317.582.0000Category Archives: Premises Liability
HOLIDAY WISHES AND WARNINGS FROM AN INDIANA PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY
Despite the limits the pandemic has imposed on our 2020 celebrations, all of us arel ready for a holiday season marked by happiness and sharing. Unfortunately, as we have learned at Ramey & Hailey over the decades, December invariably turns out to be one of the most “personally dangerous” months of the year. We… Read More »
WHY THE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION IS IMPORTANT ON THE FLOOR
Just in case you’ve forgotten – this week is Fall Prevention Awareness Week. While many of us are spending more time indoors these days because of the pandemic, falls continue to be a common cause of fatalities, not only in the workplace and when we’re out and about, but in the home. Falls are… Read More »
SERVING ALCOHOLIC DRINKS? HOSTS NEED TO GIVE A DRAM!
If you served alcohol while entertaining at home, and one of your guests caused an accident on his way home, you could be held responsible. Indiana is one of several states that allow injury claims to be brought against social hosts when there is an alcohol-related accident that causes injury. Dram shop laws were… Read More »
SLIP AND FALL ACCIDENTS CAN TURN CELEBRATIONS INTO CATASROPHES
Until it happens to someone we love, we don’t think about slipping in a store as a cause of serious body injury. We don’t mean to be Grinch-like in our messages to readers, but as Indiana personal injury attorneys, we want to inject a note of caution in our holiday wishes. The Centers for… Read More »
APARTMENT OWNERS CAN BE SUED FOR RAPE AND THEFT BY TRESPASSERS
“The mere ownership of land or buildings does not render one liable for injuries sustained by a person who has entered thereon or therein,” the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Sturbridge Partners, Ltd. v. Walker. In other words, the fact that someone was attacked or injured while on a property does not… Read More »
KEEP PEOPLE SAFE OR – COMPENSATE!
The true purpose of tort law, as one personal injury attorney described it to an Indiana Lawyer reporter, is to make things safer and better for people. Obviously there is the goal of compensating injured people for what they’re going through and for what they will be going through as a result of their… Read More »
ASSAULTED? YOUR ATTORNEY CAN HOLD PROPERTY OWNERS LIABLE
When crimes and violent acts happen away from home, the attorneys for injured parties can hold the owner or manager of the property liable under an area of the law called negligent security. That’s because possessors of property have a duty to offer reasonable security measures to protect lawful visitors from crimes by third… Read More »
