InjuryBoard Indianapolis Archives

• Indiana Suing Automotive Glass Business

  Christina Cole | January 29, 2007 1:53 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  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 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  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 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  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 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  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 Comments
  Category: Wrongful Death

  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...