount these cases. You get a lawyer who has done this many times — not a case manager reading from a script.

Working with us from Northwest Hills

Our office is in downtown Austin, an easy reach from Northwest Hills. We handle most consultations and case updates by phone and video, and there is no fee unless we recover for you. If travel is difficult, we can also come to you.

Why injured riders choose SMB Law, PC

• Direct attorney access — you talk to Shane, licensed since 2003, not a call center.
• No fee unless we recover — motorcycle-injury cases are handled on a contingency basis.
• Honest advice and transparent terms explained before you commit.

What working with us looks like

1. Free consultation to understand what happened and the law that applies.
2. Investigation — we preserve evidence, obtain the crash report, and identify every insurer.
3. Negotiation or court — we settle when the offer is fair and litigate when it is not.
4. Recovery paid out and medical liens resolved so you keep more of it.