Indianapolis Personal Injury Blog
Many people consider rear-end accidents to be the least serious type of collision. After all, these crashes usually happen at lower speeds and will affect the rear of your car, instead of getting hit head-on while you’re moving or on the side of the vehicle where there is little protection from the impact. The reality […]
Most states have a catchy seat belt slogan, for instance, Indiana’s slogan is “click it or ticket”. Seat belt laws vary between states; but likely due to the crash statistics, many are becoming stricter and more heavily enforced. Front seat car passengers reduce their risk of fatal injury by 45% by wearing their safety belt. […]
Were you or your child involved in an accident in which your child was without proper child restraints? Major concerns after these accidents include: How will this affect my case? Can I still recover for my damages? Will I be able to recover damages for my child? The stress of a car accident is magnified […]
The term black box is often discussed during the aftermath of airplane crashes; however, in recent years car manufacturers have been incorporating this technology into vehicles as well. Event data recorders (EDR), more commonly known as “black boxes,” are devices that record relevant data leading up to a car crash. Black box data is becoming […]
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported 10,874 deaths in 2017 caused by drunk driving crashes. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) have a system to rate states according to their drunk driving statistics and state laws implemented. MADD has a 5-star rating method; the stars are allocated for, all-offender interlock law, sobriety checkpoints, license […]
Whiplash can be caused by various events such as car accidents, sport injuries, bicycling accidents, or any other accident that causes your head to jerk suddenly. Accidents causing whiplash occur unexpectedly. You should be aware of the symptoms of whiplash and what steps you should take following the sudden blow. What is whiplash? Whiplash is […]
Statutes of limitations are laws that place a time limit on how long a person has to file a particular type of legal claim. In general, if a person fails to file a claim within the time limit specified by the statute of limitations, he or she is barred from filing a claim at all, […]
Work and death are two topics of conversation that most people try to avoid, but a recent ruling by the Court of Appeals of Indiana may make folks think more carefully about their employment status moving forward. The case of Family Christian World, Inc. d/b/a Family Christian Center, Steve Munsey v. Olds, 100 N.E.3d 277 […]
Negligence, as defined by Webster’s Dictionary, is a “failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances.” This seems to be a relatively straightforward definition, but in the world of medical malpractice, and according to the Court of Appeals of Indiana, negligence exists in a different realm for doctors […]