If your client is sued for negligence, determining whether it owed a duty of care to the plaintiff can make a world of difference in the outcome of the case. Two recent Indiana Supreme Court opinions have clarified how Indiana courts should analyze foreseeability to determine whether a duty of care is owed to the plaintiff.
A dispositive motion is either a beacon of legal efficiency or a disfavored procedural shortcut that prematurely ends a perfectly good claim, depending on a party’s status as movant or nonmovant.
The depositions of company employees — its corporate representatives, executives, managers, and supervisors — are perhaps some of the most significant events in the life of an employment action.
This article raises some simple questions about the way we function in our day-to-day lives and honestly assesses how “prepared” we really are.
DTCI members have now received the current issue of the Indiana Civil Litigation Review. Thanks are due the entire board of editors.
Are recent appellate court decisions raising the evidentiary threshold for health care defendants?
Can parties present evidence or theories at trial that were not presented to the medical review panel?
At the November annual meeting of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, the following officers and directors were elected. They assumed office on Jan. 1, 2017.
The Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana named its 2017 officers and directors at its 23rd annual conference and meeting last month.
Kite By Donald B. Kite Sr. In 2016, the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana’s Amicus Committee participated in a number of interesting appeals. The cases DTCI became involved in this year, as in past years, pertain to a variety of issues that are of significant interest to the defense bar. While DTCI does not become […]
The Evansville attorney wants to look at the history of organization and engage members in service projects in 2017.
The DTCI’s flagship publication, the Indiana Civil Litigation Review, is now in production.
The Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana will elect its 2017 officers and directors at its 23rd Annual Conference and Meeting in Fort Wayne Nov. 17-18. They will take office Jan. 1, 2017.
The Indiana Supreme Court reinforced its position that Indiana applies the “middle ground” approach in determining the reasonableness of medical services. It has affirmed this approach with respect to medical bills that are paid by private health insurance companies and government entities.
While the roles of defense trial counsel (particularly “outside” counsel or panel counsel in the law firm setting) and corporate and in-house counsel are often different, we have much in common.
Since I am soon leaving the DTCI board of directors and moving on to the ISBA Board of Governors, I thought that I would share a few lessons that I have learned over the years, both on the board and off, as my last director’s column.
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Jarrod Malone writes about the impact of the business associate classification on lawyers and law firms.