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• Woman Survives Crash with Train

  Christina Cole | February 17, 2007 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A woman escaped a potentially fatal crash in a car accident with a moving train.The woman was traveling south on County Road 300E, when her 2000 Chevy Blazer collided with a train for reasons still unknown."She was traveling southbound on 300E when for an undetermined reason she struck the train," said Helms.The train, owned by Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railway, was traveling westbound at the...

• Dog Owner Facing Charges

  Christina Cole | February 11, 2007 2:11 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Indiana State Law states, when a dog bites, the owner is responsible. Even if the dog is not on the owner's property at the time of the bite and even if the dog owner is unaware, he is still responsible.Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control says "the responsibility ultimately falls on the owner, regardless of what the dog did why he did while off his property at the time of a bite."That is what...

• Bears Fan Missing after Car Crash

  Christina Cole | February 06, 2007 10:59 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Charles "Chuck" Rickey was last seen at the Moon Dog Tavern at 96th Street and Gray Road watching the Super Bowl game and has since been missing.He had called friends and family on his cell phone while there. At 8:40pm Sunday, he was on his way over to a friend's house when he was involved in a one-car accident. Rickey's vehicle was left abandoned at the scene; however, he was not at the scene....

• Indiana Suing Automotive Glass Business

  Christina Cole | January 29, 2007 1:53 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A local automotive shop is being sued by the Indiana Department of Labor for allegedly firing two employees for complaining about unsafe working conditions. Recently filed in St. Joseph Circuit Court, the lawsuit claims that Ziebart Speedy Auto Glass franchise owner Jeff Miller fired Debra Derbin and Deb Harvey on September 11 in retaliation for complaints that they filed with the Indiana...

• Officer Battles Brain Injury

  Christina Cole | January 23, 2007 11:49 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Office Richard Lomax, 29, sustained severe head injuries when three thugs attacked him and a fellow officer after a minor car crash at 3:45 am on Saturday.Lomax and Robert DeFazio, both graduated from the academy only two weeks ago, were in Lomax's Ford Explorer when it skidded on the ice crashing into the back of a Nissan Maxima.Lomax and DeFazio got out of the vehicle, identified themselves as...

• Supreme Court Refuses Dog-Bite Appeal

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 2:04 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  The Supreme Court refused to consider the case of a bystander that suffered a dog bite from a police dog as the officers tried to track down a suspect. Lawyers for the city of Kennewick, Washington, and other officers asked the justices to take the case. Their hope was to overturn lower court rulings that authorities had engaged in an unconstitutional seizure when the dog bit the man.Police were...

• IBM Gender-Discrimination Lawsuit Settled

  Christina Cole | January 10, 2007 4:02 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  IBM has settled a federal discrimination lawsuit that was filed by a former employee who alleged she was fired because of her gender. Jodie Ross, worked at IBM for 23 years at its offices in Fishkill, New York and Essex Junction until managers in 2004 accused her of inappropriate conduct during an audit at the Vermont facility.Ross managed a department that oversaw $300 million in inventory,...

• Officer's Widow Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | January 09, 2007 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  The wife of a police officer that was killed on a bicycle ride to raise money for fallen comrades has now taken up her husband's cause.Indiana State Police Sgt. Gary Dudley and former Lake County Police Chief Gary Martin were killed on August 22 when a support van spun into them after being hit by a box truck. Carolyn Dudley has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the truck operator, Towne...

• Legal Malpractice Verdict Against Law Firm

  Jason Reese | November 03, 2006 9:19 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  An Indianapolis jury awarded $18 million against a local law firm for commiting legal malpractice. Fillenwarth Dennerline was on the hook because everyone else involved in the collapse of the Indiana Construction Insurance Trust already had settled with the Indiana Department of Insurance.When the state liquidated the trust, it collected $7 million to pay back the medical claims of 8,200...

• Hospital Infections Increasing

  Jason Reese | November 01, 2006 9:44 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  Patient infection is getting worse. Hospitals have a duty to treat their patients and prevent the spread of infection. Hospital malpractice could cause infectiont to occur. Below is story from MSNBC relating to the increase of infections in hospitals throughout the United States. MSNBC.comHospital-acquired infections rising, study findsProblem provides indication of facilities prone to errors...