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Akron, Ohio Personal Injury & Consumer Protection Attorneys

Injured Ohioans or West Virginians and consumers who believe they have been defrauded in connection with automobile purchases or consumer debt collection practices are encouraged to contact a lawyer at Willis & Willis Co., L.P.A., regarding any of the following:

Consumer protection: Before bad turns to worse, discuss your situation with an experienced consumer protection attorney. While it is true that you can do a lot to protect yourself, you may not know all your options. We have thought of everything, and we have helped many others who have been victimized by consumer abuses and identify theft.

• Auto dealer fraud: We welcome the opportunity to discuss your possible auto dealer fraud case and explore ways to help get you the compensation that you deserve, as well as facilitating the punishment of a car seller who knowingly engaged in demonstrably unfair, deceptive, or unconscionable acts or practices.
• Lemon law: In addition to making the consumer whole by replacing the vehicle or reimbursing the "full purchase price," Ohio's lemon law entitles the consumer to reasonable attorney's fees. We often work on lemon law cases on a contingency basis.
• Predatory lending: Ask us about the federal Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Fair Housing Act, and the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act as they pertain to your situation. Learn how we can put the provisions of these laws to work for you if your home and your good credit are at risk because of a scam loan or other fraudulent scheme.
• Odometer fraud: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), "Odometer tampering continues to be a serious crime and consumer fraud issue. In 2002, NHTSA determined this crime allows more than 450,000 vehicles to be sold each year with false odometer readings, bilking American car buyers out of more than $1 billion annually."
• Consumer debt: Learn how we can help you promptly correct damaging errors made by credit reporting agencies, merchants, creditors, or professional debt collectors.
• Identity theft: Protect your rights. Restore your good name when a thief steals your identity or personal information.

Personal injury

• Auto, motorcycle, and truck collisions: We are not content to simply accept what insurers and opposing lawyers propose just to get a car accident case settled. We explore and probe the boundaries of each case for the sake of our clients' long-term well-being after a car, truck, or motorcycle accident has resulted in serious back, neck, head, or spinal chord injury, broken bones, amputations, disfigurement, or death. We want a settlement for you that will take care of your short and long-term needs.
• Car Accidents: We investigate car accidents in order to determine responsibility - and liability - for our client's injuries. We work with life care planners and medical economists in order to accurately and thoroughly document the financial impact of a car accident on our client.
• Drunk Driving Accidents: Bar owners, restaurants, and servers of alcohol can all be held liable for serving visibly intoxicated patrons who later cause serious or fatal car accidents. We seek damages from drinking establishments and servers of alcohol under Ohio's dram shop laws when drunk drivers kill or seriously injure others.
• Head On Collision: Our office represents victims of head on collisions in cases involving driver fatigue, drunk driving, excessive speeding, or defective road design.
• Premises liability: A person who has fallen on a slick or icy surface, or who has been injured on an elevator or escalator, may require extensive therapy. Physical therapy, occupational therapy, or vocational rehabilitation may be needed. Our job as premises liability attorneys is to do all that we can to obtain compensation from liable property owners and their insurers.
• Animal attacks: If a dog or an exotic animal that belongs to you, a friend, or a neighbor has bitten you or one of your children, you owe it to yourself and your family to discuss a serious dog bite injury with an experienced attorney.
• Products liability: If you or someone you know has been harmed by an unsafe product, our attorneys can help. The designer, manufacturer or seller can be held liable for accidents caused by dangerous products.

Contact Willis & Willis Co., L.P.A., (serving West Virginia and Northeast Ohio) by phone or e-mail to schedule a consultation regarding any consumer or injury matter.