Received a ticket for accident and foudn at fault and judge dismissed the ticket. What actions should I take now?

If you have injuries or damages to your bike you can make a claims against the other driver's insurance, but the liability will be apportioned according to how much of the fault is deemed to be yours. Because your ticket was dismissed, you could argue none, but that wasn't a dismissal on the merits so the other driver can still argue that you were at fault because you were the one that was cited. if the other driver has injuries or damage, they can do the same, and if so, you may want to let this go and only make a claim if they do.

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No, unfortunately, the blame for the accident cannot be apportioned under DC law as suggested by attorney Koslyn since as far as I am aware the District of Columbia is still a so-called contributory negligence jurisdiction whereby if one party is even slightly responsible for an accident, all of his or her claims for damages are subject to dismissal on the grounds that he or she was contributorily negligent. to the cause of the accident and therefore may not recover anything even from the other party who was mostly at fault.

M.E. Hendrickson, Esq.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314