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2024-12-12: Unpacking the Groundbreaking Lawsuit Against Ultra-Processed Food Giants
2024-12-12: Navigating the Depo-Provera Brain Tumor Lawsuits: What You Need to Know
2024-11-14: Indiana Court of Appeals Reverses $6 Million Dollar Jury Verdict for Estate of Man Run Over and Killed by IndyGo Bus
2024-10-21: Indiana Trial Lawyers Association (ITLA) Publishes Attorney Jonathan Armiger’s Medical Malpractice Article in VERDICT
2024-10-02: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Amazon Owed a Duty of Care to Truck Drivers Injured on a Public Road Next to One of Its Fulfillment Centers
2024-09-13: Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Denial of Motion to Dismiss Indiana Truck Accident Case
2024-08-01: Indiana Supreme Court Clarifies Indiana’s Firefighter’s Rule and Indiana’s First-Responder’s Rule in Personal Injury Claim
2024-06-21: Damages for Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress Continue to be Unavailable in Indiana Adult Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Claims
2024-05-24: Indiana Supreme Court Reverses Trial Court Decision Ordering Redaction of Patient Submissions in Indiana Medical Malpractice Case
2024-04-23: Indiana’s Limited Premise Liability for Churches Does Not Extend to Injuries Occurring in Church Areas Not Primarily Used for Worship Services
2024-04-03: Indiana Supreme Court Sets Forth New Test for Expert Affidavits in Indiana Medical Malpractice Cases
2024-03-16: Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Dismissal of Father’s and Grandmother’s Claims in Child Wrongful Death Case
2024-02-13: Indiana Supreme Court Upholds Common-Law Liability for Dram Shops
2024-01-30: Indiana Supreme Court Swimming Pool Injury Opinion Examines Appropriate Foreseeability Test
2024-01-04: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Res Ipsa Loquitur Precludes Summary Judgment for Indiana University in Premise Liability Case
2023-12-06: Immunity Under Indiana’s Worker’s Compensation Act Does Not Bar Claims Against Co-Employee Physicians Arising Out of Doctor-Patient Relationships
2023-11-01: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Indiana’s Firefighter’s Rule Does Not Bar Firefighter’s Personal Injury Claim
2023-10-12: Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court Order Directing Patients to Redact Portions of Their Medical Review Panel Submissions
2023-09-27: Indiana Supreme Court Recognizes Public Dissemination of Private Health Information May Give Rise to Public-Disclosure Tort Claim
2023-09-06: Indiana Supreme Court Holds Mentally Ill Patient Who Pled Guilty to Voluntary Manslaughter Cannot Succeed in Claims Against Health Care Providers
2023-08-08: Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund Successfully Rejects Claim for Excess Damages in Medical Credentialing Malpractice Claim
2023-07-07: Indiana Supreme Court Finds Issue Preclusion and Indiana’s Comparative Fault Act Bar Quadriplegic’s Construction Zone Accident Claim Against the State of Indiana and Other Defendants Arising from a Single-Vehicle Semi-Truck Collision
2023-06-11: Nursing Home Residents May Bring Section 1983 Claims
2023-05-25: Indiana Department of Transportation Immune From Liability in Wrongful Death Case Arising From High-Speed Intersection Collision
2023-05-04: Mail Carrier Unsuccessful in Dog Bite Case Against Rental Home Landlord Under Indiana’s Dog Bite Statute
2023-04-05: Woman Whose Home Was Hit by Firework Shell Mortar and Caught on Fire Unable to Recover Emotional Distress Damages in Indiana
2023-03-15: Woman Suffering Injury in Fall Is Allowed to Proceed in Her Case After Indiana Court of Appeals Finds a Genuine Issue of Material Fact and Judicial Bias
2023-02-23: Who Is Responsible for a Subcontractor’s Worker’s Injury on a Construction Site in Indiana?
