Consumer Law
Having Trouble with Unscrupulous Debt Collectors?
Sometimes debt collectors cross the line of acceptable practices and tactics in collecting their debts. For an example, take a look at this article: BY TERESA AUCH SCHULTZ, POST-TRIBUNEThree more people have filed federal lawsuits alleging unscrupulous practices by debt collectors. The lawsuits, all filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Hammond, claim that companies … Continue reading Having Trouble with Unscrupulous Debt Collectors?
Read MoreSupreme Court Delays Medical Malpractice Damage Cap Ruling
By Bruce Japsen, Chicago Tribune staff reporter The Illinois Supreme Court today did not rule as expected on whether the state’s four-year-old medical malpractice reform survives.
Read MoreIN COA: Store Not a Beneficiary of Letters of Credit
Indiana Lawyer ArticleThe Indiana Court of Appeals ruled a department store has no rights derived from letters of credit between a bank and the man developing the site for a new store location.
Read MoreSupreme Court Takes Texting Case
New York Times ArticleBy ADAM LIPTAK WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether a police department violated the constitutional privacy rights of an employee when it inspected personal text messages sent and received on a government pager.
Read MoreJudges Reverse Insurance Double Credit
Indiana Lawyer ArticleA trial court erred when it issued a mother two health insurance credits instead of one, which led to a miscalculation of the child support owed between the parents, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today.
Read MoreNursing Home Suit Alleges Negligence
Hip fractured as she was thrown or pulled from bed, resident says By Bob Kasarda, NWI Times Staff Writer VALPARAISO | A civil lawsuit has been filed against the local Whispering Pines Healthcare Center, accusing an employee of fracturing a resident’s hip by pulling or throwing the woman from her bed. The incident occurred at … Continue reading Nursing Home Suit Alleges Negligence
Read MoreIN COA adopts ‘site-specific’ approach
Indiana Lawyer Article For the first time, the Indiana Court of Appeals adopted a site-specific approach to rule on an insurance case with multiple policies in several states. The appellate court had been following a uniform-contract-interpretation approach when ruling on choice of law questions in contract actions.
Read MoreHigh court splits in hospital negligence suit
Indiana Lawyer Full ArticleThe Indiana Supreme Court split on whether a hospital was negligent in letting a woman with injuries possibly caused by domestic violence leave with her alleged abuser, who killed her on the way home after being discharged.
Read MoreIf Lenders Say ‘The Dog Ate Your Mortgage’
GRETCHEN MORGENSON, New York Times ColumnistFOR decades, when troubled homeowners and banks battled over delinquent mortgages, it wasn’t a contest. Homes went into foreclosure, and lenders took control of the property. On top of that, courts rubber-stamped the array of foreclosure charges that lenders heaped onto borrowers and took banks at their word when the … Continue reading If Lenders Say ‘The Dog Ate Your Mortgage’
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