After suffering injuries in a car accident that resulted from another party’s negligence, your own driving record should not affect your pursuit of compensation. If the opposing counsel starts citing your driving records, you can...
After getting in a car accident, the most important thing you can do is find the right lawyer to take on your case. With the right legal team by your side, you may have a...
You can file a claim with your insurer if you want to recover compensation for an accident caused by a sudden medical emergency. Usually, when someone else causes an accident, they are liable to pay...
Testimony from witnesses, especially independent ones, to a car accident can help your claim because they can provide insight into the details of the accident. They can also support your story about how the accident...
Inclement weather, such as heavy rainfall, can increase the risk of a car accident. However, determining liability for car accidents during heavy rainfall may be more difficult because of several factors. First, you might have...
Determining liability after a car accident is not always easy and straightforward. Both parties could claim they aren’t responsible for the accident in any way. When this happens, it is easy to rely on witnesses...
While car and truck accidents have many similarities when filing an injury claim, there are also many differences. Knowing the legal process for each type of injury claim is essential to fighting for the compensation...
Every state has laws to keep drivers, occupants, pedestrians, and others on the roadways safe. Ohio is no different. The state has strict regulations on behind-the-wheel behaviors, seatbelt and car seat use, texting and driving,...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur after any trauma. For example, people involved in a serious motor vehicle crash are at an increased risk for PTSD. Car accidents are a common cause of psychological trauma,...
If you were injured or suffered property damage in an automobile accident, you might have grounds to file a car accident claim or lawsuit against the at-fault driver or a related liable party. However, before...
Filing a police report and getting a copy of it can be crucial in jurisdictions such as Columbus, Ohio, and the report can bolster your claim for compensation. Alongside your police report, photos, video footage,...
For many Americans, ridesharing services have now become a part of life. Companies like Uber and Lyft provide a mobile app where individuals can offer driving services using their own personal vehicles, and people in...
If you are hurt in a car accident caused by someone else, you could recover damages through an insurance settlement. Our team at the Fitch Law Firm LLC has successfully negotiated car accident settlements for...
The Chillicothe Gazette reports that two people were killed Friday afternoon when the car they were riding in collided with a train. The accident occurred near Piketon in the vicinity of 400 River Road. Piketon...
In any car accident claim, fault is considered to be one of the most critical components taken into consideration. When a claim for damages resulting from an accident is filed, the first thing that needs...
Following an auto accident, you may visualize resolving the conflict through a full-blown trial with witnesses, lawyers and a judge. However, there are many reasons why proceeding to trial may not be the ideal...
Drivers using hand-held electronic devices while driving in Ohio will now be subject to prosecution. Police and state troopers will issue just warnings — instead of $150 tickets — for the first six months. Teens...
Cell phones have never been more integrated into our everyday life than they are now. We can use them to navigate, keep in touch with friends, and check our email at a moment’s notice. But...
An individual filed a civil complaint on Thursday, September 12, 2013 in the Common Pleas Court of Franklin County, Ohio seeking to halt Columbus’ Photo Traffic Enforcement System as being in violation of Ohio’s Constitution....
As the Baby Boomer generation ages, more elderly drivers are out on America’s roadways. Senior citizens (people over age 65) can be very good drivers, but as their vision, hearing and motor skills worsen, the...
