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How Truck Accidents Can be Different From Car Accidents
Fact: Not all vehicle accidents are the same. Trucks vs. Cars: Trucks Usually Win While there are many more cars on the road than larger trucks, likewise there are also many more deaths related to...
Whiplash Technology | Prevent Whiplash Car Accident Injuries
Whiplash Prevention technology Many automakers started implementing automobile safety features in the early 2000’s that were designed to reduce the risk of whiplash or neck injury. So it begs the...
Car Wreck Injury Claims Common Issues
Every auto accident case is unique and should be handled with care by a competent personal injury lawyer. Whether you are suffering from an injury to your: Lumbar spine Neck Shoulder Knee Wrist Your...
We focus on Injury claims, Workers Comp, Car Accidents
Focused Practice, Stronger Results in Injury and Workers’ Comp Law The vast majority of law offices these days specialize in a particular area or areas of the law. Larger firms may specialize in...
Who is responsible for a car accident with a delivery driver?
Who Pays After an Accident with an Amazon, Uber, or DoorDash Driver? Let McKenzie & Snyder, LLP. Handle the Headache If you've been in an accident with an Amazon delivery driver, Uber driver, or...
Injured in a Hamilton Car Accident
Common Questions After a Car Accident Victims of auto accidents in Hamilton often have a number of questions that are commonly asked. This article aims to address some common issues that arise during...
5 Reasons to Hire A Personal Injury Attorney After Accident
If you've been in an accident that was not your fault it can help you to hire a personal injury to fight for compensation for the cost of recovering from your injuries, having your car completely...
Cincinnati Lawyer: Negligence Claims and Car Accidents
Cincinnati Car Crash Cases: What are they all about? Generally speaking, car accidents are the result of someone’s negligence or carelessness, and often result in serious or catastrophic injury. Cars...
ACDA: How Keeping Your Distance Can Keep You Safe
##What is ACDA?## ACDA, or Assured Clear Distance Ahead, is an acronym that you may have heard in the past. ACDA simply means to maintain a safe distance between your vehicle and the vehicle in front...
Car Accident, No Valid License, No Insurance
If you were in an accident and you either don’t have a valid license or insurance, or both, can you still collect car accident injury compensation? This is one of the more common questions we get....
Chiropractic Insurance, Chiropractor Attorney, Hamilton
Car wrecks are violent sudden impacts that our bodies are not built to endure. In many auto accidents the alignment of our spinal cords and lumbar area slip out of place causing extreme pain and...
Filing a Personal Injury Lawsuit in Cincinnati
If your personal injury claim is not settling and the statute of limitations is approaching (which in Ohio is two years from the date of the crash) you may need to file a “complaint” into Hamilton...
The At Fault Driver Did Not Have Insurance. Now what?
Understanding Your Options When the Other Driver Has No Insurance Many of our clients call us following an auto accident and explain that the individual who caused the wreck did not have car...
Have Speed Humps Reduced Car Accidents in Cincinnati
Have Speed Humps, Speed Bumps, and Speed Cushions Reduced Car Accidents in Cincinnati? First, what is a speed cushion, and a speed hump? WCPO has a good video explainer on the different between a...
When You Need A Lifeline
When you find yourself in a personal injury situation and need a lifeline, it can be a daunting experience. One common cause of personal injury is car accidents. These accidents can result in...
Three Vehicle Laws Protecting You from Personal Injury
3 Vehicle Laws Protecting You From Personal Injury Many of the laws in our country, state, county, and city are aimed at keeping us safe while driving. Whether it is a law on speed limits or vehicle...
Should I Use My Insurance If the Other Person Was At Fault?
Following an Ohio car crash involving injuries, many questions often arise. Who will pay for my bills? When will payment be made? What if the other person did not have insurance? And so on. One...
Insurance Company’s Offer is Too Low: Going to Trial after a Car Crash
Car crashes often result in serious injuries to passengers. Broken bones, scars, cuts, torn ligaments, and injuries to the neck, back, arms, knees, and ankles are all quite common. The human body is...
UnSteady Load Danger: Debris on the Roads.
A truck driver can tell you the dangers of a shifting load and how that can cause, sometimes fatal, auto accidents. Imagine pallets of ball bearings stacked in the back of a semi truck; if the semi...
Truck Accident Injury Lawyer
Accidents involving trucks and semi-trailers often involve typical negligence or carelessness on the part of the truck’s driver. Such negligence can include: driving too closely to the vehicle in...
West Chester Car Accident Attorneys
If you’ve been in an auto accident in West Chester, you should know that an experienced car accident attorney can be yours without risk of paying out of pocket. With Mckenzie & Snyder, there is...
What Do I Do If I Have Been In A Car Accident?
