Cincinnati Personal Injury
The Lyon Firm is a Cincinnati Personal Injury law firm handling an array of personal injury matters in the Cincinnati area, as well as throughout the State of Ohio, and in some cases Nationally. The Lyon Firm has had success in construction accident lawsuits, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, negligence security, and invasion of privacy lawsuits.
CINCINNATI PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER
Cincinnati personal injury lawyers represent individuals in a wide variety of lawsuits and investigations. Personal injury law is the broad area of law that includes causes of action for physical and emotional damage to an individual caused by an act of another. The act causing the injury may be intentional (as in claims for Defamation, Slander, and Libel), negligent (as in Medical Malpractice, Auto Accident, Construction Accidents, Premises liability, or Employment matters), or the actor may be strictly liable (as in Product Liability claims). Cincinnati personal injury lawyers, such as Joseph Lyon, may focus on one area of personal injury law or practice in multiple areas under the personal injury umbrella. Joseph Lyon has represented thousands of individuals in personal injury claims both locally as a Cincinnati personal injury lawyer and nationally during class action, pharmaceutical litigation and defective medical device litigation.
Personal injury law is civil litigation and is subject to the civil rules of procedure. Ohio has its own civil rules modeled after the federal rules, but each local court also has its own local rules of procedure that must be followed. A Cincinnati personal injury lawyer will have a firm grasp of the rules of procedure. A Cincinnati personal injury lawyer will also be well versed in the Ohio Rules of Evidence. Personal injury claims rely very heavily upon medical and other scientific evidence, and it is critical to the success of a case for the lawyer to work alongside a qualified expert. The expert must have a reliable and sound basis in science and the facts of the case or his opinion may not be admissible under the rules of evidence. In the areas of Toxic and Environmental Torts, the admission of expert testimony may be scrutinized harder than in other areas simply because the subject may not have been as widely tested and may rest of novel scientific theories.
Cincinnati Personal Injury Lawyers represent individuals not only in the courtroom but also in the general assembly. Tort reform focuses on personal injury cases and types of allowable claims and amounts of damages that can be awarded. Ohio recently passed tort reform in 2005 that made several substantial changes in the law. The Supreme Court in Arbino v. Johnson and Johnson, 116 Ohio St.3d 468, 2007-Ohio-6948, upheld the constitutionality of damages caps. The law distinguishes between catastrophic and non-catastrophic claims. While there is no limitation on damages for catastrophic injuries, non-catastrophic claims are limited under Ohio law.
Please see the Cincinnati Personal Injury Legal Articles articles in the left hand column for more detailed discussion on procedure, evidence, and statutory limitations that guide Cincinnati Personal Injury Lawyers.
