A split Indiana Court of Appeals panel has affirmed judgment for Michigan City after a cyclist was injured on a city street, finding the city was immune from the cyclist’s negligence claim. A dissenting judge, however, would have reversed on the issue of immunity. In the spring of 2017, Michigan City officials determined Duneland Beach Drive needed to be resurfaced,…
An Ohio woman who passed out while riding a roller coaster at a southern Indiana theme park later died at a local hospital, a coroner said. Dubois County Coroner Katie Schuck said Dawn R. Jankovic, 47, of Brunswick, Ohio, died on June 4 at a Jasper hospital. She was found unconscious earlier that evening when The Voyage roller coaster completed…
A judge has ruled in favor of a utility in a lawsuit filed over a 2017 natural gas explosion in southwestern Indiana that killed two women and injured three other people. A Vanderburgh County judge granted CenterPoint’s motion for summary judgment on June 8 in the civil lawsuit. The judge found that the plaintiffs failed to produce evidence the utility…
An Indianapolis police officer was speeding and made an illegal lane change just before his patrol car struck and killed a pregnant woman last year near a highway ramp, the woman’s boyfriend alleges in a federal lawsuit. Attorneys for Marcus Lewis Jr. allege that Officer Jonathan Henderson was driving 33 mph over the speed limit moments before he hit 23-year-old…
A driver allegedly ran a red light iin St. Louis and then fled the scene of an accident that left another driver with a traumatic brain injury. Cathleen L. Vano and Angela Brickman, co-guardians of the Estate of Steven A. Vano, a disabled adult, filed a complaint May 24 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Eliana Augusta Rose Wilds,…
A renter who allegedly fell through the floor in his mobile home claims his landlord ignored numerous requests to repair the floor. Thomas Ackerman filed a complaint May 25 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Mohammed Jalali, doing business as Lake Shore Estates alleging negligence. Ackerman, who was a tenant at the defendant’s mobile home park in Granite City,…
A suit alleges a premature infant suffered long-term health effects as a result of being fed cow’s milk-based formula after birth. Angela Ogle and Desiree Ogle filed a complaint May 14 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Mead Johnson & Company LLC, Mead Johnson Nutrition Company and Abbott Laboratories, alleging strict liability for design defect and failure to warn,…
Honeywell is facing a wrongful death suit alleging radioactive dust from its nuclear plant in Metropolis caused a resident’s cancer. Shannon Dassign, individually and as executrix of Stephen Krueger, decedent, filed a complaint May 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois East St. Louis Division against Honeywell International Inc., alleging wrongful death. Dassign alleges in…
The parents of a boy born prematurely are suing Mead Johnson and Abbott for allegedly failing to warn that their infant formula products could cause a serious gastrointestinal disorder and other health issues in premature infants. Destin Jupiter and Dana Jupiter filed a complaint May 7 in the Madison County Circuit Court against Mead Johnson & Company LLC, Mead Johnson…
Advocates for nursing home residents say they worry a new Indiana law expanding COVID-19 liability protections for health care providers will effectively block many lawsuits over neglect and substandard treatment that weren’t caused by the pandemic. The new law applies retroactively to when Indiana’s first COVID-19 infections were reported in March 2020. The law was sought by the nursing home…
