317.582.0000Monthly Archives: July 2020
IN THE NEWS: TRUCK DRIVER SENTENCED, ANOTHER CHARGED IN FATAL CRASHES
It’s been only one short year since the motor vehicle crash, but the devastation for one Indianapolis family is forever. Finally, just two weeks ago, a judge imposed a nine year jail sentence on the Missouri truck driver who caused an accident, killing an Indianapolis mother and her two baby daughters. Just months before… Read More »
COVID DATA FOR NURSING HOMES CAN OBSCURE ABUSE AND NEGLECT
New nursing home data just released by the state shows an additional 128 deaths than were previously reported, an increase of about 10%, according to the Indianapolis Star. Those residents, reports show, make up 53% of Indiana’s coronavirus deaths! Dr. Dan Rusyniak, chief medical officer of Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration, attributes the… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: SOONER OR LATER FOR VIRUS-DELAYED JURY TRIALS
“As the state judiciary resumes proceedings in jury trials interrupted by COVID-19, the startup of any new jury trials still appears a long way off,” Charles Toutant writes in the New Jersey Law Journal. Meanwhile, a Law360 bulletin announced that a California jury has reconvened to award money in a virus-delayed trial. The story… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED QUALIFIED IMMUNITY?
“There’s no economic incentive for policy to change,”explain Cecil Bohanon and Nick Curott in a recent issue of the Indianapolis Business Journal, referring to qualified immunity, that policy that shields police officers from legal consequences of their actions. Eliminating qualified immunity would go a long way towards addressing the policy of police brutality, the… Read More »
SIMPLE LOGIC CAN HAVE COMPLICATED – AND UNFAIR – RESULTS
State medical boards exercise two main regulatory functions, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services article explains: Licensure – checking for educational attainment and knowledge on the part of a physician Discipline – overseeing physicians in actual practice, investigating complaints, and suspending or revoking licenses where needed. The authors call it “the simple… Read More »
