The February 3, 2023 catastrophic derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train at East Palestine Ohio is a prime example of the need to properly characterize and declare hazardous materials for shipment. When accidents happen during transportation, first responders and affected citizens have an urgent need – and a statutory right – to know what chemicals were involved, what emergency…
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The Indiana Department of Insurance publishes complaint indexes for each year. According to the Indiana Department of Insurance:
Attorneys practicing in Indiana are well aware that Indiana courts and administrative agencies are moving to “mandatory” electronic filing. The Indiana Supreme Court’s e-filing project is rolling along, with e-filing now mandatory (except upon a petition showing good cause) for the Supreme Court and Appellate Courts and over twenty counties. More county courts are going “E” every month. By 2018,…
Parr Richey partners Mike Schultz and Jim Buddenbaum are closely watching the fire investigation, including the origin and cause determination, of the tragic and devastating fire at the warehouse party in Oakland, California.
The CDC has identified cases of a rare and deadly fungal meningitis in Indiana and several other states. According to the Associated Press, the FDA has identified the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Massachusetts as the pharmacy that supplied the steroid, known as methylprednisolone acetate, that was contaminated with a fungus.
Avon attempted to argue that Indiana Code §36-1-2-23 permits it to regulate the water in the Park because groundwater is a watercourse or body of water within the meaning of the statute. Indiana Code §36-9-1-10 states that a watercourse “includes, lakes, rivers, streams, and any other body of water.” Further, Avon argued that the Township and WCCD’s plan to sell…
In Time Warner, a television cable company assessed late fees against its customers when their payments were not received by the due date. Time Warner’s customers filed lawsuits in order to recover the late fees paid in excess of the company’s actual damages caused by the late payments. 802 N.E.2d at 887-889. The Indiana Supreme Court held in Time Warner…