Monthly Archives: February 2020
![Doctors consider and discuss magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the brain. Back view, selective focus Doctors consider and discuss magnetic resonance image (MRI) of the brain. Back view, selective focus](https://www.rameyandhaileylaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AdobeStock_135602522-150x150.jpeg)
IN THE NEWS: TEEN BRAIN-INJURED AT BIRTH AWARDED $15.1 MILLION
Birth injuries can occur at any point during the birthing process–during the pregnancy, during delivery, or right after birth. Many of these are preventable if proper medical attention, care, and treatment are provided to both the mother and child during pregnancy and delivery. Now, fifteen long years after Kelly D. Wilson’s son suffered severe brain… Read More »
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INDIANA AUTHORITIES BUY MORE TIME TO PROSECUTE CHILD ABUSERS
Under current law, child molesters can be prosecuted only up until the victim is 31 years old. Recently, however, the Indiana Senate’s criminal law committee voted unanimously in favor of a bill extending the statute of limitations by five years, Fox News reports. The proposal now goes to the full senate. The state prosecutors’… Read More »
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CHILD TRAFFICKING RECOURSE: NOT THAT ONE – THOSE
One of the many myths about human trafficking, our Indiana Attorney General explains, is that it does not occur in the United States. Truth is, he explains, this exploitive violent, criminal industry places an estimated minimum of 300,000 American youths at risk of becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation. But aren’t there laws against trafficking? Oh,… Read More »
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DO AUTO DRIVERS HAVE THE POWER TO REDUCE THE PERILS PRESENTED BY TRUCKS?
“Driving doesn’t have to be perilous,” a recent IndyStar headline asserted, just four pages past their own front page story titled “Fatal Large Truck Crashes Escalate”. But isn’t driving, in fact, quite perilous? Most deaths in large truck crashes are passenger vehicle occupants, explains the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, offering several reasons why… Read More »