Information regarding personal injury claims from a Cincinnati personal injury and accident lawyer focusing on Ohio law
May 15th, 2012
Should roadside crosses memorializing the place on the highway where someone was killed in memory of their death in Ohio or other states be permitted. Or should these roadside crosses be illegal. You see these crosses on many highways but few if any on I-75, I-74 or I-71 or Interstate 275. These interstates are normally the jurisdiction of the Departments of transportation.
Some atheists even argue that they should be banned on constitutional grounds. Many families of people killed in car accidents seek to keep the memory of their loved one alive through the use of these crosses. The differing states have differing rules for whether these road side crosses denoting the spot of a fatal car accident are permissable and legal.
The United States Supreme Court back in October let stand a decision that banned these crosses particularly if they had a government insignia. In Utah when a state trooper dies on the highway, a private organization puts up a cross with the troopers name, date of death, badge number and the highway patrols logo.
The dissent by Clarence Thomas left open whether if there is no public symbol on the cross would they still be illegal. This decision again miscontrues the US Constition regarding the separation of church and state. I say let people put up these crosses in memory of their loved ones killed on the roads and highways.
Anthony Castelli Attorney Accident and injury law
8170 Corporate Park drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
621-2345
satellite office West Chester, Ohio at Union Centre Blvd
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May 5th, 2012
If you have suffered a personal injury you probably want to find the best top accident injury lawyer or you can take a shot in the dark and represent yourself. This can be a big dilemna for an car accident or other injury victim. Some think lawyers are ambulance chasers and will charge a fee that will eat up all the money. I do not dispute that there are some so called ambulance chasers and some lawyers are just not equipped to handle a personal injury claim.
On the other hand a lay person that handles a serious injury claim may get much less net in their pocket than an experienced top ranked lawyer may be able to net them. I recently came across a well researched post on the value a top personal injury lawyer can add to the case.( I’m happy to provide you this article on request) This coincides with an Allstate document that describes why they try to steer injury victims away from lawyers and states “We end up paying represented claimants up to three times as much as unrepresented claimants.”
So how do you find a list , directory or other source that gives attorney rankings. Two sources are AVVO.com and Martindale hubbel. Avvo ranks lawyers on a multitude of factors and gives the highest ranked attorneys a 10 or a suberb rating. The highest rating Matindale Hubbel gives is a preeminent rating. The BBB better business bureau rates businesses including lawyers. So those are three places to look to find a top ranked attorney. Do you research. That’s why I wrote Attorney Advertising Revealed. Click this link Attorney Advertising revealed to go to a page where you can download this book for free.
Attorney Advertising revealed gives you suggestions for finding an experienced personal injury lawyer. Yes you can find referral services and directories but many of them do not vet the attorney and merely require payment and a lawyer to be in good standing to be included.
With the advent of lawyer web sites and through the use of Martindale hubbel and AVVO as well as the Super Lawyer Magazine Web site you should be able to narrow down your choice of an accident injury lawyer and distiguish a hard working lawyer from the ambulance chasers. One thing you can count on unfortunately is a barrage of mail soliciting your injury claim. Think seriously before you hire a lawyer just because they mailed you a letter.
I’m happy to answer your questions about what I offer my clients and have numerous reviews and testimonials from former clients on my web site.
Satellite office located at Union Centre Blvd West Chester , Ohio. If you can not get to us we will come to you.
Anthony Castelli Attorney
8170 Corporate park drive
Cincinnati, Ohio
621-2345
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April 29th, 2012
Concussions caused by car accidents are more common than most people thinks and as a Cincinnati car accident attorney I have seen insurance companies attempt to downplay the severe symptoms that can occur. This article will attempt to explain the problems and offer some solutions.
Car Accident Concussions Can be Diffucult To Prove
Often there is no objective evidence of a concussion. The xrays or MRI’s don’t show anything. You may not have even hit your head or at least you don’t remember hitting your head. The symptoms such as headaches and forgetfullness do not show until several days after the car accident. Or the symptoms will thought to be tied to something else such as a woman’s menstrual cycle especially in the case of migraine headaches. The insurance company will use this to make you a small offer, impliying that you are making up your symptoms.
