Clarksville, Indiana Personal Injury Lawyer

• Fault: Indiana uses modified comparative fault. You can’t recover if your fault is greater than the fault of everyone else combined, that is, more than 50% (Ind. Code 34-51-2-6). Kentucky only reduces recovery.
• Deadline: two years for most injury claims (Ind. Code 34-11-2-4).
• Government claims: written tort claim notice is generally due within 180 days for a city, county or other local government (Ind. Code 34-13-3-8), and within 270 days for the State of Indiana or a state agency (Ind. Code 34-13-3-6). Claims against government defendants also follow stricter fault rules: Indiana’s comparative fault law doesn’t apply to them (Ind. Code 34-51-2-2).
• Insurance: Indiana is an at-fault state. The at-fault driver’s liability insurance pays, and there’s no PIP threshold like Kentucky’s.

When a Kentucky resident is hurt in Indiana, or an Indiana resident is hurt in Louisville, which state’s law and insurance rules apply can be complicated. See our out-of-state driver guide.

• Courts: Injury cases from Clarksville are generally filed in Clark County, where the Circuit Courts sit at 501 E. Court Ave., Jeffersonville (Clark County courts).
• Hospitals nearby: Norton Clark Hospital, 1220 Missouri Ave., Jeffersonville, and Baptist Health Floyd, 1850 State St., New Albany.
• Roads: I-65, Lewis & Clark Parkway (the main commercial corridor) and Veterans Parkway at the north end of town. Falls of the Ohio State Park, 201 W. Riverside Dr., draws visitors to the riverfront (Indiana DNR).

Forman & Associates helps people injured in Clarksville and across Southern Indiana: car and truck crashes, falls and other injuries caused by someone else’s carelessness. Larry Forman has tried 50+ jury trials, and we prepare every case as if it may go to trial. We start by gathering the crash report, photos, medical records and insurance information, and we keep track of Indiana’s notice deadlines.