Many people have been lucky enough to have never been involved in a motor vehicle accident. However, if you ever have the misfortune of getting into an accident, especially if its not your fault,...
Cincinnati Car Crash Report and the Cop: The Wreck Was Not My Fault!
Many prospective clients call us after a Cincinnati accident and tell us that the crash report (or “OH-1”) mistakenly cites them as being at fault for the accident. This can be a very frustrating...
Why Is It That Hard To Use A Turn Signal?
We have seen it happen many times – a driver attempts to make a turn or change lanes but chooses not to use their turn signal. You may be thinking that it’s common sense and a simple act really, but...
Car is towed after a car accident, what now?
If you’ve been driving long enough, you have probably found yourself in this situation. You were in a car accident and now your car is sitting at a tow lot. The question is, what now? What are your...
Car Insurance Claim for Money Damages After Accident
Following a car accident in Ohio, you may be eligible for monetary compensation for: injuries, medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages. Many auto accident cases involve...
Children Twice as Likely to get hit by Car on Halloween
Fall has finally arrived here in Hamilton in what feels like the longest year ever. With that comes a kid favorite holiday-Halloween. While Halloween might signify ghosts, goblins, candy, and things...
Ohio Car Accident Lawyer: Helping Injured Persons With a Personal Touch
The Impact of a Car Wreck Being involved in a car wreck can bring not only physical pain and emotional distress, but also long-term financial strain. From job loss and missed time with family to...
Ohio Car Accident Injury Lawyers: Automobile Damage and Your Claim
Why Property Damage Matters in Injury Claims The extent of the property damage in an accident or crash often has significant impacts upon one’s injury claim. It is important to keep this in mind so...
Cincinnati Car Accident While On The Job: Having A Personal Injury and Ohio BWC Claim
We have many clients who have been injured in a Cincinnati car accident while on the job. When this occurs, it is possible to bring both a personal injury claim as well as a claim with the Ohio...
Cincinnati Lawyer Fees for Car Accident Cases
How much will I have to pay for legal representation on a personal injury case? We are often asked by potential clients how much they will have to pay for our legal representation on personal injury...
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Components of Auto Injury Compensation Recovery
Understanding the Components of your Auto-Injury Being involved in a motor vehicle accident is a burden nobody ever wants to face; some people are even lucky enough to have never been involved in...
Do I have an Ohio Workmans Comp claim AND a personal injury or insurance claim?
Many clients contact us after being involved in an auto accident or car crash while on the job. This can make for a confusing situation with the different parties that are often involved. This...
Insurance Coverage For Chiropractic Care
After a car accident or work-related injury you want to return to your normal state of health as quickly as possible. Lost wages, emotional stress, and physical pain can be heavy burdens. While...
Fairfield Ohio Car Accident Lawyers
Auto Accident Attorney In Fairfield, OH Mckenzie & Snyder gets it. If you’ve been involved in a car accident, you are also burdened with a number of overwhelming concerns that follow. The tumult...
Emotional Duress, PTSD Compensation After A Car Accident
Car accidents can be traumatic no matter how violent the accident is; certainly high speed car accidents can be extremely traumatic and the victim may have a hard time "getting over it"....
What if Both Drivers are at Fault in a Cincinnati Auto Accident?
We routinely get phone calls from potential clients in Cincinnati involved in auto accidents where both drivers have some level of negligence, or where the responding police officer cannot determine...
Five Good Things to Know About Injury Claims
Countless situations can arise with respect to injury claims. This is true whether you are dealing with an auto accident or a work (BWC) injury claim. The following are five good things to know...
Hit and Run: Never Leave the Scene of an Accident
No matter how a motor vehicle accident occurs, the state traffic laws require certain procedures to be followed. Although getting into an accident can trigger some pretty basic human instincts: If we...
In Ohio Personal Injury Action, Court finds Emergency Medical Care Related and Appropriate
In 2007, Sheri Jackovic was in a significant automobile accident. It was estimated that the car she was in was traveling 40 mph at the time it was struck on the driver’s side by a vehicle driven by a...
How Video Footage Is Changing The Game In Personal Injury Cases
In today’s age, it is almost impossible to go anywhere without being caught on camera at some point along the way. Traffic cams, police dash and body cams, bus cams, personal cell phone cameras, and...
Colerain Car Accidents: Busy Area in Cincinnati
McKenzie & Snyder LLP represents a great deal of individuals injured in the Colerain Cincinnati area. Colerain Avenue, in particular, seems to be a particularly trafficked area and therefore...
Dayton Ohio Car Accident Lawyers
If you’ve been hurt in a car accident, it’s helpful to have a skilled lawyer explain your options and rights for your specific situation. Unfortunately going it alone can be even more difficult and...
Insurance Representative Is Being Rude to Me: Your Rights Following an Accident
Perhaps two to three times per week I will receive a phone call from a prospective client who tells me that he or she “did not want to involve a lawyer” but because a claim representative was rude to...
