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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

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

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

Can my Indiana boss brush off PTSD after a Hammond work crash?

Picture a summer blowout on I-80/94 by the Cline Avenue exit in Hammond: traffic stacks up, a work truck gets hit, and you walk away without a cast or stitches. Most people...

Bloomington janitor offered $8,500 after toxic fume exposure and no workers comp - is that remotely fair?

A Bloomington janitor got hurt inhaling fumes on the job, the employer had no workers' comp coverage, and the offer on the table looks small compared with what lung damage and panic symptoms can actually cost.

ARTICLE by Dave Hostetler

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

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

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

Can Instacart push this onto your health insurance after a Fishers electrocution?

An Instacart shopper got hit by live power at a Fishers construction site, and the biggest mistakes now are trusting the app company, losing evidence, and missing the policy gap fight.

ARTICLE by Connie Schrock

Is my husband's Carmel employer hiding who we can sue after his work crash?

Yes - the biggest surprise is that workers' comp in Indiana usually blocks a lawsuit against the employer, but it does not automatically block claims against other companies or...

Why is my Bloomington boss shoving my health insurance after a tire blowout hurt me?

File an Application for Adjustment of Claim with the Indiana Workers' Compensation Board within two years, and give your employer notice within 30 days. That matters because...

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...

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

strict liability

Do you have to prove someone was careless to hold them legally responsible? Not always. Strict liability is a rule that allows a person or business to be held responsible for...

Surgery Timing After an Evansville Back Injury Claim

A real estate agent with a bulging disc after a crash in Evansville needs to know whether delaying surgery to avoid a claim or please the insurer will wreck the case and her health.

ARTICLE by Roberto Medina

Is a Bloomington burn injury claim even worth it if I'm undocumented?

The adjuster is about to ask who you work for, where you live, and whether you have papers. That matters to them because fear makes people drop valid claims cheap. Plain...

contributory negligence

A small share of blame can cost real money in an injury case. If your own actions helped cause the accident, your compensation may be reduced - or, in some states and...

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

Why is my boss pushing my health insurance after a Bloomington dump truck wreck?

In Illinois, this same push often runs straight into a cleaner workers' comp paper trail. In Indiana, the play is usually to make the injury look like a private health issue...

My husband died on an Evansville jobsite and now they're saying only the estate can sue

In Indiana, the personal representative files the case, but who actually gets the money depends on whether the firefighter left a spouse, minor kids, or other dependents.

ARTICLE by Priya Dasgupta