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AS PRIEST SCANDAL HITS CLOSE TO HOME, INDIANA PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS PAY ATTENTION
A leading American cardinal who met with Pope Francis just last month to discuss the sex abuse crisis that has engulfed the Roman Catholic Church is now facing criticism over a Texas priest who was arrested this week on charges of indecency with children, the New York Times reports. Unfortunately, as we know all too well… Read More »
BISHOPS PLAN TO MEET; MEANWHILE, SEXUAL ABUSE VICTIMS NEED COMPENSATION
“The Sex-Abuse scandal is growing faster than the church can contain it,” Segal Samuel writes in The Atlantic. “As Pope Francis faces mounting pressure to address the spiraling clergy sex-abuse crisis, almost every day has brought some new revelation or declaration,” the journalist continues. At our personal injury law firm, we know that sexual… Read More »
EMPLOYMENT-AT-WILL? YES! EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION? NO!
Yes, Indiana is an employment-at-will state. That means an employee may be fired at any time, for any lawful reason – or no reason at all. It also means an employee may quit the job at any time for any reason, or no reason at all. But at-will doesn’t mean that you have no… Read More »
INJURED IN A CAR ACCIDENT? WHAT TO DO – AND NOT TO DO – RIGHT AWAY
What’s your well-being “worth”? Think about it. You’ve been in an automobile accident and you’re trying to figure out how much your personal injury case is worth. But, unlike your vehicle, which has an agreed-upon price that they can look up in the “Kelly Blue Book”, your body and brain do not have an… Read More »
PREGNANCY DISCRIMINATION NEEDS TO SPEND A TRIMESTER IN COURT
In 1978, Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, but, forty years later, a CNN article reports: …..“Despite legal protections, pregnancy discrimination claims are still widespread.” Ten years ago amendments were made to the Americans with Disabilities Act, requiring employers to provide necessary accommodations to pregnant women whose pregnancy-related conditions qualify as disabilities. Exactly when do… Read More »
THE SECOND STOP FOR THE SEXUALLY ABUSED – A PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY
Isn’t sexual assault or abuse a matter to be handled by the police? What’s the point, I’m often asked, of going to an attorney and filing a lawsuit against a sexual offender – that won’t put him/her in jail! Those questioners have a point – only a criminal prosecution can result in jail time… Read More »
DOG BITE VICTIMS NEED COMPASSION ALONG WITH COMPENSATION!
“They may be our best friends, but dogs are still animals and they can bite. In fact, dogs bite about 4.7 million Americans every year, half of them children between ages 5 and 9”, Web MD points out. In fact, dogsbite.org predicts, by 2020, pit bulls alone are projected to have mauled 385 Americans… Read More »
ROAD-WEARY TRUCKERS PUT MANY LIVES AT RISK
“Road-weary truckers risk lives on the job”, reads a headline in a recent issue of the Indianapolis Star. While decades of study have led researchers to conclude that “sleep-deprived drivers become exponentially more hazardous the longer they spend on the road,” compliance with truck driver safety laws has relied almost exclusively on carrier and… Read More »
CHILDREN AT EXTRA RISK FROM EXPOSURE TO ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS
“Since 2010, 42 children in Johnson County have been diagnosed with cancer, far higher than the national average. Ours were two of those children, and cancer took one of their lives,” Stacia Davidson and Kari Rhinehart share in last month’s Indianapolis Star. The two moms have formed a grass roots campaign to identify the… Read More »
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENTS – NOT OVER TILL THEY’RE OVER
As we’ve found over the years of working with Indiana clients, structured settlements can be very good things – under the right circumstances. Many personal injury lawsuits are settled, with the injured party agreeing to receive regular payments over a period of time (or sometimes for the rest of his or her life) in… Read More »
