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What is vicarious liability? If it sounds like legal jargon to you, you’re not alone. However, it is an important term to understand, both on its own and in the context of personal injury law. This post will help clear up what vicarious liability means and how it relates to your case — specifically cases […]

Car crashes can happen to anyone, and they happen fast. One moment, you’re driving down your usual route, next thing you know, your life is forever changed. Your first instinct is to stay alive. You won’t be thinking about the expenses from the aftermath. As fast as you got into an accident, bills will hit […]

Part of everyday life for the average person in Northwestern Ohio includes driving a car.  Whether it’s commuting to and from work, dropping off and picking up the kids from school, running errands, or simply traveling on a highway for family visits or fun, the most-used method of transportation in Defiance, Napoleon, Bryan, Ottawa, and […]

No matter how prudent or careful we may be, it cannot be denied that accidents are inevitable. It’s why they’re called accidents after all. After an unfortunate event occurs, the end result is that someone gets injured and/or that there is some sort of property damage caused. If you get injured due to an auto […]

The last thing you want to think about is needing a car accident lawyer for hitting an animal on the road, whether it’s wild, domestic, or livestock. However, studies show that a driver in Ohio has about a one percent chance of an animal collision with every car trip. Find out what you can do when […]

Last October, the country observed the National Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Distracted drivers are not only a threat to themselves — they endanger their passengers, other drivers, and pedestrians, among others. Nearly 3,000 people in the US die every year in crashes caused by distracted drivers. If you want to be a responsible driver, here […]

Imagine you arrive at the airport on Saturday morning for your long overdue vacation in Florida. After you wait almost an hour in line to get your rental car, the agent takes your name, hands you a brochure, and skims quickly over details and costs.  You pay with a credit card, and you are on […]

Whether it is snow, ice, or winter storms, bad weather conditions here in Defiance and NW Ohio contribute to hundreds car accidents every year. Ohio has more bad weather auto accidents than most other states in the country; in fact, Ohio is in the top 5 states of fatalities due to bad weather auto accidents. […]

If you’ve ever been injured due to someone else’s carelessness, incompetence, or recklessness, you will need to hire a personal injury lawyer to fight for the justice that you deserve. At Arthur Law Firm Co., L.P.A., it’s our mission to give victims compensation for their medical care, lost wages, and pain. Over the years, we […]

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States experiences nearly 6,000 pedestrian fatalities due to vehicle-related accidents each year. Another 147,000 pedestrians sustain injuries that require emergency medical services. Even if you adhere to all pedestrian safety rules and walk on sidewalks and crosswalk areas, being a pedestrian […]

While they only comprise 4 percent of total vehicles on the road, semi-trucks are responsible for frequent and catastrophic accidents. They are involved in around half a million accidents every year in the US, resulting in injuries or deaths approximately every 15 minutes. In 2017, almost 5,000 individuals were killed in semi-truck accidents, and tens […]

Although we don’t like to think about this when we use rideshare services (i.e. Uber), there are unfortunate occasions when an accident occurs. If you are involved in a rideshare accident, you may be in shock and unsure of what to do, but if you can, you should proceed just as you would in a […]