Indiana Car Accident Lawyers
The Crash Was Sudden. The Consequences Do Not Have to Define Your Future.
A collision can lead to months or years of treatment, lost income, property damage, and insurance disputes. Custom Law helps injured drivers, passengers, pedestrians, and families establish fault and pursue compensation after serious Indiana car accidents.
Car Accident Claims in Indiana
Thousands of serious crashes occur on Indiana highways, rural roads, intersections, parking lots, and neighborhood streets. Even a low-speed impact can cause substantial injury, while a major collision may result in permanent disability or death.
Steps to Take After a Crash
- Seek medical attention for yourself and your passengers, even when an injury initially seems minor.
- Report the accident to police. The source states that a report is mandatory when someone is injured or property damage may exceed $1,000.
- Exchange contact and insurance information with the other drivers.
- Photograph the vehicles, roadway, surrounding conditions, visible injuries, and other relevant details.
- Identify witnesses and preserve their contact information.
- Continue recommended medical care and tell providers the injuries followed a collision.
Before giving a recorded statement or accepting a quick settlement, understand how the offer may affect the right to recover for future treatment and other losses.
Fault, Evidence, and Indiana Comparative Negligence
A successful claim must identify who acted negligently and connect that conduct to the collision and resulting injuries. Evidence may include police reports, witness statements, photographs, video, physical injuries, vehicle damage, electronic data, and accident-reconstruction analysis.
Indiana’s 51 Percent Rule
Indiana follows modified comparative negligence. An injured person may recover damages when they are not more than 50 percent at fault. Compensation is reduced by that person’s percentage of responsibility. For example, a $100,000 award reduced by 20 percent fault results in an $80,000 recovery.
Common Causes and Crash Types
- Speeding, aggressive, distracted, intoxicated, or drowsy driving
- Defective vehicle parts, roadway debris, potholes, and other hazards
- Hit-and-run, head-on, T-bone, rear-end, sideswipe, left-turn, parking-lot, bicycle, and pedestrian collisions
- Rideshare, teen-driver, and commercial-vehicle negligence
Indiana generally requires a car-accident damages action to be filed within two years of the collision. Waiting can also make evidence more difficult to locate.
Pursuing Full Car Accident Compensation
Insurance companies may seek to reduce their liability by disputing fault, questioning medical treatment, minimizing injuries, or urging an early settlement. A complete claim may seek compensation for medical bills, future treatment, lost wages, reduced earning capacity, property damage, pain and suffering, emotional anguish, and loss of enjoyment of life.
We review the available coverage and evidence, present a supported demand, negotiate with insurers, and prepare the case for court when an adequate settlement is not offered. The goal is to account for both the immediate bills and the longer-term effect of the collision.
Focused on Your Recovery
What to Expect from Custom Law
Personal injury representation should account for more than the first medical bill. Our attorneys investigate responsibility, document the complete harm, communicate directly with clients, and prepare the evidence needed for negotiation or trial.
Cases are handled on a contingency-fee basis, which means no attorney fee is owed unless compensation is recovered.
Individual Attention
We learn how the injury affected your health, work, family, and future before building the claim.
Evidence-Driven Preparation
We preserve records, identify responsible parties, and document liability and damages before insurers define the case for you.
Ready to Litigate
We negotiate from a position built for court and prepare to try the case when a fair resolution is not offered.
Client Reviews
What Our Clients Say
They took the time to explain everything and never made me feel like just another case number. The outcome exceeded my expectations.
Ashley P.
I felt supported from our very first consultation. If you need serious representation in Hamilton County, this is the firm to call.
Jennifer L.