2023-01-23: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Homeowner Owed Guest No Common Law or Statutory Duty to Clear Snow and Ice from Sidewalk in Front of Home
2022-12-30: Indiana Court of Appeals Applies McKenzie in Allowing Invasion of Privacy Claim for Public Disclosure of Private Facts to Proceed
2022-12-13: Indiana Supreme Court Recognizes Claim for Public Disclosure of Private Facts
2022-12-01: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Affidavit of Patient’s Expert Insufficient to Survive Summary Judgment in Medical Malpractice Case
2022-11-02: Indiana Court of Appeals Abandons Recently Espoused “Current Test” as to Applicability of Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act
2022-10-07: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Car Insurer Cannot Set Off Underinsured Motorist Limit by Worker’s Compensation Payments
2022-09-14: Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Auto Insurers Do Not Get a Setoff Against Underinsured Motorist Limits for MedPay Payments
2022-08-18: Indiana Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court and Revives Crowd Surfer’s Personal Injury Lawsuit Against Music Venue Security Company
2022-08-02: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Medical Malpractice Claimant Failed to Satisfy Second Prong of McKeen v. Turner Regarding Evidence of Malpractice Theory Raised Post-Panel
2022-07-19: Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms $510,000 Jury Verdict for Woman in Indianapolis Slip-And-Fall Case
2022-06-24: Indiana Court of Appeals Issues Second Opinion in Dispute Between Automobile Insurer and Hospital Concerning Hospital’s Lien Under Indiana’s Hospital Lien Act
2022-06-06: Indiana Court of Appeals Revives Stepchildren’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Stepmother Based on Indiana’s Trial Rules on Substitution of Parties
2022-05-19: Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court’s Grant of Summary Judgment for Car Accident Defendant Based Upon Unforeseeable Medical Emergency
2022-04-27: Indiana Supreme Court Finds MCS-90 Does Not Apply to Wrongful Death Truck Crash Involving Truck Transporting Non-Hazardous Cargo Intrastate
2022-04-13: Indiana Supreme Court Adopts Restatement (Second) of Agency Section 267 and Finds Genuine Issue of Material Fact as to Apparent Agency Relationship Between Two Medical Providers Despite No Contractual Relationship
2022-04-02: Indiana Supreme Court Holds Apparent Agency Principles in Sword and Restatement (Second) of Torts Section 429 Apply to Non-Hospital Medical Providers
2022-03-18: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Landowner Not Liable for Dog Attacking Child on Landowner’s Rental Property
2022-02-24: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Public School Not Immune from Liability for Making Seven-Year-Old Child Walk Over a Mile Home Instead of Riding on School Bus
2022-02-08: Indiana Court of Appeals Decides Issue of First Impression on Recovery of Emotional Distress Damages under Indiana’s Bystander Rule for Home Gas Explosion Fire
2022-01-20: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Nursing Home Resident Placed in Chemical Restraints Stated Claim under Federal Civil Rights Law for Alleged Violation of Federal Nursing Home Reform Act
2022-01-06: Indiana Supreme Court Adopts New Rule Allowing Mother of Sexually Abused Child to Recover Emotional Distress Damages
2021-12-23: Indiana Supreme Court Adopts New Rule for Government Immunity for Temporary Conditions of Roadways Causing Personal Injury
2021-12-09: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Paternal Grandmother Cannot Sue under Child Wrongful Death Statute for Grandson’s Death
2021-11-24: Indiana Supreme Court Finds Menards Not Liable as a Matter of Law for Injuries Caused as a Result of Sink Falling on Shopper
2021-11-11: Indiana Supreme Court Adopts Bright-Line Rule that Landowners Owe No Duty to the Traveling Public from Conditions Wholly Contained on Property Despite any Visual Obstruction
2021-10-28: Indiana Supreme Court Finds Medical Malpractice Claimant’s Right to Amend Timely-Filed Complaint after Statute of Limitations to Add EMTALA Claim Against Hospital Is Not Preempted by EMTALA
2021-10-14: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Indiana City Immune from Liability for Potholes Causing Bicyclist’s Crash
