Category Archives: Personal Injury
Altered Lives
Traumatic brain injury in the United States March was Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness month. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a pernicious, devastating condition altering the lives of people who suffer it—and those who love them. An acquired brain injury, TBI is caused by force to the skull and delicate brain tissue within. Sports injury, car […]
Should Not Have Happened
Personal injury and medical malpractice Fritzie Burkett gave birth to her son, Genesis, at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge in 2010. Born four months premature, Fritzie and her husband Cameron stayed at his bedside for six weeks following his birth. With no sign of complication, Genesis died suddenly following a heart operation in […]
On the Line
Indiana attorneys and car accident claims Most people evaluate car insurance, sign on the line, and pay their monthly bill. In this tight economy, more people are checking out competing companies—but staying focused on premiums instead of policy details. After an accident that causes injury, attention moves quickly to the process of determining fault and […]
Facts and Figures
Common Indiana traffic injuries The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced 24,050 people died in motor vehicle accidents in the first nine months of 2011, a 1.6 percent decline from 2010 fatalities during the same period. The Indiana State Police report our state saw 701 fatal traffic collisions—and 754 fatalities— in 2010, an […]
Prove It
Negligence in Indiana After an accident, the first question is whose fault was it? Was it another driver? A landlord? An employer? It is human nature to question harm—and it is the business of personal injury lawyers to protect the rights of those wrongfully injured. We represent people injured in all types of accidents, but […]
