Question: Who has great rights while driving on the streets, motor vehicles or bicycles? Answer: Neither, motor vehicles and bicycles have equal rights on the streets and equal rights in the use there...
How much money can a child receive due to an injury caused from being bit by a pet pig?
Question: How much money can a child receive due to an injury caused from being bit by a pet pig? Answer: Potentially zero, if the evidence shows that the pig owner did NOT know or have reason to know...
If two people are involved in a car accident in the State of Illinois, but both parties live in the State of Indiana which state’s law would govern the car accident?
Question: If two people are involved in a car accident in the State of Illinois, but both parties live in the State of Indiana which state’s law would govern the car accident? Answer: Usually, l...
Can allowing an employee to work extra hours expose employer to liability when that employee falls asleep while driving home from work?
Question: Can allowing an employee to work extra hours expose employer to liability when that employee falls asleep while driving home from work? Answer: A duty of reasonable care is not, of course, o...
Who Is Entitled To Get A Copy Of An Indiana Death Certificate?
Question: Who Is Entitled To Get A Copy Of An Indiana Death Certificate? Answer: Indiana’s death record system begins with the death certificate, which contains data used to generate a variety o...
Who Is The “13th Juror” in a civil case?
Question: Who Is The “13th Juror” in a civil case? Answer: It Is the trial judge who is basically being asked to determine whether in the minds of reasonable jurors a contrary verdict shou...
What can I do if my neighbor is doing something on their property that hinders the enjoyment of my property?
Answer: A nuisance is defined as: whatever is: (1) injurious to health; (2) indecent; (3) offensive to the senses; or (4) an obstruction to the free use of property; so as essentially to interfere wit...
Can the Doctrine of Fraudulent Concealment toll Indiana’s 2 year statute of limitations for a wrongful death action?
Question: Can the Doctrine of Fraudulent Concealment toll Indiana’s 2 year statute of limitations for a wrongful death action? Answer: Yes. Indiana enacted a wrongful death statute in 1852. Like...
Can Indiana governments be held liable for injuries and damages caused by “potholes” or other defects in the roadway?
Question: Can Indiana governments be held liable for injuries and damages caused by “potholes” or other defects in the roadway? Answer: Yes. The principle that a governmental entity has a ...
Are you allowed as a juror to stop and investigate the scene of a collision?
Question: Are you allowed as a juror to stop and investigate the scene of a collision? Answer: No, the instructions you receive as a juror include the following: You have been selected as jurors and h...