317.582.0000Monthly Archives: January 2020
IN THE NEWS: TRUCKING ACCIDENTS DUE TO CARELESS DRIVING INCREASE
There are many reasons trucking accidents happen… but the most tragic situation, we have found at Ramey & Hailey Law, is when there’s no reason the accident should have happened at all…. Yes, drivers are humans, and driver error is one inevitable cause of accidents. A driver may be rushing to meet a tight… Read More »
REPORTING NURSING HOME ABUSE IN INDIANA
When, fifteen years ago, then-Governor Mitch Daniels issued an Executive Order requiring our Indiana State Department of Health to implement a medical error reporting system, hospitals and surgery centers were the main focus of the initiative designed to reduce the frequency of medical errors. After more than 40 years of dealing with medical malpractice… Read More »
REPORTING MEDICAL ERRORS IN INDIANA
It’s been fifteen years since then-Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels issued an Executive Order requiring our Indiana State Department of Health to implement a medical error reporting system. There were three purposes outlined: reduce the frequency of medical errors reveal the causes of medical errors empower healthcare professionals to design ways to prevent errors Who… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: PARENTS SUE AFTER DAUGHTER’S BRAIN DAMAGED IN SURGERY
Medical professionals have a duty to provide adequate care for their patients; failure to do that is medical malpractice. Malpractice can result from a wrongful action taken, but it can also result when an appropriate action is not taken. In the case of the Colorado teenager whose brain was severely damaged last year in… Read More »
GUN VIOLENCE – THE ONLY REAL LEGAL RECOURSE
Man Shot in East-Side Home…. Man Shot, Killed on Bellefontaine Street … 2 Men Shot, Killed at West Side Club… Woman’s Body Found in East-Side Alley… As of mid-September of last year, no fewer than 94 shootings had been reported in Indianapolis alone. CBS News reported that the death by firearm rate in Indianapolis… Read More »
