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With decades of combined experience, Meinhart & Manning, PLLC is dedicated to helping Louisville clients recover compensation after injuries, car accidents, and wrongful deaths.

Our compassionate team handles complex claims with skill and determination, fighting to protect your rights and secure the best possible outcome.

We offer free consultations and work on a contingency fee basis—meaning you pay nothing unless we win your case. Contact us today to discuss how we can help.

Louisville Personal Injury Lawyers With Decades of Success

For over 20 years, Ethan T. Manning and Chris Meinhart have built a trusted partnership dedicated to helping personal injury victims in Louisville. With over 55 years of combined experience, they fight for maximum compensation—and win.

Their results speak for themselves: they’ve recovered over $1.5 million for clients in Kentucky personal injury cases, including settlements for traumatic brain injuries, orthopedic injuries, and wrongful death.

Meinhart & Manning offers free consultations and charges no legal fees unless they win. When it matters most, they’re the Louisville personal injury lawyers you can trust.

Top Car Accident Lawyers in Louisville, Kentucky

Car accidents are all too common across Kentucky, especially in Louisville, where crash hotspots often lead to serious injuries. At Meinhart & Manning, PLLC, we know exactly how insurance companies operate—delaying claims, minimizing payouts, and pressuring vulnerable victims into accepting lowball settlements. We don’t let that happen.

Our team builds strong cases by gathering critical evidence, negotiating aggressively, and fighting for maximum compensation. We work faster than any other local firm, helping you recover sooner with the financial support you deserve. Our track record of success includes a $750,000 car accident injury settlement for a client who suffered a traumatic brain injury and orthopedic injuries in a truck accident.

While you focus on healing, we handle the rest—every step of the way. If you’ve been injured in a car accident, don’t settle for less. Speak with our top-rated car accident attorneys in Louisville today. Let us fight for your future.

Trusted Wrongful Death Attorneys in Louisville, Kentucky

Losing a loved one is heartbreaking—and the last thing you should worry about is navigating a complex legal system. At Meinhart & Manning, PLLC, we’re here to take that burden off your shoulders. With over 55 years of combined experience, our Louisville, Kentucky wrongful death attorneys guide families through wrongful death claims with care, compassion, and fierce advocacy.

We know that while you focus on healing, bills and financial pressures don’t wait. That’s why we fight to secure full compensation—whether it’s medical expenses, lost income, or the financial impact of your loss. Our proven track record includes securing a $770,000 wrongful death settlement for a Kentucky family after a tragic head-on collision.

Let us help you get justice and accountability for your loved one’s passing. Contact us today for a free consultation—you pay nothing unless we win.

How Can a Kentucky Injury Lawyer Help Your Case?

In Kentucky, an experienced injury lawyer can help your case in the following:

  • Help going up against big insurance companies
  • Handling the paperwork and legwork on your behalf
  • Settlement negotiators to prevent insurers from taking advantage of you
  • Ensuring important deadlines are met regarding your claim
  • The ability to go to trial to fight for just compensation
  • Getting fair compensation for your severe injuries or losses
  • Peace of mind and confidence going into the claims process

If you or a loved one has suffered an injury, a serious loss or wrongful death due to the negligence of others, you need a skilled and experienced trial attorney with a proven track record to help you get the compensation you deserve. At Meinhart & Manning, PLLC we know what it takes to get results.

Why Choose The Lawyers at Meinhart & Manning, PLLC?

We understand the physical, emotional, and financial toll a serious accident can take. We make it our mission to keep the legal process simple yet effective, working towards the best possible legal outcome for you and your family.

Many injury cases settle outside of court without the need for a trial. However, sometimes it is not in your best interests to settle. Our firm has extensive trial experience and will not hesitate to take your case to court if you do not receive a fair settlement offer. Part of our promise to clients is to always do our best to secure optimal case results. We’re proud to say we’ve won multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for our clients in the past.

Some accidents can result in major injuries, significant medical bills, emotional strife, property damage, lost wages from missed time at work, or even the death of a loved one, in which case you should contact our Kentucky legal team. If someone else’s negligence caused you any type of harm, you have the right to take the at-fault party or parties to civil court to demand compensation under Kentucky’s Motor Vehicle Reparations Act.

Personalized Legal Representation in Louisville

Meinhart & Manning, PLLC is easily accessible to clients at all times. When you call our office, you’ll get an experienced trial attorney – not a case manager, paralegal, or assistant. We will help injury victims with their legal claim every step of the way, never leaving them in the dark about our actions or the status of the case.

Our skilled legal team will help you through each step of the injury claims process. Our Kentucky trial lawyers take care of your accident claim so you can focus on healing.

