The convenience offered by ride-share apps has made services like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar standard urban transportation options in Indianapolis and across the country. But as ride-sharing has risen in popularity, so inevitably have car accidents involving Uber, Lyft and Sidecar drivers, passengers and others. The fact that ride-share drivers…
After being involved in a motor vehicle accident in Indiana that causes an injury or traps someone in a vehicle, state law requires you to ensure the accident is reported to law enforcement authorities. A car accident report will be necessary to obtain an insurance payment for your losses. Car…
Any car accident causes stress. Being in an accident involving a rental car adds extra complications and stress to settling the accident. After all, you signed a lease agreement when you picked up the vehicle taking responsibility for it. After an accident while driving a rental car, you may question…
If you are injured in a car accident in Indiana as a passenger, you may have a right to file a claim against the at-fault driver. This may include the driver of the car in which you were riding under certain circumstances, or the driver of the other vehicle that…
You are a cautious driver who is always responsible behind the wheel. Unfortunately, all of the precautions that you take may not be enough to avoid an accident. Statistics show that the average driver in the United States will be involved in a crash and will file an insurance claim…
Rear-end collisions occur every day in Indianapolis, on busy city streets, in stop-and-go interstate traffic, in work zones or even on rural roads. While some rear-end accidents are simply fender benders resulting in minor damage and no reported injuries. Serious injuries and fatalities also may occur in these crashes if…
If you have been seriously injured in a car accident in Indiana, you should be aware of The Indiana Comparative Fault Act and how it may affect the amount of compensation you can recover if you file a personal injury claim. Because injury laws vary from state to state and…
One of the most dangerous kind of crashes any driver can be involved in is a collision with a tractor trailer. Tractor trailers are big and unwieldy and exert a huge amount of force on whatever they hit. Tractor trailers have wide blind spots on all sides – even on…
As personal injury lawyers at Craig, Kelley, and Faultless LLC, we prepare legal demands to submit to insurance companies for compensation after an Indiana car accident, the costs of an accident victim’s medical care are a primary driver of the amount sought. In some severe injury cases, the long-term effects…
National and state government reports tell us that there were 205,532 motor vehicle accidents in Indiana in 2014 that caused injury or property damage, and 821 fatal traffic accidents in Indiana in 2015, of which 178 involved drunk driving. At Craig, Kelley & Faultless LLC, our car accident and truck…
