When a patient is harmed during a medical procedure, a patient may elect to file a medical negligence claim against his physician and the health care facility in which the procedure occurred. However, when a patient is harmed during a hospitalization, should the claim still be pursued as one of medical negligence or is it more appropriately a premises liability claim?
Attorneys give Merrillville’s Gamba Ristorante four gavels.
An anonymous young lawyer in Indianapolis discusses her anxiety issues and the Judges and Lawyers Assistance Program.
Significant rule changes are occurring to various district rules and local rules next month.
It’s a silent and devastating problem going on right under our noses, and it’s going to take courage and a willingness to ask invasive and uncomfortable questions to stop it.
Donald D. Doxsee gives advice in the first letter in an occasional series.
When the name Rabb Emison comes to my mind, I immediately think of the word “great.”
Lukemeyer and Vaiana visit Zaharakos in Columbus, Ind.
This was one retirement ceremony we were not looking forward to attending, fearing that the gentleman stepping away from the bench would slip away from public life and live quietly with his family, indulging his interests outside the law, while working as a mediator at Van Winkle Baten Rimstidt and senior judging for the Indiana Court of Appeals.
Let’s review some technical problems and solutions that have come across my desk in the past few months. It seems like even the apparently straightforward issues often take an odd twist
To prevail on a claim of negligence, a plaintiff must show that a duty exists, that the duty was breached, and that damages resulted from that breach. It goes without saying that there can be no negligence or liability where there is no duty.
In the Southern District of Indiana, settlement conferences are routinely held in most civil cases before the assigned magistrate judge.
The state still needs to address the elephant in the room.
If you have ever considered making a major life change, you know that it isn’t easy.
Read a letter to the editor from the Indianapolis Bar Association president about the recently formed PAC for judicial campaign contributions.
Indiana Supreme Court
Suzanne Eads and James Atterhold, Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Insurance v. Community Hospital
No. 45S03-1001-CV-33
Civil. Rules general negligence claims filed with the Indiana Department of Insurance can continue an action already filed in state court relating to medical malpractice issues.
It is hoped that you had the opportunity to read an article written by my friend, Dave Temple, regarding the dangers of using your cell phone or PDA while driving, which was published in the March 17-30, 2010, edition of the Indiana Lawyer.
“The Indiana Model Civil Jury Instructions, written in plain English, are now available. … The new instructions
were prepared by the Civil Instructions Committee of the Indiana Judges Association.”
Here at the newspaper, we don’t like to see anything put the brakes on the sharing of opinions.