What Types of Injury Cases Do We Handle in Kentucky?

Injury lawsuits can encompass a wide variety of incidents, and each type of injury requires knowledge of the laws and statutes surrounding it. If you require an attorney who is skilled in defending multiple types of injury cases, and has experience going against big-money insurance companies to defend your interests – contact Meinhart & Manning, PLLC. Our Kentucky injury attorneys have decades of experience defending our clients against all types of injuries, including:

  • Wrongful death lawsuits
  • Birth injuries, including cerebral palsy, hypoxia, and delayed C-sections
  • Burn accidents
  • Dangerous devices and product liability cases, such as the defective 3M military earplugs, IVC earplugs, and Depuy knee implants
  • Horseback riding accidents
  • Damage due to dangerous medicines, including Taxotere, Inovokana, and the Essure contraceptive
  • Premises liability cases, including slip and falls
  • Medical malpractice cases, including prescription drug errors, surgery errors, and mistakes with administering anesthesia
  • Swimming pool accidents
  • Fall accidents
  • Injuries after motor vehicle accidents, including trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, and all types of car accidents
  • Bad faith insurance claims
  • Construction accidents
  • Dog bites and dog attacks

Maximizing your compensation

Kentucky attorneys of Meinhart & Manning, PLLC are dedicated to helping victims of a wide variety of injuries – including those caused by negligence, medical malpractice and accidents– get the compensation they deserve.

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Why Choose Us?

Our experienced Kentucky accident injury lawyers have helped many clients to successfully gain compensation for their injuries or losses.

Proving Negligence in Kentucky Injury Claims

When you file an injury lawsuit in Kentucky civil court, your Kentucky accident lawyer will have to prove that the at-fault party or parties in your claim acted in negligence and caused your accident. The basis of proving negligence in your injury claim will depend on the circumstances of your case.

However, you and your Kentucky trial attorney will generally need to establish four elements to successfully prove negligence in a Kentucky personal injury case.

  • First, your attorney will need to prove that the at-fault party owed you a duty of care at the time of your injuries. Establishing this duty of care will depend on the circumstances of your case. For example, if you were in a car accident and the at-fault party was another driver, you can automatically establish this duty of care because all drivers have a duty to drive responsibly, safely, and obey all traffic laws. Doctors owe a duty of safe and standard care to their patients and property owners have a duty to keep their premises free of known and reasonably known hazards.
  • After you establish the duty of care, your lawyer will need to prove that the at-fault party breached his or her duty of care in some way. Proving this element will also depend on the circumstances of your case. For example, a driver who runs a red light breaches his or her duty of care. Doctors who administer the wrong medication or property owners who fail to repair broken stairs also breach their respective duties of care.
  • Once you establish the breach of care, your attorney will have to establish causation. Causation refers to proving that the breach of care led to your injuries, either being the primary cause of your injuries or a substantial factor in causing your injuries. For example, if a driver runs a red light and crashes into your vehicle, you can prove that the crash led to your injuries. If the doctor prescribing the wrong medication led to the development of serious side effects, you can also prove causation. If you fell down the stairs that the property owner failed to fix, you can establish causation as well.
  • Finally, your legal counsel will need to prove that your injuries led to damages that you can claim in your lawsuit. You can claim both economic and noneconomic injuries in your claim, supported by testimony, documentation such as medical bills and invoices, and evidence from your injury attorney. You can claim past and future medical expenses, lost wages, a loss of quality of life, and many other types of damages in your settlement.

Schedule Your Free Consultation with a Kentucky Injury Lawyer

Anytime you want to talk to a knowledgeable Kentucky injury lawyer about your recent crash, personal injuries, or the potential for financial recovery, call (502) 589-2700.

We offer free, zero-obligation consultations to give you the chance to chat with an experienced injury attorney about your future. If you can’t make it to our Louisville office, we’ll come to you at your home or hospital. Let our Kentucky law firm be your go-to team of attorneys after any type of injury in Louisville and all throughout Kentucky. Schedule your free consultation today.

Is Hiring a Kentucky Accident Lawyer for Injuries Really Worth It?

Many people try to go through their claim without the representation of an experienced attorney. Insurance company representatives are very skilled at reducing or eliminating compensation. It’s extremely difficult to maximize the value of your injury case without skilled legal representation on your side.

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“Chris Meinhart has been my “go to” attorney for several years now, and has been invaluable on a number of different levels. He is able to navigate the system of courts, other attorneys, judges etc to the benefit of his clients in a expeditious and ethical way, always having his client’s best interest in mind. When I need a legal opinion, Chris is always my first call.”

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