2021-09-30: Indiana Court of Appeals Allows Defendant to Assert Compulsory Counterclaim for Personal Injuries in Car Accident Case 21 Months after Plaintiff Filed Complaint
2021-09-17: Grocery Store Landowner Not Responsible for Patrons’ Injuries Arising from Vehicle-Pedestrian Collision in Parking Lot
2021-08-26: Medical Malpractice Complaint Too Specific as to Malpractice Theories Results in Dismissal of Additional Theory in Court after Medical Review Panel Opinion
2021-08-10: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds No Evidence of Bad Faith in Underinsured Construction Zone Truck Accident Case
2021-07-22: Indiana Court of Appeals Allows Wrongful Death Lawsuit for 911 Failure in Dispatching Medics to Wrong Address to Proceed
2021-07-08: Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act Applies to Malpractice Claims by Persons Who Did Not Receive Medical Care but Who Were Injured as a Result of Negligent Medical Care Provided to Another Person
2021-06-28: Indiana Court of Appeals Extends Indiana Supreme Court’s Sword Apparent Agency Holding to Non-Hospital Medical Provider
2021-06-10: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Mother of Sexually Abused Child Is Not Entitled to Emotional Distress Damages Under Indiana Law
2021-05-17: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Trial Court Erred in Ordering Patient to Redact Portions of Medical Review Panel Submission in Malpractice Case
2021-04-29: Indiana Court of Appeals Refuses to Adopt Rule That Medical Bills Are Always Inadmissible When Not Claimed as Damages
2021-04-16: Indiana Supreme Court Finds Store Manager Not Liable for Negligence in Wal-Mart Trip-and-Fall Personal Injury Lawsuit
2021-04-02: Summary Judgment for Cemetery in Indiana Premise Liability Case Affirmed by the Indiana Court of Appeals
2021-03-17: Indiana Supreme Court Finds Background Check Company As Non-Signatory to Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement Could Not Enforce Arbitration Against Patient Sexually Abused by Convicted Sexual Criminal and Murderer
2021-03-04: Indiana Court of Appeals Questions Indiana Supreme Court Precedent Concerning Governmental Immunity for Car Crash Injuries Resulting from Temporary Conditions of Roadways Due to Weather
2021-03-03: Barsumian and Armiger Recognized by Indiana Super Lawyers in 2021
2021-02-26: Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Nursing Home’s Independent Nurse Consultant Reviewer’s Critical Analysis of Resident’s Care is Shielded by Federal Quality Assurance Privilege
2021-02-18: Kentucky Supreme Court Finds Kentucky’s Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act Does Not Apply to Captive Insurers in Medical Negligence Case
2021-02-14: The $0 Whiplash and Mild Concussion “Verdict of Silence”
2021-02-11: Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Asks Indiana Supreme Court to Answer Questions Regarding Application of Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act
2021-02-03: Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Claims Against Public Schools Act Dismissal Due to Personal Injury Claimant Failing to Timely and Appropriately Challenge Dismissal
2021-01-28: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Employee’s Dismissal Did Not Bar Plaintiff’s Case Against Employer Under Respondeat Superior
2020-12-19: Handing Business Card to Patient Found Insufficient Notice in Hospital Malpractice Lawsuit for Hospital to Avoid Liability for Anesthesiologist’s Actions Under Apparent Agency In Spite of Independent Contractor Relationship
2020-12-09: Indiana’s Good Samaritan Law Protects Truck Driver Rear-Ended by Motorist While Stopped to Provide Assistance to Prior Car Accident
2020-11-23: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Landowner Owed No Duty to Motorist Injured As a Result of Tall Grass on Land Adjoining Roadway
2020-11-06: Indiana Court of Appeals Upholds Icy Sidewalk Slip and Fall Jury Verdict Against Non-Property-Owning Grocery Store
2020-10-23: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Son of Deceased Mother Limited to Damages Cap Under Indiana’s Wrongful Death Statute
2020-10-09: Automobile Insurer Liable in Indiana Case for Hospital Lien Arising Out of Settled Ohio Auto Accident Case For Failing to Comply with Indiana Hospital Lien Act
