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WHEN DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER GOES TO COURT
As personal injury attorneys in Indiana, we help victims who have been hurt through: medical malpractice nursing home elder abuse sexual abuse injury through auto accidents environmental contamination workplace discrimination unfair business practices Sometimes, though, a victim’s injury can be very severe, yet not physical in nature. According to United States law, defamation and… Read More »
BUSINESSES CAN BE LIABLE FOR KEEPING QUIET ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
“Local communities are the most affected by this abhorrent crime,” the U.S. Department of State warns in its Trafficking in Persons Report 2018, and “we need to become more vigilant.” The Department calls on: law enforcement religious leaders teachers tribal elders business executives communities to be on the alert for signs… Read More »
OPIOIDS – THE NEW FRONTIER OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
It’s amazing and horrifying, and it’s time to educate lawyers, judges, and the community at large about it, says Joshua Horton of the Romano Law group in Florida. Yes, opioid abuse now surpasses gun shots and car accidents combined, Romano says. Drug abuse has become the #1 cause of death for Americans under 30… Read More »
INDIANA MEDICAL INJURY: THE 5 ELEMENTS AND THE 2 RULES
To win any lawsuit for negligence, you must prove five “elements”, findlaw.com explains: Duty: Did the defendant (the medical provider) have a duty to act in a certain manner towards the plaintiff (the patient)? Breach of duty: Did the medical provider breach that duty by failing to exercise reasonable care? Cause in Fact: Were the medical provider’s… Read More »
EXACTLY WHO’S AT FAULT WHEN GUN VIOLENCE CAUSES INJURY AND DEATH?
There are more guns than people in the United States, a global small arms survey revealed. In fact, while Americans make up only 4% of the world’s population, the study showed, we own nearly half of the entire global stock of firearms! The bad part, as a new study in the Journal of the… Read More »
NURSING HOME NEGLECT IS A FORM OF ABUSE
“But we didn’t mean it!” simply isn’t going to cut it as an excuse when it comes to nursing home neglect. True, unlike abuse, neglect is not done out of specific intent to harm a patient or an elder in a nursing home or rehabilitation facility. But too often, intended or not, substandard care… Read More »
EXACTLY WHO CAN BE PROVEN NEGLIGENT IN A SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENT?
On average, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported, about 134 people die in school-vehicle-related crashes each year. Of those, 8% are riding in the buses. 21% are pedestrians, bicyclists and others outside the bus. 71% are people in other vehicles. Once a bus begins rolling down the road, a child is, statistically speaking, safer… Read More »
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES MAY BE INVISIBLE, YET LIFE – ALTERING
Sometimes, when there’s a hard blow or jolt to the head, the skull remains intact, and the extent of the injury is invisible from the outside. In fact, one of the most common forms of closed-head injury is concussion. There may be no noticeable scars, bruises, or bleeding, but what has happened inside… Read More »
DISTRACTED DRIVING CAN CAUSE CATASTROPHIC PERSONAL INJURY
As a personal injury attorney dealing in auto accident cases for more than forty years, I can share with you an extremely disturbing truth: While catastrophic and permanent loss may result from equipment error, all too often the real cause is – distracted driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines distraction as anything… Read More »
ARE YOUR LOVED ONES RECEIVING THE APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF CARE?
A highly disturbing 2018 end-of-year headline reports that home healthcare nurses failed to intervene or call for help when their patient’s condition was worsening. Then, after the patient died, the providers allowed the body to remain in the home for nearly two days without telling anyone! Just months earlier, due to negligence at a… Read More »
