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IN THE NEWS: PARENTS OF SURVIVOR SUE PARENTS OF SHOOTER
The shooter’s parents should have known their son had an obsession with firearms and violence, parents of one victim of the Noblesville West Middle School are claiming in a civil lawsuit. Ella Whistler’s injuries were the “foreseable consequence” of negligence by the boy’s parents, is their claim. Testimony revealed that both the guns used… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: TEEN’S SEXUAL ABUSE CASE CALLS ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM
Going into the fourth calendar year, for Indianapolis Public Schools, the lawsuits are far from over, a recent Indianapolis Star article demonstrated. The original claim was filed by an IPS student, accusing a counselor of sexual abuse, naming the counselor herself, plus the IPS Superintendent and the school board of “failing to keep him… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: RAMEY & HAILEY YEAR IN REVIEW
The work of personal injury attorneys is never done, but, as we at Ramey & Hailey look back over 2018, we realize that there were five issues which, this year, assumed particular prominence, both nationally and in our own practice: Sexual abuse We at Ramey & Hailey Law believe that child sexual abuse is… Read More »
YOUR INJURY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS: SLIP AND FALL CHANGES TWO LIVES FOREVER
On their way to their son’s house for dinner, Loretta Kuhns had her husband drop her off at a local grocery store, where she wanted to pick up some pecans to bring along. Lotus Kuhns was in on a secret – they were not headed to their son’s house at all. Instead, relatives and… Read More »
YOUR INJURY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS: YES, YOU CAN SUE CITY HALL
When governments are responsible for accidents or injuries, they can be sued, we explained in a recent Ramey & Hailey NewsBlog. That’s precisely the reasoning behind two lawsuits our firm filed earlier this year: Carl and Sonia Williams vs. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, City of Indianapolis, and Officer Christopher Mills Kevin and Dianne Brown… Read More »
YOUR INJURY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS: TRUTHS ABOUT MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
Unbelievable as this may sound, the third most common cause of death in the United States is medical error! Also hard to believe is the fact that, while 225,000 people die each year from some form of medical malpractice, only 2% of victims (or their survivors) pursue a case against their medical providers. In… Read More »
YOUR INJURY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS HAVE A FRONT END AND A BACK END
Just last year, Indiana personal injury attorney Rich Hailey explains, the state of Indiana amended its Medical Malpractice Act, changing the cap on the amount injured patients can collect for a medical malpractice claim. Claims registered between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2019 are capped at $1.65 million per injury. After that date,… Read More »
YOUR INJURY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS: IMPROPER MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND CARE RESULTED IN LOSS OF AN EYE
Every medical malpractice case is different, to be sure. In the state of Indiana, the process by which a patient seeks compensation for injuries suffered when healthcare providers fail to offer proper care begins with a proposed medical malpractice complaint filed through the Indiana Department of Insurance. The reason: all malpractice claims against a… Read More »
YOUR INJURY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS: BROWN VS. IMPD CASE ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN PUNISHMENT OR MONEY
There are two kinds of cases that are heard in the trial courts, the Indiana Judicial Branch website explains: civil and criminal. Civil cases involve conflicts between people or institutions. They might involve divorce, child custody, or business contracts. Civil cases might also be personal injury cases, where a person has been injured and… Read More »
YOUR INJURY ATTORNEYS IN THE NEWS: HOLDING OVERLY AGGRESSIVE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE
Even as the trial date for the Carl Williams case is being set and the case brought by Kevin and Dianne Brown is being processed, headlines about lawsuits against police are popping up all around the state, indeed around the country. Race continues to be a factor in the needlessly aggressive way in which… Read More »
