Volkema Thomas

It is difficult for people who have not been injured by the wrongful acts of another person to understand how dramatically the lives of people who have been injured are changed.  The Insurance Industry and Corporate America have, unfortunately, taken advantage of that fact and have done a very good job of using their vast resources to convince the general public that people who have sustained personal injuries as a result of the wrongful acts of others are somehow acting improperly, and are even Un-American, in seeking fair compensation.

 Our experience during the past 30 years representing people with severe personal injuries tells a much different story.  Our experience has been that people with permanent personal injuries, and their family members, are some of America’s real heroes.  These incredibly strong people have persevered to overcome not only their own severe injuries, such as brain injuries, paralysis, and amputations, but also to deal with the severe personal injuries, and even the wrongful deaths, sustained by their loved ones, which, many times, is even harder than coping with their own personal injuries.   

 The attorneys at Volkema Thomas have long helped people with personal injuries, and their families, to recover compensation that is fair for the losses they have suffered. Located in Columbus, Ohio, the attorneys at Volkema Thomas have spent the last 30 years representing ordinary people who have sustained personal injuries as the result of automobile, tractor trailer truck, bicycle, motorcycle and pedestrian crashes, and the surviving family members of those who have sustained a wrongful death.  Our lawyers also have extensive experience pursuing medical negligence or malpractice claims against nurses, doctors and hospitals, and other types of professional negligence cases, including legal malpractice claims.

 Nursing home neglect and abuse cases are also an important practice area for the lawyers at Volkema Thomas.  Too often, either residents of nursing homes, or their family members, who have struggled to pay large monthly fees to assure that their loved ones are properly cared for during their later years, find out that the neglect or abuse of their family member has resulted in a serious fall, the development of life threatening skin ulcers (also known as bed sores) or other medical conditions, and even malnutrition or dehydration.  Many times these injuries tragically result not just in personal injuries to the family member, but, tragically, their wrongful death.

 Most claims, of course, are paid for by insurance.  When insurance companies do not act in good faith toward their insured in adjusting insurance claims (an all too frequent occurrence) they can be held legally responsible by making a bad faith claim. Because an insurance company has an economic incentive to place the company’s financial inte

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