2020-09-30: Indiana Supreme Court Upholds Jury Verdict in Truck Crash Case Finding Some Evidence to Support Trial Court’s Failure to Mitigate Instruction
2020-09-18: Indiana Court of Appeals Instructs Trial Court to Grant Patient’s Estate’s Motion to Compel Arbitration in Medical Malpractice Nursing Home Case
2020-09-01: Indiana Court of Appeals Affirms Trial Court’s Denial of Fertility Doctor and Fertility Clinic’s Motion to Dismiss
2020-08-07: Indiana Court of Appeals Rules Claim Involving Unauthorized Access of Patient Information Does Not Fall Under Indiana Medical Malpractice Act
2020-08-01: Indiana Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court’s Denial of Summary Judgment in Indiana Slip-and-Fall Case
2020-07-25: It’s the Law: No Holding or Using Phones While Driving in Indiana
2020-07-25: Indiana Trial Lawyers Association Publishes Attorney Jonathan Armiger’s Indiana Appellate Case Update on Medical Malpractice
2020-07-16: Indiana Car Accident Plaintiff Loses Appeal After Jury Verdict for Defendant by Not Objecting to Defendant’s Testimony and Timely Supplementing Trial Court Record
2020-06-24: Indiana Court of Appeals Opines Horse Riding in Arena Is a Sporting Activity Not Subject to Ordinary Negligence Instruction and Subject to Inherent and Incurred Risk Instructions
2020-05-29: Credit or Setoff from Non-Healthcare Settlement Should Be Deducted from Total Case Value, Not Statutory Cap, in Indiana Medical Malpractice Cases
2020-05-08: Kentucky Supreme Court Addresses Ostensible Agency and Continuous Treatment Doctrine in Medical Malpractice Case in Affirming Grant of Summary Judgment to Physicians and Hospital
2020-05-01: Payment of Hospital Lien Does Not Reduce Tortfeasor’s Automobile Bodily Injury Liability Policy Limits for Purposes of Underinsured Motorist Coverage
2020-04-21: Indiana Court of Appeals Declines to Find Equitable Estoppel for Slip-and-Fall Claimant’s Failure to Comply with Indiana Tort Claims Act Notice Requirement
2020-04-08: Indiana Court of Appeals Reverses Another Trial Court for Giving a Failure-to-Mitigate Jury Instruction in Car Crash Case
2020-02-24: Recovery of Diminished Value of Truck in Auto Accident Case Approved by Indiana Court of Appeals
2020-02-20: “An Insured Is an Insured Is an Insured Is an Insured” for Purposes of an Insurer’s Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
2020-02-03: Non-Physician Healthcare Provider Allowed to Give Expert Causation Opinion in Indiana Medical Malpractice Case
2020-01-24: Indiana Essure Product Liability Claims Survive Bayer’s Motion to Dismiss
2019-12-31: Kentucky Supreme Court Reinstates Defense Verdict in Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Trial
2019-12-23: Snow and Ice Removal Contractor Secures Summary Judgment Citing Slippery Services Agreement
2019-12-12: Indiana Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court In Personal Injury Case Dealing with Indiana’s Claims Against Public Schools Act
2019-11-26: Last Reasonable Opportunity to Diagnose and Treat Not Last In-Person Visit Establishes Date on Which Statute of Limitations Begins to Run in Indiana Medical Malpractice Claims
2019-11-18: Goshen Health Alerts Patients of Hospital Sterilization Failure and Risk of Infection
2019-11-14: Insurers Assume the Risk When Disputing Coverage While Not Defending Their Insureds
2019-11-13: The Law of Winter Weather Personal Injury in Indiana
2019-11-05: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Unlawfully and Unreasonably Granted Personal Injury and Property Damage Immunity to Utility
2019-10-31: Trick or Treat: Halloween Hardball Negotiation Tactics
2019-10-30: New Trial on Damages Required When Failure to Mitigate Instruction Given in Truck Accident Case Without Evidence of Causation Between Failure and Damages Sustained by Plaintiff
2019-10-16: Court of Appeals Upholds Plaintiff’s Jury Verdict in Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Case
2019-10-13: Juror’s Unequivocal Refusal to Participate in Determination of Non-Economic Damages Constitutes Bias or Prejudice Against Plaintiff Seeking Such Damages
2019-09-27: Does the Police Report Definitively Determine Who is the At-Fault Driver in an Indiana Auto Accident Case or Indiana Truck Accident Case?
