Under Ohio law, children under the age of 7 cannot be found negligent. This twist, could mean that if you child contributes to a Toledo car accident, it could still be possible to make a claim. Contact a Toledo car accident lawyer if you have questions about this issue. Let’s say a 6-year-old boy is riding his bike and runs through a stop sign, and at the same time, a driver of a car also runs the sign, striking... 

People who have been injured in Toledo car accidents need an attorney fighting for them as soon as possible after the crash. Too many times, injured people will talk to the insurance adjuster representing the at-fault driver and end up agreeing to sign documents that allow the insurance company to dig through medical records. Worse, sometimes people don’t understand the process and they’ll agree to settle... 

When someone dies in auto accident, family members understandably are left reeling emotionally. Fatal accidents also can devastate a family’s finances. In such situations, surviving family members often have no choice but to file a wrongful death lawsuit. My colleague, Michigan car accident lawyer, Larry Buckfire, recently wrote an excellent blog entry about the issues people need to consider when they’ve... 

Robert Crockett III, of Clyde, Ohio, was taken by Life Flight helicopter on March 23, 2009, with serious injuries from a car accident, according to the Toledo Blade. The Blade story stated that Mr. Crockett was traveling on State Route 101 in Sandusky County when another vehicle ran a stop sign and struck Mr. Crockett’s pickup truck. Mr. Crockett’s vehicle then overturned in a ravine. I certainly hope that... 

If you’ve been involved in a Toledo car accident, you may already have been contacted by an insurance adjuster who tries to settle your claim before you’re done receiving treatment. The Ohio Accident Book addresses the danger of prematurely setting your accident claim. Below, you’ll find the second in a series of tips that address issues you should consider if you’ve been in an automobile or truck... 

Victims in low-impact, soft-tissue Toledo car accident cases face a significant challenge in getting fair compensation for their injuries. Insurance company adjusters make life tough on people who have been in car crashes, which is why it usually makes good sense to hire an auto accident attorney. In my newspaper column in Sunday’s Toledo Blade, I wrote about how car accident cases are evaluated both from the... 

In my most recent post, I provided 10 tips to help people who have been in Toledo car accidents navigate the complicated world of personal injury law. During an upcoming series of posts, I’m going to address each of those topics individually from the perspective of an auto accident attorney by providing excerpts from The Ohio Accident Book, which I co-authored with my colleagues at The Charles E. Boyk Law... 

Car accidents often leave people reeling. Trying to figure out how to seek compensation for one’s medical bills, pain, lost wages, and property damage can cause tremendous confusion and anxiety. That’s one of the reason that I co-wrote The Ohio Accident Book with Toledo personal injury attorneys Chuck Boyk and Mike Bruno. In an effort to provide information to people who are struggling with these complicated... 

Wow - talk about killing the messenger. On Sunday, I wrote a newspaper column from a Toledo personal injury attorney’s perspective regarding insurance companies issuing policies that don’t protect families who get into car accidents. My goal was to inform consumers, but instead it sparked attacks from insurance agents who didn’t like it that I encouraged people to shop for pro-family policies. My... 

Many drivers are shocked to learn that “full coverage” doesn’t mean what it sounds like when it comes to dealing with insurance companies. For instance, if you cause a car accident, your children may not be covered for serious injuries, even if you have uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. That’s just one of the ways that insurance companies fail to protect even their own policy holders. Does...