Russellville, Kentucky
Hurt in a crash or accident in Russellville? Forman & Associates represents injured people across Russellville and Logan County, from the first insurance call through a jury trial. Free consultation, and no fee unless we recover for you.
Russellville is the seat of Logan County, a farming county along the Tennessee line where US 68, US 79 and US 431 meet in a historic downtown. When you need a Russellville, KY personal injury lawyer, Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers represents people injured in Russellville and across Logan County. Russellville is about 144 road miles from our office at 1139 S. 4th St. in Louisville. We’ll meet you locally or by video.
Logan County’s roads are mostly rural two-lane highways that carry farm equipment, grain trucks and commuters to Bowling Green, Clarksville and Nashville. Being so close to Tennessee, many crashes involve Tennessee drivers and insurers. Tennessee uses a stricter fault rule than Kentucky: under McIntyre v. Balentine (Tenn. 1992), an injured person who is 50% or more at fault recovers nothing. For a crash in Kentucky, though, Kentucky’s more forgiving rule generally applies.
Logan Circuit and District Courts are at the Logan County Court of Justice, 329 W. 4th St., Russellville, KY 42276 (Kentucky Court of Justice county listing).
Logan County is farm country, and slow-moving tractors, sprayers and grain trucks share roads with fast traffic. Passing on a two-lane road at the wrong moment, or coming over a hill into a slow vehicle, causes serious crashes. Farm vehicles may be insured under farm policies rather than personal auto policies. See our agricultural equipment injury page.
Logan County crash victims start with personal injury protection from their own auto policy (PIP explained), and that applies even if a Tennessee driver caused the wreck. The two-year clock for suing the driver starts on the crash date or the date of your last PIP payment, whichever is later (KRS 304.39-230). Kentucky’s comparative fault rule is friendlier to injured people than Tennessee’s.
If the other driver lives in Tennessee, bring any insurance information you got at the scene, plus letters from that company. Crashes involving farm equipment on Logan County roads can raise questions about lighting and visibility, so photos of the tractor or trailer are worth having. Keep your records from The Medical Center at Russellville and any Nashville hospital. When you meet with a Russellville, KY personal injury lawyer, a simple timeline of the crash and your treatment helps us get started quickly.
For a crash in Kentucky, Kentucky law generally applies, including pure comparative fault rather than Tennessee’s 50% bar.
Usually in Logan Circuit Court at the Logan County Court of Justice, 329 W. 4th St.
Not automatically. Lighting, slow-moving-vehicle markings, speed and sight distance all matter, and fault can be shared.
No. A Logan County crash is generally a Kentucky case. We collect your Tennessee medical records.
Yes. Once PIP is used up, the at-fault driver’s liability coverage, and then your UIM coverage, can cover what remains, including pain and suffering if Kentucky’s tort threshold is met.
Talk with a trial lawyer, not a call center. Larry Forman has tried 50+ jury trials and is a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2016–2027.
Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers, 1139 S. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40203. (502) 931-6788
