William "Bill" Hurst Law Blog

A concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that may result in bad headaches, altered levels of alertness or even unconsciousness.  It interferes with the way your brain works and it can affect memory, judgment, reflexes, speech, balance, coordination and sleep manner.  A concussion can result from a slip and fall accident, sports activities or car accidents. Significant movement of the brain in any direction can cause you to lose alertness.  How long you remain u... Read More

In August of 2008 in Greensburg, Indiana, a parent of a toddler dropped off their 2 year old daughter and two hours later a large console television fell on her daughter crushing her eye sockets, pallet, nose and cheekbone.  It will be many years before she’ll recover because of her age and how things grow.  Unfortunately this kind of an event is not uncommon.   http://www.wthr.com/story/9412088/parents-push-for-day-care-licensing-after-toddlers-accident... Read More

In Indianapolis on March 12, 2012 a bus driver and a 5 year old girl were killed and at least 10  more students injured in a school bus crash in Indianapolis.  There were 50 students on board a bus carrying Lighthouse Charter School students that crashed into a bridge abutment on the way to school.  Two young boys are still in critical condition.  http://www.theindychannel/news/30658347/ detail.html In Chesterton, NJ, on March 13, 2012, drivers involved in a fatal ... Read More

When a driver flees the scene of a car accident without leaving his personal information, a crime has been committed.  The State of Indiana has passed specific legislation that outlines the actions that must be taken after a vehicular accident which makes a hit and run event a crime.  Under Indiana Code  9-26-1-1, any driver involved in an accident resulting in injury, death, or entrapment in a vehicle must stop at the scene immediately (IC9-26-1-1).  The l... Read More

Semi-truck, tractor- trailer and commercial vehicle accidents in the United States continue to rise.  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety indicates that over 100,000 people sustain serious personal injuries, and over 5,000 people die in these crashes annually.  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) compiles statistics and reports for truck-driving accidents in the United States and attempts to identify and correct hazards that face truck drivers.  Even insign... Read More

U.S. regulators found in June that an analysis of a company sponsored study showed that some users of Actos faced an increased risk for developing the potentially fatal disease.  There has been other evidence linking Actos to an increased risk of other serious side effects such as blindness and macular edema. Personal Injury Attorneys across the nation are indicating that they are getting calls every day and believe that it may result in as many as 10,000 lawsuits.... Read More

All businesses that are open to the public have an obligation to maintain safe conditions. This means they are required to inspect their premises, and to eliminate any slip and fall hazards before someone is injured.  Businesses are not automatically liable for injuries sustained on their premises. If a person slips, trips and falls in a business, the person injured must present evidence that the hazard existed long enough that a reasonably prudent business owner or manager should have know... Read More

       If you or a loved one has been involved in an accident involving a slip and fall and you would like to have consultation with an experienced attorney contact our office at (800) 636-0808.  You may meet with William “Bill” Hurst for a free consultation and he only charges a fee if you make a recovery.  http://www.billhurst.com. ... Read More

In deciding two matters of first impression, the Indiana Supreme Court recently held that a trampoline may constitute an attractive nuisance and that a parent/landowner may be liable for injuries of a minor sustained on the parent/landowner’s property, when the parent/landowner’s minor child invites the other minor onto the property.  Click here to read the Indiana Supreme Court’s opinion in Kopczynski v. Barger.... Read More

Under IC 9-21-8 et seq, an emergency vehicle is not relieved from the duty to drive with due safety for all persons on the highway nor from the duty to exercise due care to avoid colliding with a pedestrian.  However, the emergency vehicle does have priority rights on the roadway and requires appropriate care from motorists in the vicinity of the emergency vehicle to react to the presence of the emergency vehicle.  In the even you do not appropriately react bey moving your vehicle over... Read More