Boone, Kenton & Campbell Counties
Hurt in a crash or accident in Northern Kentucky? Forman & Associates represents injured people across Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties, from the first insurance call through a jury trial. Free consultation, and no fee unless we recover for you.
Northern Kentucky is three counties stacked against the Ohio River: Boone, Kenton and Campbell. Hundreds of thousands of people live here, and many cross into Ohio for work every day. If you’re looking for a Northern Kentucky personal injury lawyer, Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers handles injury cases across the region, from the airport freight corridor in Boone County to the river cities of Campbell County. Covington is about 99 road miles from our Louisville office at 1139 S. 4th St., most of it on I-71, and we travel to clients’ homes and hospital rooms or meet by video.
Three things shape injury cases here. First, Ohio is minutes away, so the other driver often carries an Ohio policy and the adjuster may argue Ohio rules. Second, the region is a freight hub. I-71 and I-75 merge through Kenton County, I-275 loops the metro area, and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Boone County moves large volumes of air cargo. That puts tractor-trailers and delivery vans on every major road. Third, Kentucky’s border with Ohio follows the river’s northern shore (the low-water mark as it stood in 1792), so a crash on a bridge span may well be in Kentucky, even when both drivers live in Ohio.
Each county runs its own Circuit Court. Boone County cases go to the Boone County Justice Center, 6025 Rogers Lane, Burlington. Kenton County cases go to the Kenton County Justice Center, 230 Madison Ave., Covington (Kenton County court listing). Campbell County cases go to the Campbell County Courthouse, 330 York St., Newport. Where you file usually depends on where the crash happened or where the defendant lives, and that choice affects which jury pool hears your case.
Each page covers that city’s roads, courts and local issues:
Distribution centers line the interstates in Boone and Kenton Counties, and the airport’s cargo operations run around the clock. A crash with a commercial truck is a different case from an ordinary fender-bender. Federal rules govern the driver’s hours and the truck’s maintenance, the carrier usually has far more insurance, and the company’s investigators often reach the scene within hours. Electronic logging data, dash-camera video and dispatch records can be overwritten if no one asks for them. See our truck wreck and commercial vehicle crash pages.
Boone, Kenton and Campbell share one set of Kentucky statutes. PIP responds before anything else. Once it stops paying, a two-year window to file against the negligent motorist generally keeps running from that last check or from the injury date, whichever comes later (KRS 304.39-230). Kentucky’s pure comparative fault rule is friendlier to the injured than Ohio’s more-than-half bar.
You don’t need to come to Louisville to hire a Northern Kentucky personal injury lawyer. Send us the crash report number, photos and the name of the hospital that treated you, often St. Elizabeth or UC Medical Center in Cincinnati, and we’ll take it from there. If a truck was involved, write down the company name and the number on the cab door.
Northern Kentucky’s river hills make winter driving harder than in much of the state. Steep grades on the Cut-in-the-Hill, on the approaches to the Ohio River bridges and on residential streets in Fort Thomas and Covington ice over quickly, and a single spinout can set off a chain-reaction crash. Multi-vehicle pileups raise hard questions about who hit whom first and which insurer pays for which injuries. Dash-camera footage, traffic-camera video and the order the vehicles came to rest help untangle it. If you were in a pileup, write down every vehicle you remember, its color and its position.
Not for a crash that happened in Kentucky. That case is usually filed in Kentucky, and Kentucky law generally applies.
Usually the Circuit Court of the county where the crash happened: Boone in Burlington, Kenton in Covington or Campbell in Newport.
Sometimes. When the defendant is from another state and the claim is large enough, the defense may move the case to federal court. Larry is admitted to practice in the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Larry Forman has tried 50+ jury trials, has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2016–2027, and travels to all three Northern Kentucky courthouses. Browse every city we cover on our Kentucky locations page.
Forman & Associates Accident Injury Lawyers, 1139 S. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40203. (502) 931-6788. Free consultation.