The Solution of Fair compensation for Your Car Accident Concussion
Migraine headaches can one of the symptoms of a concussion. According to neurologists they can be one of the most disabling conditions known. you can have severe pounding, nausea, vomiting, and other symptoms. migraine sufferes just want to lay down in the dark and have the knifelike pain go away.
Recently I represented a young lady with severe most traumatic migraines with some minimal non disabling headaches around the time of here period. there were multiple pieces of evidence I used to counter the defense assertion the headaches were unrelated . I used a video of a crash test car crash concussion of a similar car showing the head forcefully hitting the airbag then recoiling and hitting the headrest.
I used before and after witnesses (friends of hers) that could say how well she was doing before the car crash AND HOW AWFUL SHE WAS AFTERWARD.. I took the sworn statement of her treating neurologist Dr Claude Hershey, the head of Children’s hospital headache center. He told how migraines can come on within 0-10 days after a collision and that findings on x-rays and CT scans and Mri’s were not always present in a concussion. He mentioned a brief loss of consciousness as being significant and reviewed the car wreck photos and the mechanism of a concussion in a frontal impact collision.
THE OFFER MORE THAN DOUBLED AND THE CASE WAS RESOLVED PRIOR TO TRIAL.
The take away from this for a top car accident lawyer is to gather evidence that supports your car accident concussion headache injury. The more the better. This can serve to counter the defenses the insurance company will offer to minimize your car accident concussion migraine headache injury.
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Antony Castelli Attorney Cincinnati
8170 corporate park Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
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April 23rd, 2012
As a Cincinnati car accident injury lawyer I know that texting kills. Ohio should enact a law without delay. Currently the house has passed a law and it sits in the Senate. Recently a pragmatic and highly intelligent and concerned State Senator William Seitz has gone on record as to the problems with the bill.
Republican Senator Bill Seitz was reported as saying, ”It’s a feel good law that’s not going to accomplish very much,” Seitz pointed out that we already have a reckless driving statute. He also has concerns about enforcing the law and the numerous exceptions to it. Certainly valid points, but things that could be worked through.
Maybe we should go even farther and say no use of cell phones unless they are hands free. After all just dialing a phone number on a cell phone can take your eyes off the road long enough for a crash to occur.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that over six years, 16,141 Americans died in crashes directly caused by texting, a University of North Texas study reported. The National Safety Council reports that cell-phone use causes 1.6 million crashes a year. The evidence is clear. It has led 35 states and the District of Columbia to adopt bans already.
Danny Fischer of Hydy Park has written great article on his opinion about texting. He apparently was angry enough to contact Bill Seitz and one again I’m surprised at Senator Seitz’s reaction. Here is what Mr Fischer said about his communication with Senator Seitz:
Synopsizing his article in an email to me, he indicated that he felt that the issue was sufficiently handled through the civil justice system, and that it’s merely negligent, not criminal behavior. If the senator had left it at that, I would’ve agreed to disagree. However, he also added: “I suspect the truth of the matter is that some individuals are able to text and drive while others are not, just as some people type faster than others.”
Fischer indicated the issue is at minimum deterrence and questioned whether he got it. You get it Mr Fischer and I applaud your efforts. Senator Seitz will come around. He’s a deep thinker. Let’s just keep him thinking.
If I was injured by a texting car driver or one using a cell phone I would consider bringing a claim for compensatory damages as well as punitive damages to punish this willful misconduct.
AAA of Ohio has recently started a billboard campaign. One wonders how smart that really is. Don’t you have to take your eyes off the road to see a billboard.
And as a motorcycle rider this is just one more thing that concerns me for my motorcycle riding friends. But it certainly is not limited to the safety of motorcyclists . Texting and cell phone use while driving kills. There’s no doubt about it.
Anthony Castelli Attorney
Cincinnati, Ohio
513-621-2345
Attorney Castelli has previously blogged on texting and driving at Cincinnati Personal injury and Accident Attorney Blog .
