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No respirator, damaged lungs, and now everyone wants a cut

A Lafayette dental hygienist with lung damage from workplace fumes may still face reimbursement claims, but not every insurer or hospital gets to raid the same pot of money.

ARTICLE by Dave Hostetler

lack of informed consent

A patient faces a lack of informed consent when a medical provider performs or recommends treatment without giving enough information about the material risks, expected...

screening panel

People often confuse a screening panel with a medical review panel, but they are not always the same thing. A screening panel is generally a group of neutral reviewers brought...

motor vehicle record

A motor vehicle record is the official history kept by a licensing agency showing a person's driving status, license details, traffic violations, suspensions, and often...

informed consent

The worst-case version is waking up after a procedure and learning a serious risk, alternative treatment, or even the basic purpose of the procedure was never clearly...

I can't afford a lawyer in Indianapolis and their doctor says my knee is fine

A plant worker with a real knee tear can still get buried by an IME report in Indiana, especially when the carrier acts like the MRI doesn't count.

ARTICLE by Dave Hostetler

medical review panel

A medical review panel is not the same as a hospital peer review process. A peer review is an internal check by a hospital or medical group that looks at a provider's...

delayed diagnosis

What trips people up most is that a delayed diagnosis is not the same as a wrong diagnosis. The problem is timing: a condition is identified later than a reasonably careful...

In Lafayette, who do you trust when every policy says "not us"?

A retired runner in Lafayette can get whipsawed when an unleashed dog owner points to a commercial policy that has a nasty animal-liability hole.

ARTICLE by Priya Dasgupta

South Bend job site injury? A bad nail gun safety can still be the real problem

You can still have a real Indiana injury claim over a defective nail gun even if you feel partly to blame and the medical chart is a mess.

ARTICLE by Connie Schrock

Insurance says my leg numbness was from the wreck, not the epidural - are they kidding

When a bad Bloomington crash report and a botched childbirth epidural collide, insurers start pointing fingers so they can pay less.

ARTICLE by Tamika Reynolds

Can a Bloomington trucking company delete the black box after crushing my husband?

What the insurance company does not want you to know is this: some trucking records can legally vanish in just 6 months if nobody forces the company to keep them. That is not...

my lawyer in South Bend just said Medicare gets paid first and now I want out

You can usually change lawyers in an Indiana injury case, but the old lawyer may still claim part of the fee and Medicare does not wait around while your case drags.

ARTICLE by Sharon Pfeiffer

A private investigator is filming me after a Carmel beam injury

You got hit by a falling beam near a demolition site on your commute, and now somebody with a camera keeps showing up because the insurer wants footage that makes your injury look smaller.

ARTICLE by Mike Schultz

Your Instagram post isn't proof you're fine after a Carmel nail-gun injury

A Carmel student athlete hurt by a defective nail gun at a school event can still have a case, but Indiana's fault rules and dumb social media optics can wreck it fast.

ARTICLE by Connie Schrock

Do I have to use the doctor my Evansville employer picked?

The ER may tell you to follow up with your regular doctor, but Indiana workers' comp may treat that visit as unauthorized unless it was an emergency or your employer/insurer...

Fishers factory took your fingers and insurance wants the whole settlement

A home health aide in Fishers lost fingers in an unguarded machine and is now getting hit with a health insurance lien that looks like it could swallow the entire case.

ARTICLE by Connie Schrock

I was hurt in a Carmel Uber crash what do I save right now?

If the ER told you it looks like a head injury, neck strain, burns, or internal trauma, save every word of that, because the insurance companies will read the same records...

What evidence do I need after my child slipped at a Hammond daycare?

What the ER or your child's doctor writes down will shape the case; the daycare's insurer will read those records looking for any gap, delay, or note suggesting this was "just...

Is my lawyer pushing this Carmel truck settlement because COBRA is running out?

A low early offer after a lumbar fracture can look like rescue money when your health insurance is dying, but the math usually gets uglier after deductions and future care.

ARTICLE by Karen Applegate