Louisville Accident And Injury Blog

I am handling a case that I will blog more about later.  However, for the moment, let me tell you that my client was hit by a car while he was walking in a crosswalk and there appears to be limited insurance coverage on the at-fault driver. My client has been hospitalized at the University […]

I signed up a client recently that was hit by a car while riding a motor scooter. After we met and I began to represent him as his lawyer, he solicited a personal injury settlement from the insurance carrier for the at-fault driver. He did not inform me of this and it escapes me as […]

Hmm? Good question.   Nine of ten times I have to tell a client “No!”  Today, to my own surprise, I had to suggest to a client that she accept an early settlement of her personal injury claim. I represented this lady for another car wreck about six months back and she was just involved in […]

I had a phone call the other day in regard to a motorcycle wreck that happened in Corydon, Indiana.  While I had about a thirty-minute phone call with the injured motorcyclist, I have not signed him up as a client yet. Nevertheless, I wanted to share with you some of the issues that are immediately […]

Two days in a row, State Farm’s phone system says “We are experiencing extremely high call volume, please call back another day.” Really? If these companies are going to spend all this money on advertising to get you to insure with them, they can at least make sure they have the proper means of addressing […]

I signed up a mother injured in a car wreck in Louisville, Kentucky last week.  The problem is that the mother was driving a car owned by her daughter.  Consequently, even though the driver/client was not at fault in causing the car wreck, I have to use the daughter’s automobile insurance to pay my client’s […]

I had a phone call earlier today from a young man who had been hurt in an automobile accident in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  He already had a personal injury lawyer so I was limited in what information I could tell him.  However, I knew this personal injury lawyer from when I went to law school […]

Top 10 Mistakes You Can Make in Handling Your Own Automobile Injury Claim 10) Don’t go to the doctor.  The injury claim lives and dies on the contents of your medical records. If you don’t go to the doctor, it appears you must not have been in pain. 9) Not having the right kind of […]

Today, I met with a new client who had just been in a car wreck.  It was a significant wreck as the airbags of both vehicles deployed and my client was taken by EMS to the trauma unit of the University of Louisville Hospital.  It was a rather interesting discussion because his sister had been […]

I have been practicing personal injury law for over 20 years and in that time; I have found that I like to keep to my niche, i.e.. car wrecks as much as possible.   I have tried to direct my blog to you, the consumer, and what information you may need in regard to the handling […]

Be careful when accepting the settlement offer of an insurance company.  You should always consult an experienced injury attorney after a car, truck or motorcycle accident that results in your injury.  I had a new experience the other day. A client had told me that before I was handling his personal injury claim, the insurance […]

1) Get rid of any deductible you have against your no-fault or PIP coverage. You CAN NOT recover that deductible from the at-fault’s insurance company, and you might have saved $30 a year for a deductible that just cost you $1,000. 2) You can use either your own car insurance, i.e. your collision coverage, or […]