http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/ Published By Kooi Law Firm en-us 2010-03-26T11:12:06-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2010/03/indiana_unemployment_holds_ste.html Indiana’s Department of Workforce Development reported that the unemployment rate held steady in February 2010, inching up just 0.1% from 9.7% to 9.8%. Indiana remains the only state in the area to report an unemployment rate below 10%. Illinois reported... WORKERS COMPENSATION Jeffrey R. Kooi 2010-03-26T11:12:06-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2010/03/early_morning_automobile_accid.html A truck traveling in the northbound lane of Indiana State Road 37 crossed the center line and into the path of a semi-tractor hauling a tanker trailer near Newton Avenue just north of Strawtown. The impact also entangled a Mercedes... AUTO ACCIDENTS Jeffrey R. Kooi 2010-03-24T11:33:34-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2010/03/construction_worker_is_hit_and.html A construction worker was killed while on the job on the Indiana section of Interstate 80/94 Tuesday morning. 45-year-old Christopher Jenkins of Valparaiso, Indiana, was patching potholes in a construction zone at about 1:30 a.m. when he was hit by... AUTO ACCIDENTS Jeffrey R. Kooi 2010-03-16T12:51:07-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2010/02/a_head_on_collision_claims_the.html Bartholomew County Sheriff's Dep. Jeff Wehmiller is working to investigate a crash that left a Columbus teenager and a Bluffton dead Friday afternoon. The head-on collision occurred near 5913 W. Indiana 46. Both men, Michael Brickley, 57, of Bluffton and... AUTO ACCIDENTS Jeffrey R. Kooi 2010-02-22T11:20:06-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2010/02/drunk_driver_injures_indiana_s.html Indiana State Trooper, Nick Klingkammer, was in his squad car stopped at a light near the intersection of Keystone and Fall Creek at around 1:30 am this morning when a vehicle driven by Sonja Dixon collided with him. Klingkammer was... AUTO ACCIDENTS Jeffrey R. Kooi 2010-02-19T10:27:12-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2010/02/morning_weather_is_blamed_for.html A woman, who has not yet been identified by authorities, lost her life Monday morning when her vehicle was struck on north side of Indianapolis near North Michigan Road and Thorny Croft The accident occurred this morning just after 8... AUTO ACCIDENTS Jeffrey R. Kooi 2010-02-15T12:39:18-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2010/01/some_indiana_work_injuries_fal.html Generally speaking, Indiana workers are precluded from filing a lawsuit against their employers or other people employed by the same employer when they are injured on the job. However, in the event that one can prove that the injury was... WORKERS COMPENSATION Jeffrey R. Kooi 2010-01-15T12:14:02-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2009/10/indiana_work_comp_handbook.html The Indiana Worker's Compensation Board has issued a handbook to facilitate employees' and employers' understanding of the laws which govern Indiana Work Comp claims. The following is a link to the Board's website and Handbook posting: INDIANA WORK COMP HANDBOOK... WORKERS COMPENSATION Jeffrey R. Kooi 2009-10-27T10:57:25-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2009/10/semi_tractor_trailer_overturns.html AUTO ACCIDENTS Jeffrey R. Kooi 2009-10-21T10:44:49-05:00 http://www.indiana-injury-lawyer-blog.com/2009/09/two_people_are_seriously_injur.html Two people were seriously injured in a morning car accident near State Road 13 when a truck driver pulled out into the path of a Chevy Impala. Police reported that the driver and a passenger in the Impala were taken... AUTO ACCIDENTS Jeffrey R. Kooi 2009-09-10T13:32:41-05:00