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August 11, 2026

Court Rules Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Employer in Fatal Workplace Accident Case

August 10, 2026

7th Circuit affirms lower court decision over insurance coverage in Tipton County wrongful death lawsuit

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Workers' Compensation

Appellate court revives dispute over fatality involving Subway employee

A fatal crash involving a Subway worker who was speeding and had marijuana in her system must be reconsidered because the wrong legal standard was applied in awarding workers compensation benefits, an Illinois appellate court ruled Monday. In Subway v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District reversed a lower court ruling and set aside a…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 27, 2026
Workers' Compensation

Severe injuries reshape workers comp claims

When a workplace injury results in paralysis or other life-altering conditions, the related workers compensation claim often extends far beyond medical care and indemnity, increasingly encompassing the cost and complexity of modifying, or even rebuilding, the injured worker’s home. What was once a relatively rare component of catastrophic claims is becoming more common as advances in medicine result in more…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 27, 2026
Personal Injury

Indiana Supreme Court Expands Landowner Liability for Obscured Stop Signs

Yerano Martinez was seriously injured in a car accident after he drove through a stop sign at an intersection. Martinez alleged that an overgrown bush, located on property owned by Jeffrey Smith, obscured the stop sign. The bush extended from Smith's property into the county's right-of-way, which is a strip of land adjacent to the roadway. Martinez argued that Smith…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 13, 2026
Personal Injury

Indiana appeals court upholds trial court’s ruling in favor of NCAA over football head injury case

The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court ruling in favor of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in a case that debated whether the organization had a duty to warn individual student athletes about the risks of football-related head trauma, which can lead to death. The opinion, written by court of appeals Judge Leanna Weissman on Tuesday, stated…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 13, 2026
Personal Injury

Parents can sue over fluoride in mouthrinse, judge says

Lawyers can sue Colgate-Palmolive over fluoride-containing mouthrinse marketed as for children but can’t push similar claims over toothpaste, a Chicago federal judge has ruled. Judge Andrea Wood reached that decision last week in three cases against Colgate and Tom’s of Maine that allege fluoride poses safety risks to children under the age of 6. Fluoride is part of the Make…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
April 7, 2026
Personal Injury

‘Fraudulent’ defendants can’t keep suit vs Sam’s Club out of St. Clair court

A federal judge won’t let Sam’s Club take a lawsuit out of St. Clair County Circuit Court from a delivery driver who fell in the loading dock area of the chain’s O’Fallon store, as the judge didn't buy Sam's Club's contention the driver's lawyers had "fraudulently" added the store managers as defendants in an apparent tactic to keep the case…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
March 30, 2026

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