Category: Personal Injury

A personal injury case exists when you’ve sustained injuries due to someone else’s negligent or wrongful actions. To have a viable negligence claim in Indiana, you must demonstrate that another party failed to exercise reasonable care, directly causing your injuries and resulting losses. Common situations include car accidents, slip-and-falls, and…

Have you recently been involved in an accident in Indiana? Whether a careless driver hit your car, you slipped and fell on another person’s property, or someone’s dog bit you, what you do next can make or break your ability to seek full and fair compensation from the responsible parties….

The Indiana hospital lien statute allows hospitals to claim payment from personal injury settlements or judgments for medical care provided to injured patients. This means a hospital can take a portion of your claim payout if you have outstanding medical bills after an injury accident.  If you’re dealing with a…

In Indiana, a police report cannot be used as evidence in a trial. However, police reports contain useful information that can help build a powerful personal injury case and be used as persuasive material during settlement negotiations with insurance companies. When a serious motor vehicle collision occurs, one of the…

Punitive damages are available in Indiana personal injury lawsuits when the plaintiff can prove that the defendant’s actions constituted gross negligence or reckless behavior, meaning that they knew or should have known their actions could cause serious harm but chose to take them anyway. In most personal injury lawsuits, plaintiffs…

When you retain the services of a personal injury lawyer, they work for you. That means you are free to fire your personal injury attorney at almost any point between when you engage their services and when your case is resolved.  While it is important to remember that your attorney…

A summary judgment in an Indiana personal injury case is a court decision made before trial when there are no disputed material facts. Either party can file a motion for summary judgment if they believe the facts of the case are on their side. Summary judgment allows the court to…

In a successful personal injury claim, a victim receives damages, or monetary compensation, for their expenses and other losses. Depending on the circumstances, they may be awarded some combination of economic, non-economic, and punitive damages to make them whole again. If you suffered injuries in an accident in Indiana that…

When someone has been injured in a car accident or other emergency situation, many people’s first reaction is to try to help. In our increasingly litigious society, though, a potential helper might hesitate for fear of being sued if something goes wrong. In Indiana, the legislature enacted a law that…

Golf carts aren’t just for the course anymore. Many newer carts have features that qualify them to drive on public roads, and many communities allow or even encourage their use. Unfortunately, this also means that golf car accidents can involve complex issues that make it difficult for victims to get…