High-Tech Vehicle Crash Reporting
High-Tech Vehicle Crash Reporting Rapidly evolving technology affects almost every aspect of our daily lives, including our vehicles. Advanced driver assistance features are readily available on most new cars and trucks. These high-tech, automated vehicles may present new risks and safety concerns. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) wants to ensure that these automated […]
What to Do If You’re In a Hit and Run Accident
What to Do If You’re In a Hit and Run Accident Leaving the scene of an accident, especially when people are hurt, is simply wrong. And, in Kentucky and Tennessee, it is also illegal. Under the Kentucky Revised Statutes and Tennessee Code Annotated, a driver involved in an accident where someone is injured or killed […]
Future Medical Benefits in Workers’ Compensation Cases
Future Medical Benefits in Workers’ Compensation Cases At Crocker Law Firm, we represent workers’ compensation clients with a wide variety of injuries. Depending on the injury’s severity, you may need medical treatment well into the future, including therapy, pain management, or even surgery. So, how does that work? When you resolve your case through settlement, […]
Car Accidents While Working
Car Accidents While Working What happens if someone suffers an injury due to a motor vehicle collision while they are working? What kind of benefits are they entitled to? First, that person would want to pursue their rights under their employer’s workers’ compensation insurance. This could include payment of medical expenses, wage payment while they […]
Do I Need Rental Car Insurance?
Do I Need Rental Car Insurance? Maybe you are taking the family on a cross-country adventure, or you just need a car to get you to work while yours is in the shop. Either way, renting a car is not just about getting the right size at the lowest price. It’s about making the right […]
4 Tips to Help Your Teen Driver
4 Tips for Helping Your Teen Driver Ask any parent of a teenager about driving, and you will get a mix of responses. We are thrilled to turn over school commutes and after-practice pickups. We appreciate not having to provide transportation for a teen’s budding social life. Still, underneath, all of us are at least […]
In Kentucky, Who Files a Wrongful Death Claim and Who Gets the Proceeds?
Wrongful death means that someone has been killed due to another person or entity’s misconduct or negligence. Wrongful death claims can stem from almost any type of incident but are often the result of motor vehicle accidents.
When Cars Collide: Property Damage Questions
When Cars Collide: Answers to Property Damage Questions If you are involved in an automobile accident, you may or may not be hurt, but your vehicle probably is. You will need to make a property damage claim to be reimbursed for the damages to your vehicle. Although stemming from the same incident, a bodily injury […]
Does It Matter Who Caused My Work Injury?
Does It Matter Who Caused My Work Injury? At Crocker Law Firm, we represent people who are badly injured while working. A common question is whether it matters that no one is to blame for the injury. If a person lifts equipment from an assembly line and hurts their back, can they still qualify for […]
PIP Benefits for Wrongful Death
PIP Benefits for Wrongful Death It is important to know all the insurance benefits that are available when someone is injured, or even killed, in a car wreck. The Kentucky Motor Vehicle Reparations Act (MVRA), KRS 304.39 provides for basic reparations benefits, also called Personal Injury Protection (PIP) benefits or No-Fault benefits. Most often, these […]
