Helping You Put Your Life Back On Track After A Serious Injury
You are riding your bicycle or motorcycle through downtown Indianapolis when a parked car door swings open directly into your path. You have no time to stop. The collision happens in an instant, and the consequences can be severe. These crashes are called dooring...
Bicycling is a beloved activity for many in Indiana, offering a means of transportation and a way to enjoy the outdoors. Still, sharing the road with motor vehicles can present significant risks. To safeguard cyclists, Indiana has various laws that address bicycle...
Recently, a state supreme court issued an opinion in a personal injury case presenting an important issue for Indiana premises liability plaintiffs. The case raised the question of whether a landowner – in this case, a local government – is entitled to immunity under a recreational-use statute when the land in question is used for both recreational and non-recreational purposes.…
During the formative years of the United States, certain principles were included in the U.S. Constitution and early amendments that still exist today. However, over time, the country has moved away from some of these principles and limited their application through the passage of new laws. One of the principles that has been continually rolled back over the past two…
Sometimes government entities such as public universities are protected from lawsuits due to immunity. In Burgueno v. Regents of the Univ. of Cal., a court found that a university was protected by immunity when a student was killed on a bike path that ran through the school. According to the court’s written opinion, the University of California, Santa Cruz student…
On December 10, 2010, the Plaintiff in Marquez v. Kobler, (Indiana Court of Appeals 2013) was on bicycle, crossing an intersection in Indianapolis, when he was hit by an oncoming car that was turning left. An ambulance responded to the accident and the man was hospitalized with injuries. The bicyclist filed an Indiana negligence lawsuit against the driver who hit…