2 p.m. 49A05-1111-CT-564. Troise Brinsfield and her mother-in-law, Carol, were involved in an automobile accident with a vehicle driven by Jeremiah Harrison. Indiana Insurance Co. insured the vehicle driven by Troise; Harrison’s vehicle was uninsured. Troise, her husband Scott, and Carol filed a complaint against Harrison’s estate alleging negligence, and against Indiana Insurance Co. seeking uninsured motorist benefits and alleging breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. As part of their bad faith claim, the Brinsfields sought damages for emotional distress. Indiana Insurance filed a motion for summary judgment as to the bad faith claim, which the trial court denied as to the reasonableness of its delay in paying benefits, but granted as to the request for emotional distress damages. The Brinsfields appeal the trial court’s partial grant of summary judgment to Indiana Insurance, raising the issue of whether emotional distress damages are available in a breach of good faith and fair dealing claim.
With all due respect, Rick, I think you probably would be making a mistake by going to law school. The job market for attorneys is so saturated, you may well find yourself unemployed and with a lot of debt. You mention law would be a good supplement to your skills. True. But employers unfortunately don't value that. You will find that a law degree may well pigeonhole you into an attorney slot and limit career options. If you have a good job now I would hold onto that. As an attorney, you may well end up making less with the aforementioned debt.
Jack, I was only responding to bill's comment of tying everybody in government together. I agree with you though, it takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch.. As in any profession. What's truly unfair is when somebody violates someone's trust and takes complete advantage of someone
John’s comment is unfair. The majority of attorneys can be trusted. Unfortunately, all it takes is one greedy, unscrupulous, immoral attorney to jade the public.
In regards to bill's comment about trusting the cover meant. We can trust them about as much as we can trust attorneys'.
This is disturbing to learn...