Hazard, Kentucky
Hurt in a crash or accident in Hazard? Forman & Associates represents injured people across Hazard and Perry County, from the first insurance call through a jury trial. Free consultation, and no fee unless we recover for you.
Hazard is where several mountain counties come for hospital care, shopping and work, so the roads into town carry traffic from Knott, Leslie, Breathitt and Letcher Counties as well as Perry. If you’re searching for a Hazard, KY personal injury lawyer, Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers represents people injured in Hazard and across Perry County. Our office at 1139 S. 4th St. in Louisville is about 186 miles away, roughly three and a half hours. We travel to Perry County, and we can start your case by phone or video.
The Hal Rogers Parkway and KY 15 meet in Hazard, and both are busy with commercial trucks. Off the main routes, roads narrow quickly, with tight curves, steep grades and little room to pull over. The July 2022 flood damaged roads and bridges across Perry County, and rebuilding has brought work zones, detours and heavy equipment to some routes. In a crash on one of these roads, the road conditions, the work zone setup and the trucking company’s records can all matter.
The Perry Circuit Court Clerk’s office is in the Perry County Hall of Justice, 545 Main St., Hazard (Kentucky Court of Justice county listing). If a federal case is involved, the Eastern District of Kentucky has courthouses in London and Pikeville.
When a crash happens in a construction zone, more than one party may share the blame. That can include the driver, a contractor that set up signs or barriers poorly, or a trucking company. A claim involving a state road can follow special procedures. Coal and log trucks also bring federal safety rules into play, and their companies keep the records that show hours, loads and maintenance. If you were hurt at a mine or job site by someone else’s equipment, see our mining injury and heavy machinery injury pages, along with our truck wreck page.
Perry County drivers carry Kentucky no-fault coverage like everyone else. PIP pays early medical bills. Filing against whoever caused the wreck generally has to happen within two years, counted from the injury or PIP’s latest payment (KRS 304.39-230).
To get started with a Hazard, KY personal injury lawyer, have the report number from the Hazard Police, the Perry County Sheriff or Kentucky State Police Post 13, which is in Hazard. Bring photos of the scene and any work zone signs, and your records from Hazard ARH. If you can’t travel easily, we’ll come to you.
Because Hazard has the area’s regional hospital, college campus and many of its stores, people drive in from Knott, Leslie, Breathitt and Letcher Counties every day. That puts drivers from several counties, each with their own habits and insurance, on the same few roads at the same time. Many of them are commuting long distances on two-lane routes before dawn. Crashes on the Hal Rogers Parkway also tend to happen at higher speeds than on the creek roads, and the injuries can be more serious. Whatever road it was, the first priority is medical care. The second is protecting the evidence.
Possibly the other driver, a contractor or another party, depending on the signs, lane closures and what happened. We’ll investigate.
Workers’ comp is usually the only claim against your employer, but a separate claim may exist against another company or driver.
Larry Forman has tried 50+ jury trials and has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2016–2027. We also serve Whitesburg, London and the rest of Eastern Kentucky. See our Kentucky locations page.
Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers, 1139 S. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40203. (502) 931-6788. Free consultation.
