317.582.0000Monthly Archives: April 2019
IN THE NEWS: DOES PREMISES LIABILITY COVER GOOSE ATTACKS?
At Ramey & Hailey, we settle cases based on the legal principle of premises liability. What is premises liability? Store owners are under an obligation to implement reasonable measures to ensure the safety of their customers who are on their premises. “The most common lawsuits against business owners are from customers or other guests… Read More »
AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURIES, RECOVERY IS FAR FROM SIMPLE
The central nervous system, consisting of the brain and the spinal cord, is the command center for the human body. The spinal cord is essentially the ‘motorway’ that is involved in the co-ordination of the body’s movement, with signals carried from body parts to the brain relating to heat, cold, pressure, pain and the… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: SANDWICH DIVERSION CAUSES FATAL TWO-SEMITRAILER CRASH
Looking once again through the windshield of his semitrailer truck (after leaning over to pick up a sandwich he’d dropped), driver Joe Robinson realized, too late, that, just ahead, there was another semitrailer sitting in slow traffic. Steering hard to the left to avoid a collision, Robinson’s semi nevertheless struck the other vehicle, causing… Read More »
PINWHEELS IN PENNSYLAVANIA, SHAMEFUL STATISTICS IN INDIANA
To spread awareness during National Child Abuse Prevention Month, officials in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania planted 554 pinwheels on the courthouse lawn, each representing an abused child in the county who had the courage to seek help. Here in Indiana, with our state described as having the second-highest child abuse rate in the nation, the General… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: INSPECTION REPORT SHOWS VETS HARMED AT 52 NURSING HOMES
“Newly released inspection reports paint a discouraging picture of the care that veterans have received,” according to USA Today. Inspectors cited 52 out of 99 VA nursing homes, located in 25 different states, for deficiencies that caused: actual harm immediate jeopardy More than 40,000 elderly and infirm veterans stay in the agency’s nursing homes… Read More »
THINK YOU DON’T NEED A DOCTOR AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR? THINK AGAIN!
As a pedestrian, you’ve just been in a car accident. You’re shaken up, but feel lucky to have escaped serious injury, and your first instinct is to minimize the situation. But, even if you believe you’re OK, get yourself to a doctor as soon as possible, dmv.org cautions. There are two very important reasons… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: SLIP-AND-FALL VICTIM WINS RIGHT TO SUE DOLLAR TREE
Having very recently negotiated a very large settlement in behalf of a catastrophic slip and fall injury victim here in Indiana, we at Ramey & Hailey were extremely interested in a judge’s verdict concerning a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Dollar Tree stores. Like the Indiana case, the incident involved a shopper who fell in a… Read More »
HIT BY A CAR? MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, BUT LIABILITY CAN LOOK BOTH WAYS
“More pedestrians are being killed by automobiles in America than at any time in more than 25 years,” Rebecca Bream reports in patch.com, citing the latest Governors Highway Safety Association report on highway safety. Again this year, nearly 6,000 pedestrians were killed by automobiles right here in Indiana, putting our state at a ranking… Read More »
