317.582.0000Monthly Archives: January 2019
EXACTLY WHO CAN BE PROVEN NEGLIGENT IN A SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT?
On average, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported, about 134 people die in school-vehicle-related crashes each year. Of those, 8% are riding in the buses. 21% are pedestrians, bicyclists and others outside the bus. 71% are people in other vehicles. Once a bus begins rolling down the road, a child is, statistically speaking, safer… Read More »
YOUR INJURY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS: CASE SETTLED IN FAVOR OF CATASTROPHIC SLIP AND FALL INJURY VICTIM
As Richard Hailey, personal injury attorney for the catastrophic injury slip and fall case victim, summed up the situation, “The plaintiff received enough recovery to take care of her for the rest of her life.” A slip and fall accident can happen in seconds, yet cause a long and ongoing saga of misery. “Under… Read More »
HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS – KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
It may not qualify as a soothing bedtime story, but the book The Biggest Legal Mistakes Physicians Make: And How to Avoid Them should be on the reading list of every healthcare practitioner. Although author Steven Babitsky is advising doctors, I can tell you his advice to “take proactive steps to minimize the effect… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: ERIN BROCKOVICH TEAMS UP WITH INDIANA MOMS
You may recall the blockbuster film back in 2002, “Erin Brockovich, with the role of the environmental activist played by Julia Roberts. Now two Indiana moms have gotten the attention of the real Erin Brockovich in their fight to raise awareness about the environmental contamination that has caused children in Indiana to have cancer…. Read More »
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES MAY BE INVISIBLE, YET LIFE – ALTERING
Sometimes, when there’s a hard blow or jolt to the head, the skull remains intact, and the extent of the injury is invisible from the outside. In fact, one of the most common forms of closed-head injury is concussion. There may be no noticeable scars, bruises, or bleeding, but what has happened inside… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: PARENTS OF SURVIVOR SUE PARENTS OF SHOOTER
The shooter’s parents should have known their son had an obsession with firearms and violence, parents of one victim of the Noblesville West Middle School are claiming in a civil lawsuit. Ella Whistler’s injuries were the “foreseable consequence” of negligence by the boy’s parents, is their claim. Testimony revealed that both the guns used… Read More »
DISTRACTED DRIVING CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC PERSONAL INJURY
As a personal injury attorney dealing in auto accident cases for more than forty years, I can share with you an extremely disturbing truth: While catastrophic and permanent loss may result from equipment error, all too often the real cause is – distracted driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines distraction as anything… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: TEEN’S SEXUAL ABUSE CASE CALLS ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM
Going into the fourth calendar year, for Indianapolis Public Schools, the lawsuits are far from over, a recent Indianapolis Star article demonstrated. The original claim was filed by an IPS student, accusing a counselor of sexual abuse, naming the counselor herself, plus the IPS Superintendent and the school board of “failing to keep him… Read More »
ARE YOUR LOVED ONES RECEIVING THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF CARE?
A highly disturbing 2018 end-of-year headline reports that home healthcare nurses failed to intervene or call for help when their patient’s condition was worsening. Then, after the patient died, the providers allowed the body to remain in the home for nearly two days without telling anyone! Just months earlier, due to negligence at a… Read More »
