As a general rule, an insurance company is not liable to an injured person for a judgment in excess of the policy limits of its customer’s insurance policy. However, this general rule gives way in certain circumstances where the insurer has acted with bad faith in...
This week we revisit our discussion from December 8 on the role of medical expenses in personal injury cases. The rise for this return to our prior discussion so quickly is the Indiana Supreme Court decision this past week in Allen v. Clarian Health Partners, Inc....
December 12, 2012, aside from being a numerical fascination, was a very important day in Indiana law. The Indiana Supreme Court handed down four companion decisions all attempting to expound upon an aspect of the availability prejudgment interest in tort cases under...
This week’s post is dedicated to a case from a few years back that radically changed the landscape of Indiana personal injury law. The case, Stanley v. Walker, may well not seem all that monumental without an in-depth understanding of the interplay between medical...