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• Automobile Negligence Jury Awards Minimal Damages

  Karl Truman | February 24, 2009 5:34 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  We always hear about the big verdicts, but many juries award very little, if any, damages even in clear liablity accidents. In Terre Haute, Indiana, a plaintiff prevailed in a failure-to-yield...

• Social Security Disability Backlog

  Karl Truman | February 23, 2009 2:51 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The average processing time for Social Security Disability claims during December 2008 was at 480 days, the same as November 2008. The total number of pending cases reached a record all-time high of...

• Automobile Accidents - Text At Your Own Risk

  Karl Truman | February 22, 2009 3:06 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Texting is the new way to communicate. I routinely text to family and friends. Research form Nielson indicates that people under age 45 now send and receive three times more text messages than calls...

• Does an Injured Worker Have the Right to Pick His Doctor?

  Karl Truman | February 19, 2009 6:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  This is a question I get asked a lot in workers compensation claims. Obviously, I cannot give one standard answer which applies in every case, because each case is unique. Since I do cases in...

• Substantial Damages Awarded to Hunter's Widow

  Karl Truman | February 18, 2009 5:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  An Indiana jury has ordered three companies to pay $157 million to the family of a man who died after the tree stand he was using to hunt deer malfunctioned. Jurors reached the verdict after the...

• Doctors Warn of New Drug-Resistant Infections

  Karl Truman | February 18, 2009 2:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Doctors are concerned that a lesser known class of drug-resistant infections could soon pose a major health threat to hospital patients. Known as gram-negative bacteria, infections such as...

• Court Allows Prior Insurance Claims in Automobile Accident Injury Trial

  Karl Truman | February 16, 2009 8:44 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Kentucky Court of Appeals has said that the judge at trial properly allowed records containing the plaintiff's prior workers' compensation claims and insurance payments into evidence. The Court...

• How Do You Feel About Direct Mail Advertising by Lawyers?

  Karl Truman | February 10, 2009 5:21 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  There is currently a great debate among lawyers in Indiana about allowing lawyers to send direct mail solicitations to prospective clients. I would like comments to know how you feel about...

• Indiana Automobile Accident Law Dealing with Loss of Use and Diminished Value of Car After Crash

  Karl Truman | February 10, 2009 5:06 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A common question from people who have been in a a car crash is if they can recover for the loss of use and diminished value of their car. Since I practice in both Indiana and Kentucky, I thought I...

• Think Safety First for Automibile collision and Break-downs

  Karl Truman | February 07, 2009 1:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Think about safety if you are in an automobile collision or if your car breaks down. Here are some tips from AAA: 1. Never get out of the vehicle to make a repair or examine the damage on a busy...

• Traffic Fatalities Show Record Declne in 2008

  Karl Truman | February 06, 2009 4:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Adminstration (NHTSA) reported there were 31,110 fatalities in car crashes through the end of October 2008. This represents an overall decline of 9.8% from 2007....

• Thirteen Year Old Boy Collapsed and Died During Basketball Practice

  Karl Truman | February 05, 2009 8:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  In November 0f 2003, a thirteen year-old boy was an 8th grade student in the Clay Community School Corporation in Brazil, Indiana. He was a member of the basketball team. During basketball...

• Chiropractors Accused of Illegal Kickbacks

  Karl Truman | February 05, 2009 8:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Most attorneys and chiropractors who represent and treat accident victims are hard working professionals who's first priority is taking of their cleint or paitent. But this story in the Los Angeles...

• $48,000,000.00 verdict for workplace negligence

  Karl Truman | February 04, 2009 4:44 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  A jury in Lake County Superior Court, in Crown Point, Indiana rendered a verdict for fourty eight million dollars for workplace negligence. The case involved a steelworker who fell from his ladder...