GKT’s New Year’s Eve Cab Rides A Success Gold, Khourey & Turak and WTOV-TV 9 are celebrating another successful New Year’s Eve promotion helping to make the Ohio Valley a safer place for families.  This past New Year’s Eve marked the 21st consecutive year that GKT and WTOV have partnered to provide free taxicab rides to people needing a safe ride home. As a personal injury law firm that represents people injured or killed by drunk drivers, GKT sees firsthand the tragic results of crashes caused by impaired drivers.  That’s why GKT is committed to making our roads safer on New Yea ..read more

Throughout my 25 years of practice as a car accident lawyer with Gold, Khourey and Turak, I have helped many clients obtain fair compensation for their West Virginia car accident claims.  I have recovered millions of dollars for my clients injured in car accidents.  I always rely on the accident or crash report when investigating claims.  In West Virginia, this is officially called the West Virginia Uniform Traffic Crash Report.  This report contains a lot of information and can be confusing.  In this blog, I hope to answer some of the most common questions about West ..read more

Throughout my 25 years of practice as a car accident lawyer with Gold, Khourey and Turak, I have recovered millions of dollars for clients injured or wrongly killed in West Virginia car accidents.  Oftentimes I am asked about uninsured motorist coverage and why I need it. Surprisingly, there are many people who drive without car insurance. If you’re in an accident with an uninsured driver, their lack of insurance can complicate your claim and impact the amount of compensation you can collect. Uninsured motorist coverage can help spare you this pain.  Hopefully this blog will help exp ..read more

When most people think of a car crash or a personal injury claim, they tend to think of crashes involving two or more vehicles.  For example, the driver of Vehicle 1 crashes into and causes personal injury to the driver and/or passengers of Vehicle 2.  In that scenario, the injured parties of Vehicle 2 would have personal injury claims against the driver of Vehicle 1. Oftentimes, the injured parties of Vehicle 2 do not know the driver of Vehicle 1, so submitting an insurance claim or filing a lawsuit against the driver of Vehicle 1 isn’t awkward or personal.  In fact, most of th ..read more

Throughout my 25 years of practice as a car accident lawyer with Gold, Khourey and Turak, I have helped many clients obtain fair compensation for their West Virginia car accident claims.  I have recovered millions of dollars for my clients injured in car accidents.  I always rely on the accident or crash report when investigating claims.  In West Virginia, this is officially called the West Virginia Uniform Traffic Crash Report.  This report contains a lot of information and can be confusing.  In this blog, I hope to answer some of the most common questions about West ..read more

Exposure and Cover-Up Individuals who lived or worked at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina between 1953 – 1987 could have been exposed to water contaminated with toxic chemicals.  Marines, their family members, and civilian workers may have drunk, bathed in, or cooked with water contaminated with harmful chemicals at concentrations from 240 to 3400 times levels that are considered safe. Exposure to the contaminated water has been linked to significant health issues, including kidney cancer and leukemias, as well as adverse birth outcomes.  Furthermore, by refusi ..read more

When most people think of a car crash or a personal injury claim, they tend to think of crashes involving two or more vehicles.  For example, the driver of Vehicle 1 crashes into and causes personal injury to the driver and/or passengers of Vehicle 2.  In that scenario, the injured parties of Vehicle 2 would have personal injury claims against the driver of Vehicle 1. Oftentimes, the injured parties of Vehicle 2 do not know the driver of Vehicle 1, so submitting an insurance claim or filing a lawsuit against the driver of Vehicle 1 isn’t awkward or personal.  In fact, most of th ..read more

Exposure and Cover-Up Individuals who lived or worked at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina between 1953 – 1987 could have been exposed to water contaminated with toxic chemicals.  Marines, their family members, and civilian workers may have drunk, bathed in, or cooked with water contaminated with harmful chemicals at concentrations from 240 to 3400 times levels that are considered safe. Exposure to the contaminated water has been linked to significant health issues, including kidney cancer and leukemias, as well as adverse birth outcomes.  Furthermore, by refusi ..read more

Gold, Khourey & Turak is committed to promoting safe driving in our community.  Recently our law firm partnered with local law enforcement agencies, including the Ohio State Highway Patrol St. Clairsville, the Ohio State Highway Patrol Steubenville, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Department, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department, and the Martins Ferry Police Department to help eliminate impaired driving throughout our communities. If you see impaired driving in Ohio, immediately dial #677 to report the vehicle.  Our region is near the top in Ohio for impaired driving arrests.&n ..read more

Camp Lejeune History Camp Lejeune had its earliest beginning as a stagging and training point for soldiers in preparation for and entry into World War II.  The facility began operations in 1942 and officially took on the name, Camp Lejeune, beginning in 1944.  Camp Lejeune continued to grow in terms of physical land size and on base population and by the end of WWII, the base was the most modern in the country.  Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, the water supply serving several housing areas at the base became compromised and Marines, family members, workers, and others station ..read more