Union, Kentucky
Hurt in a crash or accident in Union? Forman & Associates represents injured people across Union and southern Boone County, from the first insurance call through a jury trial. Free consultation, and no fee unless we recover for you.
Union has grown from a crossroads into one of Boone County’s fastest-changing communities, with new subdivisions, a large high school and two-lane roads that weren’t built for today’s traffic. If you need a Union, KY personal injury lawyer, Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers represents people hurt in Union and southern Boone County. Our office at 1139 S. 4th St. in Louisville is about 86 miles away, roughly an hour and forty-five minutes by I-71. Meetings can happen at your kitchen table in Boone County or on a video call.
Union’s main problem is growth outpacing the roads. Drivers pulling out of new subdivisions onto US 42 or Mount Zion Road have to judge fast-moving traffic over hills and curves. School traffic peaks twice a day, and many drivers near the high school are teenagers with little experience. Construction trucks serve new neighborhoods, and commuters head north to Florence and Cincinnati. Turning crashes, rear-end collisions and crashes involving young drivers are the common patterns.
Union cases are filed in Boone County. The Boone Circuit Court Clerk’s office is in the Boone County Justice Center, 6025 Rogers Lane, Burlington, KY 41005 (Kentucky Court of Justice county listing), a short drive from Union.
When a teenager causes a crash, the family’s auto policy usually covers it, and the limits may be lower than the harm done. If your child was hurt as a passenger or a driver, PIP and your underinsured motorist coverage may both apply. Construction vehicles in new neighborhoods raise other questions: Who employed the driver, and was mud or debris left on the road? Cyclists and runners on rural roads also face drivers who don’t expect them. See our car crash and bicycle and pedestrian collision pages.
Union’s subdivisions and rural Boone roads share Kentucky’s no-fault law. PIP handles the first bills. Your deadline to file against the negligent driver generally falls two years after injury or after PIP’s final payment (KRS 304.39-230). Comparative fault only reduces recovery.
A Union, KY personal injury lawyer can start with very little. Helpful items include the report number from the Boone County Sheriff or Kentucky State Police, which handle most crashes in and around Union, photos of the intersection and any hidden sight lines, and your St. Elizabeth records. A neighbor’s doorbell camera pointed at the road may have caught it, so knock on doors early.
South and west of Union, Boone County turns rural fast. KY 338 winds toward Big Bone Lick State Historic Site, where visitors come to see the bison herd and the fossil history, and on toward the river. Cyclists ride these roads, and drivers coming from subdivisions often take the curves too fast. Farm equipment and horse trailers are common too. When a crash happens on a rural stretch, emergency response can take longer, and the closest trauma care is across the river in Cincinnati. Keep every medical bill, including the ambulance or helicopter, so nothing is missed in the claim.
Usually PIP first, then the friend’s family’s liability coverage. Your own underinsured motorist coverage may add to that.
Possibly. If a company’s work created a road hazard, it may be responsible. Photos taken right away help.
Larry Forman has tried 50+ jury trials and has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2016–2027. Nearby, we also serve Florence, Independence and the rest of Northern Kentucky. See every city on our Kentucky locations page.
Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers, 1139 S. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40203. (502) 931-6788. Free consultation.
