Hodgenville, Kentucky
Hurt in a crash or accident in Hodgenville? Forman & Associates represents injured people across Hodgenville and LaRue County, from the first insurance call through a jury trial. Free consultation, and no fee unless we recover for you.
Hodgenville is a small county seat surrounded by farmland, best known as the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. Many LaRue County residents commute to Elizabethtown, Bardstown or Louisville, and visitors drive US 31E to the Lincoln sites. If you need a Hodgenville, KY personal injury lawyer, Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers represents people hurt in Hodgenville and anywhere in LaRue County. Our office at 1139 S. 4th St. in Louisville is about 54 miles away, roughly an hour by I-65 and KY 61.
LaRue County is rural, and most crashes happen on two-lane highways with farm entrances, hills and curves. Tractors and hay wagons move between fields on roads where other traffic travels at 55 mph, and a driver who comes over a hill too fast has little time to react. Commuters heading to Elizabethtown on KY 61 face morning and evening backups at the edge of Hardin County. Tourist traffic to the Lincoln Birthplace and the Boyhood Home at Knob Creek adds drivers who are looking at the scenery instead of the road.
The LaRue Circuit Court Clerk’s office is in the LaRue County Courthouse Annex, 209 W. High St., Hodgenville, KY 42748 (Kentucky Court of Justice county listing). Most LaRue County injury cases are filed there.
When a crash involves a tractor or other farm equipment, several questions come up. Were its lights and slow-moving-vehicle emblem visible? Was it wider than the lane? Was a second vehicle escorting it? Is it covered by a farm policy, an auto policy or both? Rural crashes also tend to involve drivers with minimum insurance limits, so your underinsured motorist coverage may end up paying part of the loss. For tractors and combines, see our agricultural equipment injury and car crash pages.
LaRue County drivers and Lincoln-site tourists alike fall under Kentucky’s no-fault scheme. PIP takes the first bills. If negotiations stall, a two-year deadline (from the injury, or from PIP’s last check if later) generally governs when suit must be filed (KRS 304.39-230).
Talking with a Hodgenville, KY personal injury lawyer doesn’t require preparation. If you can, note whether the Hodgenville Police, the LaRue County Sheriff or Kentucky State Police responded. Photos of the road, the farm equipment and the hill or curve where it happened help, along with your Baptist Health Hardin records.
Several highways meet at Hodgenville’s public square, with the Lincoln statue at its center, and visitors often hesitate or change lanes at the last moment. A few miles away, the Lincoln Birthplace on US 31E and the Boyhood Home at Knob Creek draw tour buses and families from other states. Those visitors may not expect slow farm vehicles or sudden curves. If you were hit by someone from out of state, their insurer may handle your claim from far away, which can slow things down. We keep the claim moving and make sure your medical bills and lost wages are documented from the start.
It depends on visibility, speed and the equipment’s lighting. The farm’s liability coverage, the operator’s policy or both may apply.
Yes. A crash in LaRue County can generally be handled in Kentucky even if you live elsewhere, and most of the work can be done by phone, email and video while you’re back home.
Larry Forman has tried 50+ jury trials and has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2016–2027. Nearby, we also serve Elizabethtown, Bardstown, Campbellsville and Nelson County. See all Kentucky locations.
Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers, 1139 S. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40203. (502) 931-6788. Free consultation.
