Anyone who has been involved in an automobile accident understands how quickly the paperwork beings to pile up. Most Toledo car accident attorneys will tell you it’s extremely important to document everything having to do with the crash - from the accident reports to the medical records. That’s one of the tips we included in The Ohio Accident Book, a guide I co-authored with the other attorneys in The Charles... 

One of the favorite ploys of insurance adjusters is to ask the injured person to sign a medical authorization form. They portray it as merely routine, but people who have been involved in a Toledo, Ohio, car accident may unwittingly destroy their cases if they’ve signed the authorization form. Don’t sign a medical authorization form if you’ve been involved in an automobile accident without talking to... 

Too often people who have been seriously injured in a Toledo, Ohio, car accident will come to our office and tell us the driver who struck them had the state minimum insurance of $12,500 per person, $25,000 per accident. Then the other shoe will drop when we discover that our new client didn’t purchase uninsured/underinsured coverage on their auto insurance policy. At that point, we know our options will be limited.... 

People who have been involved in a car accident in Toledo, Ohio, need to understand that they should not talk to the insurance adjuster representing the at-fault driver until they’ve spoke with a car accident lawyer. The adjuster’s job is to settle the claim as quickly and inexpensively as possible. The best way to do that is to wave some money under the automobile accident victim’s nose before that... 

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...