Helping You Put Your Life Back On Track After A Serious Injury
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...
Dog bites can cause serious physical and emotional harm. The law sets specific rules for how these cases work, including what must be proven and how responsibility is determined. Understanding these rules can help someone know their options after an attack. ...
You thought you were lucky to survive your high-speed collision with just a concussion. Yet weeks later, you couldn’t understand why you felt anxious all the time or why simple tasks exhausted you. Clearly, your ongoing symptoms suggest a brain injury more serious...
In Indiana, an injured party can seek compensation for their accident by proving fault and filing an insurance claim with the other party involved. Depending on the type of damages that arose from the car crash, your claim can provide financial help for your medical...
International travel can present travelers with some unique legal issues, including jurisdictional conflicts. In some cases, the claims may involve a different country or a foreign airport or airline. The Montreal Convention addresses the inherent issues that many Indiana personal injury victims face after these types of accidents. The Montreal Convention is a multilateral treaty adopted by many counties to…
As a general rule, when one party’s negligence results in another’s injury, the injury victim can file an Indiana personal injury lawsuit against the negligent party in hopes of obtaining financial compensation for their injuries. However, the Indiana state legislature has carved out several exceptions in which certain activities cannot legally be the basis for a personal injury action. Equine…
Being involved in an Indiana workplace accident is a stressful experience. Not only must the injured employee worry about physical recovery after the accident, but injured employees must also take time away from work. On top of this, there are often mounting medical expenses that must be paid. Depending on the circumstances surrounding the accident, an Indiana workplace accident victim…
All Indiana motorists are required to maintain a certain amount of auto insurance to drive legally. Lawmakers’ idea behind creating such a requirement was to ensure that an at-fault motorist had sufficient assets to cover the costs incurred by the victims of their negligence. Thus, even if an at-fault motorist has no assets themselves, their insurance company will defend the…
Recently, a state appellate court issued a written opinion in a personal injury case that raises an interesting issue confronting many Indiana car accident plaintiffs. The case required the court to determine if the plaintiff’s insurance company was required to provide underinsured motorist coverage in an accident involving a horse-drawn carriage. Ultimately, the court took a close look at the…
Earlier this month, a federal appellate court issued a written opinion in a personal injury case requiring the court to determine if a plaintiff’s case against a ski resort could proceed toward trial despite the fact that she had signed an accident-release waiver prior to her injury. After reviewing the applicable law, the court concluded that the release waiver was…