2019-09-16: Indiana Court of Appeals Says Answer to Important Question Under Indiana Medical Malpractice Act Must Wait
2019-08-29: Indiana Court of Appeals Holds Trial Court’s Error Giving General Verdict Form in Car Accident Case Harmless
2019-08-23: Indiana Supreme Court Considers Admissibility of Expert’s Disciplinary History in Car Accident Case
2019-08-03: Indiana Supreme Court Resolves Court of Appeals Split in Medical Malpractice Cases
2019-07-04: Component Part Manufacturer May Have Duty to Offer or Install Necessary Safety Features
2019-06-24: Punitive Damages in Indiana
2019-06-12: Indiana Medical Malpractice Act Not Applicable to Claim of Negligent Dissemination of Protected Health Information
2019-04-03: Heir Not Required to Recover Wrongful Death Damages in Indiana
2019-02-21: When Animals Attack What Does Indiana Law Say?
2019-02-14: Are Mesothelioma Claims from Decades-Old Asbestos Exposure Still Viable Under Indiana Law?
2019-01-21: “Medical Malpractice” and “Medical Negligence” Distinction without Difference in Indiana
2019-01-12: Indiana Court of Appeals Splits Decisions on Venue in Indiana Medical Malpractice Cases
2019-01-03: Sudden Medical Emergency Can Excuse Car Crash Under Indiana Law
2018-11-26: Product Misuse Complete Defense Under Indiana’s Product Liability Act
2018-11-19: Medical Review Panels Unconstitutional in Kentucky, Constitutional in Indiana
2018-11-02: Proceed with Caution: Applicability of Indiana Medical Malpractice Act Must Be Raised Early to Avoid Post-Panel Estoppel
2018-10-22: Indiana Court of Appeals Finds Uninsured Motorist Coverage Inapplicable
2018-10-17: Expert Testimony Required in Nearly All Medical Malpractice Cases
2018-10-08: Indiana’s Limited Medical Malpractice Fraudulent Concealment Doctrine
2018-09-28: Indiana Court Upholds Award of Prejudgment Interest in Trucking Accident Case
2018-09-25: Will FDA Valsartan Recall End in Lawsuits?
2018-09-18: When Must An Automobile Insurer Pursue Reimbursement for Medical Payments?
2018-04-16: The Difficult Decision to Place a Parent in a Nursing Home
2018-03-20: Overmedication In Nursing Home
2017-11-21: Can the Threat of Punitive Damages Deter Serial Texting Indiana Drivers? (Part 2 of 2)
2017-11-16: Can the Threat of Punitive Damages Deter Serial Texting Indiana Drivers? (Part 1 of 2)
2017-11-10: Avoiding a Catch-22: Proving a Defective Product in Indiana when the Product Self Destructs
2017-11-01: Can You Be Found Negligent for Extending a Courtesy Wave?
2016-12-21: Has My Loved One Been the Victim of Nursing Home Abuse or Neglect?
2016-12-16: Responsible for Broken Windshields and Mayhem on the Highway
2016-12-10: Know the facts about premises liability claims in Indiana
2016-12-03: Multi-vehicle car accidents difficult to investigate
2016-11-30: Running red lights causes car accidents and injures others
2016-11-21: Head-on car accidents in Indiana can be deadly
2016-11-13: Truck accidents can cause injuries on Indiana roadways
2016-11-07: Common problems can cause tragic truck accidents in Indiana
2016-11-02: Injured at a store? Here’s what you need to show in a lawsuit.
