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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 »
IN THE NEWS: PARENTS OF BUS ACCIDENT VICTIM AWARDED $20 MILLION
At least 77% of traffic accidents are the result of driver error, rather than equipment failure or external conditions, Safety Insurance explains. Accidents involving large buses or other “common carriers” can be very serious, often involving fatalities. As personal injury attorneys dealing in auto accident cases for more than forty years, we work extensively on… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: FRANKLIN, INDIANA CONTINUES TO FACE TOXIC WASTE PROBLEM
The 2019 calendar year began with news about environmental pollution in Franklin, Indiana, and now, towards year-end, a second source of toxins has been found there. State officials are referring to the source of contamination as a “plume”, a flow of cancer-causing chemicals underneath Franklin. This plume is less than a quarter mile from… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: HIGH SCHOOL CHAPLAIN SUSPENDED ON ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
An Indianapolis priest who works as a chaplain at Roncalli High School was suspended from his ministry just last month amid allegations of sexual abuse of a minor in 2016, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis told the Indianapolis Star. Meanwhile, members of the same high school’s football team are under investigation by police for allegedly abusing… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: $101 MILLION BIRTH INJURY SETTLEMENT AWARDED
At trial, experts testified that Tequila Snow’s firstborn would have been a healthy child if staff members at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois had properly done their jobs. When Ms. Snow arrived at the hospital, fetal monitoring was initiated, but then mother and baby were ignored for five hours. Meanwhile, the… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: ARBITRATION CLAUSES ALLOWED IN INDIANA NURSING HOME CONTRACTS
It’s only just begun, and debates about whether it’s a good thing or not are fast and furious. Effective September 2019, nursing homes are legally permitted to continue their practice of inserting pre-dispute arbitration clauses into their resident care contracts. “Indiana,” the Nursing Home Abuse Guide tells us, “has the dubious distinction of being one of twelve states having… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: PRODUCT LIABILITY CASES IN 2019
Product liability cases involve situations where sellers, retailers, or manufacturers are held responsible for making a faulty product accessible to consumers. Of all the sad situations we’ve seen during our more than forty years helping victims recover the financial resources they need, we think product liability cases are some of the saddest. We believe… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: TRUCKS V. PASSENGER CARS – SCORE 18:116. EVERYBODY LOSES
The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute reports that 138 people died in roadway crashes involving large trucks A mere 18 of those people killed had been riding in the commercial vehicles; all the others were either passengers in cars or pedestrians. In fact, the Motor Carrier Safety Administration reports, between 2009 and 2917, there… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: MALPRACTICE LAWSUIT YIELDS LARGEST AWARD IN HISTORY
In the largest medical malpractice verdict ever awarded in the United States, the Baltimore Sun reports, a Baltimore jury awarded a mother and daughter $229.6 million. Damaged by a lack of oxygen during the delivery, 5–year-old Zubida Byrom has cerebral palsy, a condition affecting muscle control throughout the body, requiring round-the-clock care. In October… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: RICHARD HAILEY ON LITIGATION TEAM FOR LAWSUIT VS. TESLA
In November of 2016, Kevin McCarthy died while trying to escape a Tesla vehicle that was engulfed in flames. Now, on behalf of McCarthy’s widow and minor children, a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against Tesla, claiming that known defects in the Model S automobile prevented McCarthy’ from escaping from the car… The… Read More »
