Accidents and injuries happen every day. They cause people to have extensive medical bills, lose the ability to work, and sometimes result in death. If your injuries are from negligence, you may want to hire an Indiana personal injury attorney. The attorneys at Ben Crump Law, PLLC, know what you are up against and they …
If you suffer injuries from a fall on another person’s property, you could have a claim for financial compensation. This injury claim could be against the owner or operator of the property where the accident occurs. If your claim is successful, you could recover damages for your medical bills, lost wages, and intangible losses like …
You might expect to see aggressive driving at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but it is a crime everywhere else in the city. When people drive aggressively—whether angry, in a rush, intoxicated, or simply reckless—they become more likely to cause an accident, and those accidents can sometimes cause severe injuries or worse. According to a report from …
More than 8,000 people suffered injuries in traffic accidents in Marion County in 2018, and 111 died, according to a report from the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. Across the state that year, distracted drivers caused five fatalities and 1,096 injuries. Across the country, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that distracted driving …
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found that drunk driving accidents claimed 10,511 lives in the United States in 2018. That’s about one fatality every 50 minutes. In Indiana that year, about eight percent of fatal collisions were linked to alcohol, according to a report from the Indiana University Public Policy Institute. In Marion …
Medical errors and other forms of malpractice have had a devastating impact on the health of Americans throughout the years. According to research by Johns Hopkins, medical mistakes are the third leading cause of death in the country. This works out to roughly 250,000 deaths due to medical error each year. Medical malpractice covers a …
If you were unfortunate enough to have suffered an accident with an uninsured driver, you are likely frustrated, confused, and feel like you have nowhere to turn. If you experienced property damage and severe injury, you need compensation to cover the loss you have endured. There is help available, and an Indianapolis uninsured car accident …
Hundreds of thousands of rear-end collisions occur annually in the United States, and they regularly make up a disproportionately high number of total car accidents. The fatal and incapacitating effects of these wrecks are shocking, but those who are fortunate enough to survive without suffering an incapacitating injury often do not remain unscathed. Many experience …
Nursing home abuse incidents are often unreported out of fear of retaliation from the abuser. A family may not even know their loved one is being abused until it is too late. It is already difficult to place a family member in a nursing home, and adding the worry of abuse makes these decisions even …
Whiplash is an injury to the neck’s soft tissue due to the head being snapped violently from the front to back or side to side, which can also damage other parts of the neck, shoulders, and back. The most common causes of these injuries are car accidents. Any car accident that creates this sudden snapping …
If you have been injured in a side-impact collision, you are probably struggling to recover. In addition, you could be trying to figure out how to build a case against the negligent party who harmed you. When you are hurt in a side-impact collision because another driver failed to obey traffic laws, you deserve justice. …
Criminal offenses like assaults and robberies that occur in public places can be preventable. A negligent security claim allows you to hold the property owner responsible when they failed to protect you from a violent criminal act. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), most robberies and property crimes occur in restaurants, parking lots, …
Police chases are usually frighteningly high-speed and leave drivers little time to chart their course on the road. Pursuits under these conditions often lead drivers to experience a loss of control that triggers a series of dangerous, even deadly, consequences for themselves, other participants, and witnesses. Whether you were in a vehicle being pursued or …
It is a crime for drivers to leave the scene of an accident without providing the other driver with necessary information, informing authorities, and rendering assistance if someone is hurt. This is true whether a driver collides with another car on the road, hit a parked car, struck a pedestrian, or hit a bicyclist. Should …
Being injured in a car accident is terrifying and traumatic. In addition to all of the physical pain and emotional suffering you must endure, there is the stress of medical costs and lost work, among other things, like the strain on family and relationships. You should be able to focus entirely on your recovery and …
When a business entity like a large corporation acts with negligence, it often does so on a large scale. This can result in a large group of individuals that suffer injuries or illness due to that negligence. In cases like this, each of those victims could be entitled to financial compensation. The reality is that …
If you or a family member suffered injuries in a bicycle accident, an Indianapolis bicycle accident lawyer with Ben Crump Law, PLLC can pursue compensation for your injuries and other awards. Indiana has complicated liability and negligence laws. It may be helpful to have a lawyer guide you through the recovery process. A lawyer with …
According to the Indiana University Public Policy Institute (IUPUI), in 2018, the state of Indiana saw 4,812 head-on collisions, 114 of which resulted in fatalities. Head-on collisions can happen for any number of reasons. They can occur on long, winding stretches of rural highway that lull drivers to distraction or when drivers try to pass …
In 2018, drivers’ failure to yield caused more accidents than any other risk factor, according to a report from the Indiana University Public Policy Institute (IUPUI). Failing to yield often involves vehicles pulling out into oncoming traffic, leading to dangerous side-impact collisions. If you suffered injuries in a failure to yield accident, an Indianapolis failure …
It is never easy to face the death of a loved one. If the death of your loved one resulted from the negligence of another person or entity, this time could be even more challenging to come to terms with. In Indianapolis, you have legal recourse against the person responsible for your loved one’s death. …
