Category: Slip & Fall
Indianapolis premise liability and slip & fall law blog. Here we will provide useful articles of various types of injury information in Indiana.
What happens when someone is injured when they are playing a sport because of someone else’s actions, or is hurt at a sporting event? Well, there are many ways to look at this. Was the sporting event a dangerous one for spectators? If the person who was injured was participating in the sport, were they […]
In a premises liability case, who can be held liable? This was the issue that was recently decided by the Indiana Supreme Court in the case Branscomb v. Wal-Mart Stores East. This case dealt with premises liability, but in an odd way, because the plaintiffs in the case sued the company, but claimed that the […]
Being injured in a car or truck accident can be scary, but having outstanding medical bills looming can be even scarier. Many of these medical bills can cost thousands and thousands of dollars that many people don’t have just laying around. We are going to walk you through a step-by-step process for approaching your medical […]
If you are walking around, and you slip-and-fall on some water or some ice, and you are injured, normally you would expect to recover for your injuries. Normally, you would file a lawsuit against the business who did not put out a wet floor sign, or the apartment complex that did not take care of […]
In Indiana, much has been made of cases concerning a plaintiff’s medical bills, and whether the reduced amount paid by insurance can be admitted at trial. The chief cases in this regard are Patchett v. Lee and Stanley v. Walker. These cases addressed whether the reduced amount of medical bills paid by either insurance or […]
Governmental entities can be held liable in certain instances, but sometimes are protected from liability by a state’s Tort Claims Act. In cases where there someone is acting in their official capacity as an employee of the state or federal government, and they cause injury to someone, the government agency can potentially be held liable […]
Why it’s Important to Pay Attention to Your Surroundings After an Injury When someone is injured in a slip-and-fall accident, there is often a visible cause. Whether that be an icy parking lot or sidewalk, a pothole, crack, or unlevel pavement, or a wet spot, whether that be water in a parking lot or puddles […]
When an accident occurs, whether that be a slip-and-fall or a car accident, sometimes people may stop to try and help any person who has been injured in an accident. However, at times these people could do more harm than good, despite their best intentions. Sometimes, they could cause another injury, or they could make […]
What happens if someone is at a bar, and, while no fight occurs inside the bar, when people leave, a fight breaks out between a patron of the bar and a third party? This question was addressed by the Indiana Supreme Court recently and has a lot to do with the foreseeability of the actions […]