When you've been seriously injured, the insurance company is already building its defense.

A serious injury reorganizes a life around medical appointments, lost income, and uncertainty. The insurance company on the other end of the claim is reorganizing nothing. From the moment of the crash, their adjusters, defense lawyers, and accident reconstructionists are already on the file, building a record designed to limit what they pay. You deserve representation that has been doing the same work, on the other side, for just as long.

Stroebel & Stroebel handles the full range of personal injury matters in West Virginia. That includes passenger vehicle and commercial truck collisions on Interstate 64, Interstate 77, and the rural highways that connect Charleston to Beckley, Huntington, Morgantown, and the surrounding counties. It includes motorcycle crashes where bias against riders has to be confronted directly with juries. It includes slip and fall, trip and fall, and other premises liability cases where a property owner chose not to fix a known hazard. And it includes catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases involving traumatic brain injury, spinal cord damage, severe burns, amputation, and permanent disability.

Common situations our clients face look like this. A tractor trailer fails to slow for stopped traffic and rear ends a sedan at highway speed. A delivery driver runs a red light while looking at a dispatch screen. A grocery store leaves a leaking refrigerator unaddressed for an entire shift. A landlord ignores a broken stair tread for months. A dog known to be aggressive gets out again. A defective product fails the way it was always going to fail. In every one of these scenarios, the harm was preventable, the responsible party knows it, and the insurance carrier is already working to make sure that knowledge never reaches a jury.

We approach these cases differently than firms built for volume. We do not run a settlement mill. The lawyer you meet at the consultation is the lawyer who will work your file. We prepare every case as if it will be tried, because the cases that resolve fairly are almost always the ones the defense believes will actually go to trial. That preparation includes early scene investigation, preservation letters to trucking companies and stores before evidence is destroyed, retention of credible medical and reconstruction experts, and disciplined discovery aimed at the documents the defendant would prefer to keep internal.

Personal injury work in West Virginia is governed by deadlines, comparative fault rules, statutory caps, and Medicare and Medicaid lien obligations that change how cases are valued and how proceeds are distributed. We know those rules cold. We know which defense firms test cases hard and which settle on the courthouse steps. We know which medical providers carry credibility with juries and which do not. That institutional knowledge is the difference between a generalized claim and a case built to maximize what is actually recoverable.

What you can expect from us is plain talk and a contingency fee. There is no charge for the initial consultation. There is no fee unless we recover for you. We will tell you what we believe your case is worth, where the obstacles are, and what a realistic timeline looks like. The decision to settle or go to trial is always yours. Our job is to make sure the option to try the case is real, not a bluff, because that is what shifts the conversation with carriers from token offers to honest numbers.

What We Handle

• Car accidents and high-speed highway collisions, including rear-end, intersection, and head-on crashes throughout West Virginia.
• Commercial trucking and tractor trailer cases, including driver fatigue, hours of service violations, improper maintenance, and brokered load liability.
• Motorcycle crashes where rider visibility, lane discipline, and jury bias demand experienced trial counsel.
• Slip and fall, trip and fall, and other premises liability claims against stores, restaurants, landlords, and property managers.
• Catastrophic injuries, including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, severe burns, amputations, and permanent disability.
• Defective product cases involving failures of design, manufacturing defects, and inadequate warnings.
• Pedestrian and bicyclist injuries caused by distracted, impaired, or negligent drivers.
• Dog attacks and other animal attack injuries under West Virginia premises and animal control laws.

“The carrier offered nothing for two years. The week trial was set, the number changed completely.”

What to Expect

1. 01

   Free, confidential consultation

   We sit down, in person or by phone, and listen to what happened. We answer questions plainly. We explain the law that applies. There is no pressure and no obligation, and nothing you say leaves the room.

2. 02

   Investigation and evidence preservation

   If we take the case, we move immediately. Preservation letters go out to trucking companies, stores, and insurers. Crash data is downloaded. Witnesses are located. Scene photographs and video are secured before they disappear.

3. 03

   Medical narrative and demand

   We coordinate with treating providers to build a complete record of injuries, treatment, and prognosis. Once your medical picture is clear, we present a comprehensive demand to the carrier, with the file already prepared for litigation.

4. 04

   Litigation and trial

   If the carrier will not pay fair value, we file suit and prepare the case for a jury. Discovery, expert work, and trial preparation are handled by the same lawyers who started the case. The decision to settle or try the case stays with you.

Frequently Asked Questions