317.582.0000Category Archives: Personal Injury
DID CHURCH PROTECT PASTOR, NOT CHILDREN?
An Indianapolis Star investigation found that an Indiana church failed to act with urgency in response to sexual offenses by a relative of the church’s pastor. The abuse involved at least eight children from families within the congregation. Because of the family relationship with the pastor, and perhaps also because the child molester is… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: 50 INDIANA CHILDREN DEAD OF NEGLECT AND ABUSE IN 2020
A recent report released by the Indiana Department of Child Services contains sad news: in the year 2020, no fewer than fifty Hoosier children died as a result of neglect and/or abuse. In 78% of the cases, the death occurred in the victim’s own home, and 81% of the time the victim’s alleged perpetrators… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: PARENTS OF GIRL WHO DROWNED SUE CITY OF PRINCETON
Just months ago, even as we were warning in this Ramey & Hailey blog that “pooltime can be the most dangerous of times, particularly for our children,” a tragedy was taking place in southern Indiana, where 5-year old Kimber Hibbs drowned during a pool party at the Princeton Aquatic Center. Now Kimber’s parents are… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: CHILDREN KILLED BY DUI – THE WRONGEST OF WRONGFUL DEATHS
Please, not again….it’s been less than one month since, in our Ramey & Hailey Law blog, we reported on four tragic bicycle injuries and fatalities in our city, explaining that with fewer cars on the road (because of the pandemic) many drivers feel safe increasing their speed and driving without the same level of… Read More »
FEWER CARS, MORE CRASHES, PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEYS NOTE
It seems hard to fathom, but, despite the shift from commuting to work to working from home, Indiana saw an increase in the number of fatal car crashes in 2020 as compared to the year before. In fact, in Marion County, where the offices of Ramey & Hailey are housed, fatal crashes increased 31%… Read More »
INJURED? WHY YOU WANT YOUR DAY IN COURT
INJURED? WHY YOU WANT YOUR DAY IN COURT Here’s a startling statistic for you, straight from the Bureau of Justice Statistics: More than 95% of personal injury cases are settled pretrial. That means, explains the Law Dictionary, that just one in 20 personal injury cases is resolved in a court of law by a… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: MESOTHELIOMA TRIALS MOVE AHEAD, PANDEMIC NOTWITHSTANDING
Mesothelioma (tumors on the lungs) is hardly a new disease. The term “mesothelioma” itself was coined more than a hundred years ago, then linked to asbestos exposure in the 1940s, asbestos.com explains. From the standpoint of personal injury law, mesothelioma presents a unique challenge: after a person has been exposed to asbestos, it can… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: RICHARD HAILEY SERVES AS CO-COUNSEL IN TRAGIC MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASE
In July of 2017, 60-year old MM had undergone a “practice” surgical procedure to see whether an implant called a spinal cord stimulator (a “paddle” connected to threaded wires with electrodes) could be inserted into her spine to relieve her ongoing back pain. When MM reported a significant degree of pain relief from the… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: MESOTHELIOMA TRIALS MOVE AHEAD, PANDEMIC NOTWITHSTANDING
Mesothelioma (tumors on the lungs) is hardly a new disease. The term “mesothelioma” itself was coined more than a hundred years ago, then linked to asbestos exposure in the 1940s, asbestos.com explains. From the standpoint of personal injury law, mesothelioma presents a unique challenge: after a person has been exposed to asbestos, it can… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: DOUBLE-BOOKED DOCTORS CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY TO PATIENTS
When a single doctor is supervising surgery in two (even three?) different operating rooms (at the same time!) – that sounds like a recipe for personal injury lawsuit. Actually, overlapping surgery is a longstanding practice, JAMA Internal Medicine explains, for several very valid reasons: to improve hospital resource utilization to educate surgical trainees to… Read More »
