http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/ Published by Montross Miller Muller Mendelson & Kennedy en-us 2010-03-04T05:23:19-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/03/toyota_crisis_just_one_example.html In all the attention that the Toyota acceleration crisis has received, one fact has become clear – the role of trial lawyers in protecting consumers when companies fail to respond to safety concerns, and federal agencies entrusted with protecting the... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-03-04T05:23:19-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/02/how_indiana_patients_can_preve.html Patients still struggle to determine a hospital’s safety based on its infection rates. However, things are slowly changing for the better. More and more hospitals are beginning to report their infection rates. Approximately, 1,500 hospitals report infection data to the... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-02-25T19:48:07-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/02/indiana_hospitals_can_prevent.html Every year, one particular type of medical infection kills approximately 30 percent of the estimated 99,000 people who died from hospital infections. Consumer Reports is discussing how hospitals around the country including Indiana hospitals, have been able bring down these... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-02-18T18:24:06-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/02/types_and_causes_of_radiation.html Indiana medical malpractice cases involving radiation errors are extremely technical and complicated. One reason is because there isn’t just one way in which a radiation error can occur. With new medical technologies, using radioactive rays to diagnose and treat, and... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-02-11T17:11:27-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/02/radiation_therapies_offer_hope.html New radiation technologies are offering patients more focused and precise treatment, but as a series of investigative reports in the New York Times shows, lack of safeguards, software flaws, faulty programming, poor safety procedures or inadequate staffing and training are... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-02-04T14:51:06-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/01/indianapolis_furnace_blamed_fo.html Indianapolis resident, Alice Helterbrand woke to a shock early Sunday morning when her furnace exploded, causing the total destruction of her home and the loss of several exotic birds. The explosion was so destructive that Ms. Helterbrand had to be... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-01-31T14:41:24-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/01/safe_driving_tips_for_indiana.html You can have laws against using cell phones while driving to prevent auto accidents. In fact, if all goes well, Indiana will soon have a ban on text messaging while driving. However, what do you do about the nonstop distractions... Car Accidents indianalawyerblog-1 2010-01-28T16:09:20-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/01/indiana_tractortrailer_acciden.html Indiana residents were again reminded of the devastation caused by semi tractor-trailer accidents when they awoke last Sunday to the news of a crash involving a tractor-trailer and a passenger van. According to early reports, a passenger van traveling north... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-01-27T14:20:32-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/01/more_highway_highway_safety_la_1.html Last week, a safety group handed out its annual report card for highway safety. Indiana received a mediocre rating for the strength and effectiveness of its highway safety laws. Coming as it does during the first month of a brand... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-01-21T15:49:20-05:00 http://www.indianalawyerblog.com/2010/01/indianapolis_tow_truck_driver.html Indiana State Police responded to a call concerning a near fatal accident on the Indianapolis east side this past Tuesday morning. The accident occurred around 9:00 am when the driver of a van hit a tow-truck driver on westbound I-70.... indianalawyerblog-1 2010-01-19T08:07:53-05:00