Car Insurance Liability Coverage
If you look into car insurance liability coverage, and specifically the declarations page, you will often see numbers like 100/300. These numbers tell you just how much liability coverage a person or...
10 Ways To Prevent Bike And Vehicle Accidents In Ohio
Every year, the Ohio Department of Public Safety publishes reports on current traffic behaviors and accidents, including crash statistics between automobiles and bicycles. Some of the numbers instill...
A Comprehensive Guide To Automobile Safety Features
Are the modern features in cars making them safer? Car safety features are always evolving as much as the technology that drives transportation, itself. With all of this attention to development and...
3 Common Myths Of Lebanon Ohio Car Accident Lawsuits
Car accidents are unpredictable. And if you’re like most people in Lebanon Ohio, being in an auto accident is certain to have you shaken up. While these accidents are unplanned, the way we respond is...
3 Vehicle Laws Protecting You From Personal Injury
Many of the laws in our country, state, county, and city are aimed at keeping us safe while driving. Whether it is a law on speed limits or vehicle safety standards, these types of vehicle laws and...
5 Things to Do After a Car Accident in Ohio for Compensation
Because each auto accident situation is unique, there are many things to consider depending upon one’s specific injury situation. This article, however, is intended to shed some light upon some...
Car Accident Attorneys In Mason Ohio
Nobody wants to be involved in an auto accident. Though many of us are vigilant in avoiding practices that can lead to such traffic incidents, high traffic areas can increase our chances of being...
Aggravating a Pre Existing Injury in a Car Accident Compensation Claim
Experiencing a car or truck accident is distressing, and it becomes even more complex when the incident exacerbates a pre-existing medical condition. In Ohio, as of 2025, individuals with aggravated...
Big Car Crash in Cincinnati: Significant Injuries and Documentation
Not all car accidents are equal in severity, and differ greatly in terms of injury. Sometimes we see auto accident cases with very little property damage yet serious injuries. Othertimes, we see...
How much is my auto accident compensation claim worth?
If you have been injured in an automobile crash you may be wondering about whether or not to settle your claim for a particular amount of money with an insurance company. Potential clients regularly...
Car Accident Colerain Cincinnati with Commercial Vehicle
Getting into a Cincinnati car wreck with any type of car or other automobile can present difficult legal situations. Dealing with a commercial insurance carrier can present an extra layer of...
Car Accident At Fault Driver Lacks Auto Insurance
What happens if I got in a car accident with someone who does not have auto insurance? Uninsured Motorist Insurance Coverage Being in a car accident is stressful enough, but when the at-fault driver...
Mt. Healthy Injury Lawyers: Common Concerns in Cincinnati Car Accident Cases
When an auto accident occurs most people have more questions than answers about what should be done. Can I go get treatment right away? Should I get treatment right away? Who will pay? What will...
Car Accident Lawyers in Vandalia Ohio
Car accidents happen all the time. We all know this, in Vandalia Ohio. After all, Vandalia is where two of the largest U.S. roadways intersect. Imagine the benefit we would garner if we could prevent...
My Car Accident Occurred In A Parking Lot - What’s The Difference?
You are pulling out of a parking lot space in your car, ready to get home with your groceries, when BAM! You and another car collide. While this might feel like any other car accident, accidents in...
Meeting with a Ohio Car Accident Lawyer
What to Expect When Meeting a Cincinnati Injury Lawyer Understand what happens during your consultation, what to bring, and how we help you move forward with confidence. Meeting with a Ohio injury...
Ohio Appeals Court Decision Goes Against Passenger in Hit & Run Case
In a recent 8th Appellate District Case entitled Washington v. Geico, 2014 Ohio 4375, the Court affirmed a lower court decision denying uninsured motorist coverage to a passenger in a hit and run...
Ohio Court of Appeals Rules Sides With Auto Insurance Company
In a recent and unfortunate Ohio legal decision, the 2nd District Court of Appeals has ruled against an injured party and sided with Auto Owners Insurance Company. In Wetzel v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co.,...
Ohio Truck Accident Lawyers
Semi-trucks are a part of life on the roads of Ohio. With I-71 and I-75 splitting up vertically the entire state of Ohio and I-70 and I-90 moving horizontally across Ohio, not to mention the many...
Spanish Speaking Car Accident Attorneys Ohio
McKenzie & Snyder LLP serves the entire population of Ohio when injured on the job or in a car accident; and they are proud to provide Spanish speaking free injury case evaluations. Le doy 5...
PTSD Compensation After Car Accident, Mental Health Anguish
Car accidents can be traumatic no matter how violent the accident is; certainly high speed car accidents can be extremely traumatic and the victim may have a hard time "getting over it"....