Category: Worker’s Compensation
The Indiana Firearms Statute states that: “Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, a resolution, a policy, or a rule that: (1) prohibits; or (2) has the effect of prohibiting; an employee of the person, including a contract employee, from possessing a firearm […]
Many people get involved in accidents on the job every day. This is why many companies possess worker’s compensation so that their employees can still be able to pay bills and buy groceries while they are injured. But what happens if you get fired as a result of simply trying to get the worker’s compensation […]
The purpose of Worker’s Compensation is to protect people who become injured or disabled while working at their jobs. These laws were design to give workers involved in accidents on the job fixed amounts of money in order to alleviate their injuries and damages. These laws were also created in order to get rid of […]
Negligent and distracted driving can cause terrible accidents. It can cause injuries and death, and it can hurt not only those involved in the accident itself, but it can hurt loved ones who may lose someone close to them or have to deal with consequences from the injuries suffered by the person involved. Negligent and […]
When someone is working on a job, and is injured by another business or person, or the actions of another business or person, does that business or person owe the injured person a duty of care? In order to fully explain this, let’s look at a case recently decided by the Indiana Court of Appeals. […]
When someone is injured at work, they are entitled to workers compensation under Indiana’s workers compensation statute. This statute states that if a person suffers personal injury or death when on the job, they or their family are entitled to compensation for the lost time and wages. However, cases have arisen in Indiana and other […]
Every juror in any case has biases. They may think that they cannot fairly treat someone who has caused an accident, or they may feel in a criminal trial that they cannot treat a criminal defendant. However, attorneys can, before any trial happens, weed out potential jurors who might have bias or who might be […]