Archives for: November 19th, 2024
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on November 19, 2024
The holidays are a time for happiness. We have more days off of work to spend with family and we celebrate with food and gifts and companionship. There’s plenty to love about the holidays, but holiday driving accidents are not one. However, it’s not just the holiday season around November and December that are […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on May 22, 2024
Safety on the road and around motor vehicles is dependent on a lot of factors. Police departments and lawmakers try their best to keep pedestrians and drivers safe with a myriad of traffic laws and policies. ‘No-chase laws,’ or police pursuit policies, are one of these. States or counties implement no-chase laws to lessen […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on April 30, 2024
April showers may bring May flowers, but with the rain comes wet roads and dangerous driving conditions. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, “The vast majority of most weather-related crashes happen on wet pavement and during rainfall: 70% on wet pavement and 46% during rainfall.” When faced with hazardous weather conditions, it is […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on March 7, 2024
Using a car for transportation is a necessity for most of us living in the United States. They are used to commute to work, to pick up the kids from school, to make a trip to the grocery store. However, while we might strive to be the safest driver out on the road, there is […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on August 3, 2023
As we approach the days when we send our children back to school and school buses are once again on the road to shuttle dozens of children to and from their homes every day, the risk of a school bus-related accident increases exponentially. The school districts that are responsible for the buses and their […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on June 5, 2023
When you start learning something new, no one expects you to be perfect at it at first – this goes for driving, too. We’ve all been in the ‘student driver’ seat in a Driver’s Ed car, learning the rules of the road and proper driving techniques. But summer is a very popular time for […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on January 16, 2023
If you are a driver in the state of Kentucky, you likely know by now that you either have or chose to opt out of PIP insurance coverage. What is this facet of your insurance bill? Why is it there? What does it do? Kentucky drivers have PIP insurance because Kentucky operates under what […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on December 14, 2022
The holiday season, for most, is filled with the busy buzz of getting ready. Maybe for family to come to your house, or you to theirs, perhaps it’s a work party or a Christmas for your own family that they’ll never forget. Regardless, this time of year, everything seems to be fast-paced and go-go-go, which can […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on November 14, 2022
What is PIP Coverage? PIP claims and coverage, or Personal Injury Protection, is a service – or rather, a right – that is offered to drivers under the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act, KRS 304.39, also known as the No-Fault Law, that came to be in 1975. Insurers are required to include some form of PIP […]
Written by Cooper & Friedman PLLC on September 5, 2022
Having pedestrians and vehicles within the same close vicinity is always a risk. Sometimes, there are accidents, there is road rage, there are bad decisions made from both ends, and someone ends up injured. In Louisville, there have been plenty of road accidents between vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians – but you don’t have to be […]
