Ohio Personal Injury FAQs

Car Accident Claim

Other Motor Vehicle Accident Claims

• Car or truck accidents
• Semi-truck accidents
• Bicycle accidents
• Motorcycle accidents
• Bus accidents
• Pedestrian accidents
• Boating accidents
• ATV or 4 wheeler accidents

Serious and Catastrophic Injury Claim

Industrial Accident Claim

Premises Liability Claim

Dog Bite Injury Claim

• The dog’s actions caused the injury;
• The victim wasn’t trespassing or attempting to trespass on personal property at the time of the attack;
• And the victim wasn’t angering the dog through abusive or teasing behaviors.

Workplace Injury Claim

Medical Malpractice Claim

Wrongful Death Claim

If you have been injured by someone else’s neglect or wrongful actions, an experienced personal injury lawyer from Joseph Law Group can investigate and represent your claim. Though the law allows for you to pursue compensation on your own, having an experienced professional helps to ensure the success of your claim and a fair settlement or court award. A knowledgeable personal injury attorney from our firm can guide you through the complicated legal process and serve as your voice, leaving you free to concentrate on recovering from your injury or loss.

Before hiring a lawyer, every client should learn about the law firm’s reputation and credentials. Ask questions about the lawyer’s education, training, and legal experience. Find out if the lawyer has handled cases similar to yours. Make sure you understand how you will be expected to pay the law firm’s fees and costs. What happens if your case is not won? Who will do the work on your case and what will be expected from you? Of most importance, every client should feel comfortable with their attorney and staff. The attorney-client relationship you are about to embark upon should involve mutual respect, trust, and confidence.

At Joseph Law Group, we are well-versed in all personal injury and wrongful death claims and have an advanced track record to back us up. We have founded our organization on compassion for our clients and remain current in a dynamic legal climate. By design, our offices have chosen attorneys and staff that have a passion for justice and meeting all clients’ legal needs. Our attorneys have decades of combined personal injury experience and training in negotiating settlements of these types of claims. We also know how to deal with the insurance companies and we know how to gather evidence to present your claim in order to obtain maximum value. Even more importantly, our Ohio personal injury attorneys are trained trial lawyers and have built a reputation of trying cases before a jury in the event that your claim does not settle. Often, the real threat of putting your case before a jury of peers by experienced trial lawyers is enough to make the difference of your case settling or not.

First, you must have suffered damage or an injury to your person. Second, it is important to prove that your injury was due to someone else’s fault or as a result of another person’s negligence. For example: in a car accident case, a driver who caused the collision may have behaved negligently or carelessly by speeding, texting while driving, or driving while intoxicated. In such situations, that driver may be liable for your injuries.

Nearly any type of accident claim can be brought against a negligent party when that
party’s negligence caused the injury. An Ohio Personal Injury lawyer can provide you with more information about some of the particular kinds of cases brought under a theory of negligence.

Every state has certain time limits called “statutes of limitations” which govern the amount of time you have to file a personal injury lawsuit. In some states, you may have as little as one year to file a lawsuit arising out of an automobile accident. If you miss the deadline for filing your case, you may lose your legal right to recover damages for your injury. Consequently, it is important to talk with a lawyer as soon as possible after you suffer or discover an injury, death, or loss.

The statute of limitations in Ohio depends on the type of case you are dealing with. Under Ohio law, most personal injury cases have a two-year statute of limitations. However, medical malpractice claims are handled differently, and thus, have a one-year statute. If you have any questions about the timeframe of your particular situation, please contact one of the personal injury attorneys with the Joseph Law Group today.

As a citizen of the state of Ohio, you have the right to have a personal injury attorney represent you in a court of law, you also have the right to seek appropriate compensation for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of another. This includes the right to seek money for past and future medical expenses, past and future pain and suffering, emotional distress, past and future loss of enjoyment of life due to the inability to perform daily activities as well as past and future loss of income. Joseph Law Group is here to thoroughly explain all of your legal rights as a victim.

If you are injured in an accident, the most important thing you can do is collect and keep any available evidence that might show what happened. Obtain the names, addresses, and phone numbers of both the at-fault party as well as any witnesses, take photographs, and make a journal of exactly what happened. This evidence can be crucial to presenting your case. Police reports, medical records, business records, or other information can also be useful. If you need medical attention, make arrangements to get treatment as soon as possible. Make sure to tell your health care provider how you were injured. You should also consider consulting with an attorney as soon as possible to help preserve any evidence and present your case.

Ohio imposes caps on personal injury damages, which are restrictions on the amount of compensation accident victims can receive for damages related to their accident. Non-economic damages are subject to these restrictions, but economic damages are not. For instance, there is no limit on recovering medical expenses following a car accident, but when it comes to the less-defined non-economic damages such as pain and suffering resulting from the accident, Ohio imposes a restriction. The state sets a maximum limit of $250,000, which if the economic damages are sufficient can increase to three times the economic damages up to $350,000 per person or $500,000 per accident.

There are generally two types of damages which can be sought as a result of a claim.  Economic damages consist of medical bills, lost wages, and other damages that have a specific value.  Most other things will fall under non-economic damages.  These can include pain and suffering, loss of consortium, loss of use, loss of enjoyment of life, to name a few.  In short, if a specific value cannot be assigned, that is likely considered to be non-economic damages.