The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s decision that Evansville police officers did not use excessive force on a man who died following a violent 2019 struggle, in a case which sparked nationwide publicity and an investigation by the Associated Press and Frontline. The plaintiffs, the family and estate of Edward Snukis, sued the City of Evansville…
An Indianapolis woman is suing the maker of the Fitbit smart watch, alleging a defect in her watch’s battery caused it to overheat and gave her thermal burns. According to the complaint, filed July 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Nicole Hutchison’s Fitbit Versa 2 watch caused a “substantial burn” to her wrist. The…
Pipemaker J-M Manufacturing has filed its latest attempt to show fraud on the part of asbestos lawyers they claim coach witnesses to say they worked with its products decades ago. The alleged scheme now involves Sokolove Law, whose lead-generation capabilities give Simmons Hanly Conroy extra firepower to overwhelm defendants with lawsuits. J-MM had already sued the Simmons firm for racketeering,…
The family of a woman from India who died in a 2019 airliner crash could receive nearly $35 million from Boeing, under a jury verdict and negotiated settlement with aircraft maker Boeing. On Nov. 11, a federal jury in Chicago awarded nearly $28.5 million to the family of Shikha Garg. However, under a settlement reached near the conclusion of the…
An Alton woman can’t resume her legal pursuit of Alton Memorial Hospital over claims EMTs contributed to the death of her elderly 330-pound husband when the gurney on which he was riding fell over as he was being transferred from Alton Memorial to a nursing home for rehabilitation about a month and a half before his death. On Oct. 30,…
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments next week in a case involving Tesla Inc., with the company appealing a Marion Superior Court jury award of more than $42 million to an Avon man for serious injuries he suffered in a 2017 motorcycle crash with a pickup truck driven by one of the company’s employees. The hearing is…
Saying trial lawyers have not yet shown evidence of an alternative to cow’s milk-based infant formula that would not leave tens of thousands of babies unfed, a Chicago federal judge has again flushed another lawsuit against pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement maker Abbot Laboratories. The ruling marks another significant victory for Abbott and, potentially, some of its co-defendants, as they seek…
Reintegrating an employee who has experienced a compensable mental injury into the workplace is a complex process that requires the same treatment, communication and claims management strategies used for all workers compensation cases, with one main difference: subjectivity. Mental injuries lack the objectivity of physical injuries, requiring employers, claims handlers and providers to better understand what part of the work…
The Indiana Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday in a wrongful death case that could shape how far the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s responsibility extends to former college athletes who later develop degenerative brain disease. The estate of Christopher Riggs, a former Texas A&M football player who died in 2020 and was later diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE,…
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for a case involving a woman who fell while exiting Lake County’s Community Hospital and sued the hospital for alleged negligence. A hearing for Caryl Rosen v. Community Healthcare System d/b/a Community Hospital, 25S-CT-00217, will be Nov. 5 at 9 a.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom. According to court records, on Oct….
