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Post-trial settlement reached following $3.75M verdict in medical malpractice suit

After a St. Clair County jury awarded a mother and her daughter $3.75 million following the third trial attempt in a medical malpractice suit alleging hypoxia and fetal depression during birth, the parties announced that they had reached a post-trial settlement. Associate Judge Chris Kolker entered an order March 1 vacating the Dec. 12, 2017, jury award after the parties…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 21, 2018
Personal Injury

Magistrate recommends dismissal of woman’s dog-mauling suit

Despite “horrendous injuries” incurred as a result of “a grievous lack of discretion” by Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers, a district court magistrate recommends an Indianapolis woman’s federal claim against IMPD and the city of Indianapolis be dismissed because she did not state a legitimate constitutional claim. In Mara Mancini, et al v. City of Indianapolis, et al, 1:16-cv-02048, U.S.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 12, 2018
Personal Injury

COA reinstates personal injury suit against company, driver

A negligence case against an Indianapolis heating and air conditioning company will be reinstated after the Indiana Court of Appeals found that summary judgment in favor of the company was inappropriate. In Thomas Hudgins and Sheila Hudgins v. Brian Bemish, Ideal Heating Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Inc., 49A02-1505-CT-384, Brian Bemish was formerly an employee of Ideal Heating Air Conditioning and…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 27, 2018
Workers' Compensation

Food company Kerry faces OSHA fine for worker injuries at Melrose Park plant

Irish food products company Kerry Inc. has been cited by federal safety inspectors after two workers at its Chicago-area plant were injured on the job because the company allegedly failed to enforce safety procedures. One worker's hand was amputated while clearing out a bread crumb conveyor at the plant in Melrose Park, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 26, 2018
Workers' Compensation

COA holds that volunteer work was incidental to man’s employment

A general contractor’s volunteer work was incidental to his professional employment, so the injuries he sustained during the volunteer work must be covered under the Indiana Worker’s Compensation Act. That was the Indiana Court of Appeals’ decision in John C. Morris v. Custom Kitchen & Baths, 93A02-1601-EX-179. John Morris obtained his general contractor’s license in 2011 and formed a sole…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
February 8, 2018
Workers' Compensation

NY Heavy Equipment Operator Indicted On Charges He Stole More Than $75,000 In Workers’ Comp Benefits While Failing To Provide His Own Employees With Required Coverage

New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott and Cayuga County District Attorney Jon E. Budelmann announced today the indictment and arraignment of a central New York heavy equipment operator accused of stealing more than $75,000 in Workers' Compensation insurance benefits to which he was not entitled while also failing to provide his own logging company's employees with required coverage.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 26, 2018
Workers' Compensation

Judge halves $1 billion award in J&J hip implants case

A U.S. judge almost halved the award in a December jury verdict that ordered Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) and its DePuy Orthopaedics unit to pay more than $1 billion to plaintiffs in six lawsuits who said they were injured by DePuy’s Pinnacle hip implants. U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade in Dallas cited “constitutional considerations” that limit how much plaintiffs may…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 25, 2018
Workers' Compensation

WWE seeks to have brain injury lawsuit tossed

World Wrestling Entertainment is asking a federal judge to dismiss the sixth lawsuit filed on behalf of a former wrestler who claims he suffered a traumatic brain injury. The Connecticut Law Tribune reports that the 47-page brief filed in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport on Friday, also asks the judge to sanction the wrestler's attorney, Konstantine Kyros, and for Kyros…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 25, 2018
Workers' Compensation

OSHA Finds Wisconsin Medical Clinic Exposed Workers to Asbestos Hazards

Monroe, WI (WorkersCompensation .com) - Federal investigators found a local medical clinic failed to tell maintenance workers they were being exposed to hazardous asbestos material – which the company identified in 2008 – and did not provide workers with protective equipment. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found The Monroe Clinic Inc. violated…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
January 24, 2018

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