Helping You Put Your Life Back On Track After A Serious Injury
A drive across Indiana may seem normal until something unexpected appears in your path. A deer steps onto the road or traffic slows near a work zone. These hazards often leave little time to react. Knowing where they usually happen can help you spot danger sooner and...
If you suffer severe injuries after a car crash in Indiana, your personal injury case will end one of two ways: with a negotiated settlement or a jury verdict. These outcomes differ dramatically in how they are reached, how long they take and what you can expect to...
Why the 2-Year Clock Matters in Indiana Indiana Code § 34-11-2-4 gives you exactly two years from the date of your car accident to file a personal injury lawsuit. Miss this deadline and the court will almost certainly dismiss your case, no matter how strong your...
Why the First 24 Hours Matter in Indiana Under Indiana Code § 9-26-1-1.1, you have legal duties after a crash — and one mistake can tank your claim. Insurance companies start building their case within hours. This post walks you through what to do, step-by-step, to...
Recently, an Indiana appellate court issued a ruling regarding personal injury claims resulting from participation in sports activity. According to the court’s opinion, the case involved a horse jockey who was injured while training a horse at a racetrack. The jockey was injured when another horse, which had thrown off its rider, barreled into the jockey’s horse tossing him to…
In many personal injury lawsuits, one of the most important decisions that must be made is which parties to name in the lawsuit. Indeed, in many lawsuits, the at-fault party is not the only defendant named in the case. Depending on the facts surrounding the accident, the at-fault party’s employer is often named as an additional defendant. In Indiana, when…
Recently, a state appellate court released an opinion in a motor vehicle accident personal injury case that raised an important issue that commonly comes up in Indiana personal injury cases, especially in the common scenario in which an insurance company is involved in defending the lawsuit. The case required the court to decide if an insurance company that wrote a policy…
This past August, Indiana saw a horrific accident on Interstate 65 that took the lives of seven individuals. The semi, for reasons as yet unknown, crashed into the back of the rear of a Jeep Grand Cherokee. The impact crashed the Jeep and sandwiched it into the semi in-front of the Jeep. Tragically, first responders recovered seven bodies.A few states…
Drunk driving accidents in Indiana unfortunately continue to attract a great deal of attention, as both the extent of depravity and negligence of the driver is matched on the opposite side of the spectrum only by the degree to which these accidents are really very preventable and foreseeable. Drunk driving campaigns have promulgated advertisements through schools, bars, on commercials, and…
Last month, Indiana Injury Blog detailed many of the potential dangers and harms that come with texting and driving. To summarize, Indiana is one of 39 states to ban texting while driving.Statistics are revealing some facts about texting and driving safety, which are somewhat surprising and counter-intuitive. Mary Allen, Director of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute has recommended police raise…