Indiana Personal Injury Lawyer and Medical Malpractice Attorney Blog

The Indiana Supreme Court recently clarified the “Reece rule,” established by the Court in Reece v. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., 173 N.E.3d 1031 (Ind. 2021), which provides that landowners in Indiana owe a duty to passing motorists on adjacent highways not to create hazardous conditions that visit themselves upon the roadway; but when a land use or…

We previously blogged on the Indiana Court of Appeals decision in Caryl Rosen v. Community Healthcare System, where the appellate court found the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to give a spoliation jury instruction. The Indiana Supreme Court has now weighed in, vacating the Court of Appeals’ opinion and affirming the trial court’s original…

When individuals or families suffer injuries due to the negligence or intentional wrongdoings of others, the civil justice system is often their only avenue for obtaining fair compensation and holding the responsible parties accountable. At Barsumian Armiger Injury Lawyers, we fight every day to ensure our clients are treated fairly under the law. However, a…

Indiana homeowners sometimes get into neighborly disputes, and sometimes those disputes end up in court. Unfortunately for Mitchell Schultz (“Schultz”), who year after year had thousands of golf balls fall into his property from an adjacent golf course, breaking windows and damaging his pool, a trial court found that, even though the golf course was…

While January 1st always ushers in a new year, 2026 ushered in something else for Indiana attorneys: an overhaul of Indiana’s Trial Rules. After creating the Civil Litigation Taskforce in 2021 and receiving recommendations from it, the Indiana Supreme Court entered an Order Amending Rules of Trial Procedure in 2025 that went into effect on January 1, 2026. From…

We previously blogged on an important Indiana Medical Malpractice case, Abbas v. Neter-Nu, from the Indiana Supreme Court earlier this year. As this year comes to an end, we write on another Indiana Supreme Court medical malpractice decision, which was issued at the start of the year. In Gierek v. Anonymous 1, Linda Gierek (Gierek) was one…

The Indiana Court of Appeals recently issued an opinion finding a pedestrian’s injuries suffered in an electric scooter crash were recoverable under the pedestrian’s uninsured motorist insurance coverage. In State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co. v. DiPego, Michelle DiPego (Michelle), who resides in Muncie, Indiana, suffered injuries while travelling in Baltimore, Maryland when a scooter rider…

Last year we wrote a blog about the tragic case of Indianapolis Pub. Transportation Corp. v. Bush in which Michael Rex Fergerson (“Fergerson”) was killed as he tried to board a bus operated by Indianapolis’s IndyGo, a governmental entity. The Indiana Supreme Court has now issued its opinion. Fergerson was 63 years old and a chronic alcoholic.…

The Indiana Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of the City of Indianapolis in a lawsuit brought by an electric scooter operator who was injured when his scooter hit a large hole filled with gravel in an Indianapolis sidewalk. In Areche v. Indianapolis Dep’t of Pub. Works, Eliezer Areche (Areche), a Florida resident…

Indiana is unique to most other states in that medical malpractice cases in Indiana must first be presented to a medical review panel before they can be prosecuted in state court. The medical review panel process can easily add years to the time it takes to litigate a case to conclusion. Importantly, the very first…