2016-10-31: Premises liability can be worse than car crashes
2016-10-24: Steps drivers can take to avoid aggressive driving and road rage
2016-10-18: When the worst has occurred, a wrongful death suit may help
2016-10-11: Organizations seek to improve truck safety through crash sensors
2016-10-09: Nursing home abuse not always physical. Includes medication theft
2016-10-03: Snarled traffic can cause car accidents in Indiana
2016-09-30: Tips to keep children safe around dogs
2016-09-25: Car accidents with motorcycles can cause injuries or worse
2016-09-17: Weather-related car accidents can lead to fatalities in Indiana
2016-09-11: Many factors could contribute to motor vehicle accident occurring
2016-09-08: Indiana car accidents: 3 hurt on Interstate 65
2016-09-01: Fowl Play: Look Out for that Turkey!
2016-08-29: Failure to yield can lead to car accidents in Indiana
2016-08-21: Protect your rights if you are injured in an accident
2016-08-16: Indiana car accidents: Biker critically hurt in Hamilton County
2016-08-14: How motorcyclists can prepare for themselves for safe riding
2016-08-09: What are the distracted driving laws in Indiana?
2016-08-02: Spring weather may pose treacherous driving conditions too
2016-07-30: Rash of megabus accidents prompts some to question vehicle safety
2016-07-25: Indiana car accidents can lead to extensive injuries
2016-07-23: Individuals called to scene following crash put lives on the line
2016-07-19: Truck accidents can be the result of violations
2016-07-15: Winter Premises Liability in Indiana
2016-07-10: Truck accidents in Indiana can be the result of a few factors
2016-07-04: Not slowing for traffic can lead to deadly car accidents
2016-06-29: What to do following a dog bite
2016-06-22: Wrongful death suit may be sensitive, but necessary pursuit
2016-06-17: Car accidents in Indiana can claim innocent lives
2016-06-13: Stopped traffic causes car accidents in Indiana
2016-06-10: Indiana celebrates Motorcycle Safety & Awareness Month
2016-06-04: A Look Back on Halloween 2014’s Negotiation Lessons
2016-05-31: Head-on car accidents can lead to critical injuries in Indiana
2016-05-26: Students injured when stage collapsed during performance
2016-05-20: A number of negligent behaviors can lead to car accidents
2016-05-12: Hit-and-run car accidents in Indiana put motorcyclists at risk
2016-05-05: Leaving a lane can cause car accidents in Indiana
2016-04-30: Premises liability cases in Indiana can be complicated
2016-04-23: Indiana premises liability issues can get complicated
2016-04-16: Fatal hit and run could lead to wrongful death lawsuit
2016-04-11: Personal injury cases involve much more than car accidents
2016-04-06: High speed rear-end car accidents can be devastating
2016-03-31: Personal injury cases could follow car accidents
2016-03-24: Tragic bus accident in Indiana may be wrongful death
2016-03-18: Syngenta GMO Corn Lawsuits Increasing
2016-03-11: Car accidents can injure innocent passengers in Indiana
2016-03-08: Almost $3 million paid in premises liability claims for dog bites
2016-03-02: Violations can lead to truck accidents in Indiana
2016-02-28: Car accidents involving motorcyclists can be deadly
2016-02-21: Weather, road conditions can lead to multi-vehicle car accidents
2016-02-17: Car accidents caused by passing can be deadly
2016-02-11: Crash on Indiana highway may open door to wrongful death suit
2016-02-08: Truck accidents with multiple vehicles can cause injuries
2016-02-01: Death of man along road may be wrongful death situation
2016-01-31: Car accidents in Indiana can become dangerous when fire erupts
2016-01-27: Distracted driving in Indiana can cause car accidents
2016-01-21: Motorcycle versus car accidents can be deadly in Indiana
2016-01-17: Wrongful death suit may prove necessary for families
2016-01-13: Medical Negligence on the Rise in Indiana
2016-01-08: Multi-vehicle car accidents in Indiana can be deadly

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