Questions about the referral line, the directory and Indiana injury claims

No. Personal Injury Attorney Fort Wayne is a free attorney referral service and a public directory of Fort Wayne personal injury law firms. It does not give legal advice, does not look at cases and does not represent anyone. Using the site does not create an attorney-client relationship.

No. Calling the referral line and sending a request are free. If you later hire a lawyer, the fee is between you and that lawyer, set out in a written agreement.

Participating attorneys pay to receive referral calls, so their participation is paid advertising. The site is paid a flat fee per call, never a share of a lawyer’s fee or of any recovery.

The intake team of a participating independent attorney’s office, not this site. Calls may be recorded. The office should tell you its name; ask if you do not hear it.

Your request goes to the site’s operator, who passes it to a participating independent attorney’s office in the Fort Wayne area. That office can contact you by phone or text if you checked the consent box. Consent is not a condition of getting a referral.

No. You can ask questions, take your time, choose a firm from the directory instead, or hire no one.

No. Directory firms are listed free from public sources and do not pay. They are not connected with this site. To reach one, use the firm’s own phone or website in its listing.

Alphabetically by firm name, in letter groups, with a ‘The’ at the start of a name skipped. It is not a ranking or a recommendation.

Send the correction, or a request to be removed, through the contact page with the firm’s name and the change.

Indiana law generally allows two years for an injury to a person. Claims against a city, town or county generally need a written notice within 180 days, and the state 270 days. Medical malpractice and claims for children follow their own rules. Ask a licensed Indiana attorney which one fits your situation.

Indiana generally follows modified comparative fault. If you are 50 percent or less at fault, any recovery is generally reduced by your share; at 51 percent or more, you generally cannot recover. Claims against a government unit can follow different rules.

This site cannot give advice on your claim. In general, people keep their account short and factual, avoid guessing about injuries before a doctor has seen them, and wait to give a recorded statement or sign a broad medical release until they have spoken with a lawyer.

Fees are set by each lawyer. Many injury lawyers use contingency fees, a share of any recovery. In Indiana, a contingency fee agreement must be in writing and signed by the client, and it must explain how the fee and expenses are figured. See how injury lawyers charge for more.

This site covers personal injury broadly. If you were hurt in a crash, the referral line can still connect you with a participating attorney’s office, and many directory firms list vehicle accidents.

Injury lawsuits in Allen County are generally filed in the Allen Circuit Court or the Allen Superior Court. Cases can be looked up on mycase.IN.gov by choosing Allen County.

Your request is shared with the site’s operator and a participating attorney’s office so they can respond. The privacy policy explains what is collected and how to ask for removal.