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April 18th, 2012
Cincinnati Personal Injury Lawyer Rates Accident Injury Insurance Companies
As a Cincinnati personal injury lawyer for over 30 years you get to know the accident injury liability insurances companies. Some just want to play hard ball and force you to push the case to the Court house steps , if not a trial, in order to get fair personal injury compensation for my injured client.
These insurance coompanies think that a large segment of attorneys won’t event take cases against them because it’s just too hard. After all many lawyers consider themselves peronal injury lawyers that may never have tried a case to a jury. These lawyers collect police reports in car accident cases, have the client do the work and then try to get the client to take a lowball offer. So insurance companies know that if these kinds of lawyers take your case it will not get very far. And they will not have to pay very much.
The big name that everyone brings up is Allstate. In fact they do not have an adjusting office in the Cincinnati area. Their tactics have been well known for years. I have tried my fair share of cases againt Allstate. So they should know who I am and that I’m willing when necessary to take the case to trial.
Just because you are up against Allstate does not mean you will not get fair compensation in the end . Here is a video I did about a personnal injury car accident case I tried against Allstate. Their tactics ended up costing them much more than even the auto liability coverage they had. A whole lot more. Allstate policy of $25,000 turned into $100,000 by Cincinnati personal injury lawyer.
I’m happy to tell you if I think the car insurance company you are faced with is someone that is a bit more reasonable than Allstate. But this does still not mean they will not require significant proof of your injury. I would also be glad to discuss your Cincinnati personal injury claim agianst Allstate.
Anthony Castelli Attorney accident and personal injury lawyer
8170 Corporate Park Drive
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
513-621-2345
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April 16th, 2012
There was a man killed in Middletown last week as a result of a dump truck. The Middletown Journal
dump truck death product liability
reported James Rolfert of Colerain township died when the dump truck he owned rolled backwards on him. It was reported that the dump bed was in a raised position and fell backwards on top of him.
This incident occurred at Baxter Precast. The occupational health and safety administration is investigating. It is difficult to determine from the report if the dump truck itself actually fell backwards or whether the dump bed fell crushing him.
It is critical to an investigation like this that the dump truck and all components be examined and retained. Very possibly there could be a product liability claim against the manufacturer or designer of the dump truck if the dump truck was defective in manufacture or design.
The landmark case of Bowling v Heil which I tried with my partner involved a dump bed falling and crushing a young man between the dump bed and the rails. A product liability case was brought against Heil Company and went all the way to the Ohio Supreme Court which upheld the product liability wrongful death verdict.
It is impossible to tell from the limited news reports whether there is such a claim. However cases like this call for independent experts to review the facts and circumstances of this incident.It could be easily overlooked that a safer design could have prevented the accident.
Anthony Castelli Attorney Satellite office located in Butler County
8170 Corporate Park Drive at Union Centre Boulevard
Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
513-621-2345
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April 15th, 2012
As a Cincinnati attorney it’s important for me to earn the trust of the Hispanic community.It would be great to have the Hispanic community teach me how to do this. I tried to have my staff and myself learn how to speak Spanish. Although I thought we made a fair attempt by bringing in a Spanish teacher there was just not enough time we could devote during the business day.
Luckily I have represented several bilingual clients and they have been more than willing to get on a conference call to translate. I’ve found if I can get the basic facts down and communicate enough to get started that the Hispanic clients that I have represented picked up enough English within 6 months that communication was simplified by their work to learn English.
Recently there was a great article on the subject with two main suggestions:
1. Become an Integral part of the Hispanic voice – Communicate with Hispanics, Not at Them
2. Don’t Marginalize Hispanic Consumers – Empower Their Identity
These things I knew intuitively as my grandfather was an Italian immigrant tailor who stayed bilingual throughout his life. Especially as a Cincinnati herida abogodos I have a niche area in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents where people unfamiliar with our civil justice legal system and insurance issues could be easily taken advantage of. This is true of Americans themselves, as what to do if you are in a car accident is not taught in school.
One thing I can promise is that I will make every effort to meet Hispanic clients where they are and communicate with them in terms that they understand, even if it means enlisting the aid of an interpreter.
