A recent investigation by the Indiana State Health Department has concluded stemming from an incident on October 22, 2016, in which four people reported becoming sick after dining at Agave Azul in West Lafayette. Following the death of a West Lafayette man who died from a food-borne illness, clostridium perfringens following the incient, further investigation […]

Injuries are a common occurrence for any sports participant and often due to hastily provided medical treatment and the costs of winning, the risk of re-injury to athletes is often a prevalent issue facing any major sport. However, who, if at all, is liable for additional injuries suffered by an athlete following initial medical treatment? […]

On April 9, 2017, a family of four fell into the White River just north of the Field Drive Bridge in Noblesville when a canoe in which they were passengers overturned. The canoe capsized as a result of striking a tree that was partially submerged in the river. Following the canoe’s capsizing, the four family […]

On the afternoon of Friday March 17, 2017, the LaPorte County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a news conference that three motorists were fatally injured during a collision occurring in the same day around 7:00 a.m. CST. The collision occurred when a 22-year-old Goshen woman driving a grey Pontiac was traveling on U.S. Route 20 with […]

On February 5, 2017, Firefighters with the Indianapolis Fire Department were called to a motor vehicle collision taking place near the intersection of 46th Street and North Ritter Avenue. An eyewitness claimed that the driver of the vehicle struck a gully with the vehicle, which sent the vehicle airborne before it flipped numerous times. When […]

On January 17, 2017, a motorist using a rear-facing dashcam observed a serious collision occurring on U.S. Route 20 near the intersection of Fail Road near LaPorte, Indiana. Footage, available in the link below, showed a vehicle heading eastbound on U.S Route 20 and crossing the center line leading to a collision with oncoming traffic […]

Following a November 13, 2016, collision occurring on Interstate 69 in Greene County, Indiana, a 19-year-old Jasper man claimed that he had fallen asleep while driving and rear-ended a disabled vehicle on the shoulder of the road due to previously colliding with a deer. However, after further investigation and affidavits of numerous witnesses, the Jasper […]

In May 2015, an 18-year-old Valparaiso Student was found unconscious and floating face down in the swimming pool located at the home of aa Schererville pastor. Prior to being discovered, the 18-year-old had been babysitting the Pastor’s children as his wife had fallen asleep after taking a medication. The unresponsive babysitter was discovered after the […]

One of the leading causes of lung cancer, outside the primary and secondary effects of smoking and using tobacco, is exposure to radon, an odorless, colorless, and tasteless gas, which can cause serious adverse health effects. Recent estimates by the United Stated Energy Protection Agency approximate nearly 21,000 radon-related deaths due to exposure and resulting […]

Following a recent Kelly Blue Book poll which found than an overwhelming majority of Americans are unconvinced about buying and using self-driving vehicles, many questions about the actual level of autonomy of self-driving cars have been raised recently. In spite of a claim by a top Tesla Motors, Inc. Executive that self-driving autonomous cars will […]