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Personal Injury

Court of Appeals waiting on slip and fall case that enraged trial judge

The personal injury case that inspired a trial court judge to declare Indiana’s civil litigation process is broken is continuing to wait for a final order so the matter can move to the appellate level. Carroll Circuit Judge Benjamin Diener granted summary judgment to the defendants in April in a slip-and-fall case, Penny Chappey, Gregory Chappey v. Joseph Paul Storey,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
August 1, 2022
Personal Injury

Personal injury complaint timely filed under Supreme Court’s COVID-19 tolling orders, COA says

A woman injured in a car crash timely filed her complaint against the other driver, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled, pointing to Indiana Supreme Court orders that tolled statutes of limitation to ease the burden on Hoosier litigants at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Aug. 19, 2019, Peggy Malanoski was involved in a car accident…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
August 1, 2022
Personal Injury

Shopper sues Target after allegedly stepping in pothole at Belleville store

A truck driver claims another truck driver drove too close to his parked rig at Love's Travel Stop, causing a collision. Plaintiff Joseph Heist of Gainesville, Mo., filed the complaint in the Madison County Circuit Court against Kazim Kapushev and Russo Brothers Transportation Inc. Russo Brothers, which is located in Rockdale, Ill., is named as a defendant as Kapushev's employer.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 25, 2022
Personal Injury

Sleeping truck driver in parked tractor trailer alleges injuries from collision

A truck driver claims another truck driver drove too close to his parked rig at Love's Travel Stop, causing a collision. Plaintiff Joseph Heist of Gainesville, Mo., filed the complaint in the Madison County Circuit Court against Kazim Kapushev and Russo Brothers Transportation Inc. Russo Brothers, which is located in Rockdale, Ill., is named as a defendant as Kapushev's employer.…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 25, 2022
Personal Injury

Man sues railroad alleging chemical exposure caused lung cancer

A Jefferson County man is suing Illinois Central Railroad, claiming he was exposed to chemicals on the job that caused lung cancer. According to the suit filed in St. Clair County Circuit Court, plaintiff Robert Payne claims he "was exposed to and inhaled harmful, hazardous and toxic chemicals, agents, fumes, particles and substances, including but not limited to diesel exhaust,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 19, 2022
Workers' Compensation

COA: Insurance company cannot swerve around state’s UIM Statute

A worker injured in a car accident while on the job will receive payment from his insurance company after the Court of Appeals of Indiana found the policy provision which reduced coverage by the amount paid on a workers’ compensation claim payment did not comport with the state’s underinsured motorist statute. Donald Kearschner was in an automobile collision while working…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 19, 2022
Workers' Compensation

5 Illinois Workers Hospitalized After Gutter, Power Line Accident

Three workers were hospitalized in critical condition and two others in serious condition Tuesday after an aluminum gutter came into contact with a power line while working on a northern Illinois home, fire officials said. The five workers were erecting an aluminum gutter when it came into contact with a power line in Grand Ridge, about 75 miles (120.7 kilometers)…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 18, 2022
Workers' Compensation

Opioids continue to decline in comp

The number of injured workers using opioids has continued to decline, from 33.3% of all injured workers in 2020 to 30.3% in 2021, according to a report released Monday by Enlyte Group LLC subsidiary Mitchell International Inc. In studying client data, Mitchell, which provides pharmacy benefits management and other services for employers and their injured workers, also found that claims…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
July 18, 2022

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