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April 9th, 2012
Recently a judge ordered Jennifer Nettles of the country group Sugarland to give testimony in the Stage
Who concert deaths
Fair Collapse involving Sugarland. Seven people were killed and many more were injured when the stage collapsed.
The area of inquiry is simple. Did the band refuse to delay the start of the concert because of severe weather.
On December 3 , 1979 the Who concert in Cincinnati, Ohio spawned death and injuries , not because of a stage collapse , but because of the push of the crowd and the stampede to get in that caused crushing injuries from the inability to breath in the mass of people crushing each other, resulting in the killing of innocent youth.
It’s somewhat shocking that since then the Who case was just the tip of the iceberg. The tip of the iceberg is now visible yet one more time in the guise of the Sugarland concert. According to estimates available , the post-Who concert tragedy period has produced at least 132 concert crowd safety-related deaths worldwide-crowd crushes, festival seating deaths, over crowding, moshing, violence, etc. (Forty-nine deaths, or 37 percent, were in the United States. ) In addition, over the last 30 some years hundreds of thousands of concertgoers have suffered injuries and property damage costs in the United States can be placed in the millions.
Although the Who death dealt with crowd management and the Sugarland concert dealt with stage collapse the international Association of Auditorium managers needs to be more proactive in developing stronger standards that would , if followed prevent anymore music concert and deaths.
By Anthony Castelli Serious injury and wrongful death lawyer can be reached at 513-621-2345
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March 31st, 2012
If you are in a Cincinnati car accident you could be in an emergency situation. Hopefully you have your cell phone and can make that first call to 911 to get medical treatment. Some car accident injury victims would like the advice of a Cincinnati car accident attorney right away.
Possibly you have been transported to the emergency room or you are there with a friend that has been injured. How can you find a car accident attorney that you can speak with right away. Again your cell phone is a great way to search. The only problem is some web sites are not optimized for mobile search for attorneys. The words may come in too big and you can read only part of the page.
There are two things that can be done. The main web site can be optimized so that the page completely comes into focus. If you are searching on car accident attorney by clicking this link you will see what me main web site looks like on you Ipad or
I-phone or android phone or other mobile device.
There is another solution if you need to contact an emergency personal injury car accident attorney . This is a car accident attorney mobile web site. Click on the highlighted link to see the mobile web site I had created for a car accident lawyer. There is click to call so you can make the phone call to speak with me personally in an emergency.
There are also a few important articles about by practice areas such as child injury law, wrongful death law and dog bite law, as well as what to do in case of a car accident, client testimonials, personal injury damages and the addresses and maps to my two offices. So in an emergency you can easily contact an Cincinnati car accident lawyer that will be there for you in an emergency.
Serving Greater Cincinnati, Forest Park, Greenhills, Deer Park, Blue Ash, Montgomery, Mt. Healthy, Finneytown, College Hill, Mainville, Loveland, Batavia, Hamilton and the surrounding areas.
Anthony Castelli Attorney 513-621-2345 to get the legal help you need in an emergency.
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March 26th, 2012
Two days ago I resolved a accident injury case involving a car accident injury in Cincinnati to a young deaf lady. As a personal injury lawyer I learned a lot about the importance of communication through an interpreter.
Although this young lady could read lips, when it got down to a complete explanation and understanding of her case an ASL American Sign Language deaf interpreter was critical. We actually had a mediation with the interpreter present. It went seemlessly and the mediator even commented on how effective the communication worked. My deaf client did not have to worry if she understood everything. I also used a interpreter at the pre-deposition conference. This is at my expense.
I learned that this is a cost of doing business to help as an adaptive device. I wrote a blog article on the requirement for an interpreter for a lawyer for the deaf
So it’s very important as a personal injury lawyer to know the rules behind what you must and should do to represent a deaf person. I found the experience very enlightening and gratifying. I would be happy to be a Cincinnati accident injury lawyer for the deaf.
If you are a deaf person and have a car accident or other personal injury I am happy to consult with you and provide a ASL American sign language interpreter free of charge.
Anthony Castelli attorney
Cincinnnati, ohio
513-621-2345
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