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HIT BY A CAR? MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD, BUT LIABILITY CAN LOOK BOTH WAYS
“More pedestrians are being killed by automobiles in America than at any time in more than 25 years,” Rebecca Bream reports in patch.com, citing the latest Governors Highway Safety Association report on highway safety. Again this year, nearly 6,000 pedestrians were killed by automobiles right here in Indiana, putting our state at a ranking… Read More »
IN THE NEWS: COURT RULES GUNMAKER REMINGTON CAN BE SUED
The Connecticut Supreme Court has just issued a landmark ruling: gun manufacturer Remington can be the target of a wrongful death lawsuit because of the way the company marketed the Bushmaster rifle used to kill six educators and 20 students at Sandy Hook Elementary School back in 2012. Remington had argued that it could… Read More »
INVESTIGATION OF MATERNAL DEATHS AND INJURIES IN THE U.S. YIELDS SHOCKING RESULTS
As medical malpractice attorneys in Indiana, we are very interested in the recent investigation by USA Today of maternal deaths and injuries in hospitals. At Ramey & Hailey Law, we have been protecting patients’ rights for more than forty years, and the data compiled in this investigation is shocking. As USA Today reporter Alison… Read More »
WHEN DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER GOES TO COURT
As personal injury attorneys in Indiana, we help victims who have been hurt through: medical malpractice nursing home elder abuse sexual abuse injury through auto accidents environmental contamination workplace discrimination unfair business practices Sometimes, though, a victim’s injury can be very severe, yet not physical in nature. According to United States law, defamation and… Read More »
BUSINESSES CAN BE LIABLE FOR KEEPING QUIET ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
“Local communities are the most affected by this abhorrent crime,” the U.S. Department of State warns in its Trafficking in Persons Report 2018, and “we need to become more vigilant.” The Department calls on: law enforcement religious leaders teachers tribal elders business executives communities to be on the alert for signs… Read More »
OPIOIDS – THE NEW FRONTIER OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
It’s amazing and horrifying, and it’s time to educate lawyers, judges, and the community at large about it, says Joshua Horton of the Romano Law group in Florida. Yes, opioid abuse now surpasses gun shots and car accidents combined, Romano says. Drug abuse has become the #1 cause of death for Americans under 30… Read More »
INDIANA MEDICAL INJURY: THE 5 ELEMENTS AND THE 2 RULES
To win any lawsuit for negligence, you must prove five “elements”, findlaw.com explains: Duty: Did the defendant (the medical provider) have a duty to act in a certain manner towards the plaintiff (the patient)? Breach of duty: Did the medical provider breach that duty by failing to exercise reasonable care? Cause in Fact: Were the medical provider’s… Read More »
EXACTLY WHO’S AT FAULT WHEN GUN VIOLENCE CAUSES INJURY AND DEATH?
There are more guns than people in the United States, a global small arms survey revealed. In fact, while Americans make up only 4% of the world’s population, the study showed, we own nearly half of the entire global stock of firearms! The bad part, as a new study in the Journal of the… Read More »
NURSING HOME NEGLECT IS A FORM OF ABUSE
“But we didn’t mean it!” simply isn’t going to cut it as an excuse when it comes to nursing home neglect. True, unlike abuse, neglect is not done out of specific intent to harm a patient or an elder in a nursing home or rehabilitation facility. But too often, intended or not, substandard care… Read More »
WHEN A LOVED ONE SUFFERS ABUSE OR NEGLECT IN A NURSING HOME
The facility may be called a nursing home, convalescent home, rest home, or elder care facility. Whichever it is, the owners of that facility can be held legally responsible when harm is caused to a patient or resident. There are actually different categories of harm, any one of which can be grounds for filing… Read More »
