Other Vehicle Accidents

Accidents With Police Vehicles

Contributory Negligence Cases Against Police

Sometimes the police cause accidents.

Yes, you can recover, but it is much, much more difficult.

Remember, government makes the laws.

So, when government is involved in a lawsuit you can be certain that the laws will favor the government owned vehicles, schools, or lands which cause accidents.

And early notice of your intention to sue must be made in a short amount of time.

This is called the Indiana Tort Claims Act. If a private citizen files a lawsuit against the State of Indiana or one of its political subdivisions, such as a town, township, county or school corporation then the old law of contributory negligence, applies (not Modified Comparative Fault as explained above in other cases involving private citizen versus private citizen or corporation).

Contributory negligence is a harsh doctrine. Under it, a jury is instructed that they are only to award a verdict in favor of a plaintiff if they find that the plaintiff was not at fault at all in causing the accident or incident.

If the jury finds that a plaintiff is only slightly at fault, say 1%, then the plaintiff is not entitled to recover anything.

Without an attorney, you'd be hard-pressed to recover at all. Come see us to explain.

You can hire us to start working on your case in less than 10 minutes from the comfort of your own home.

When you come in, we will have the information necessary to ask the real questions to get your case moving forward.

It's an all or nothing allocation of fault and it often leads to unfair results where the defendant is almost totally at fault, but not completely 100% at fault.

We believe, however, that juries are smart. They realize that in these contributory negligence cases, that justice for the plaintiff should be done. That's why it is so important to hire a firm like Shaw Law who has experience in handling contributory negligence claims and lawsuits from start to finish.

Boat or Water Accidents

Here in Indiana, we have many lakes and Lake Michigan to recreationally boat and enjoy water sports.

Sometimes boat operators can mix alcohol with this recreation which can lead to problems.

Lakes and waters have rules of traffic safety, just like roads in Indiana.

To win your boating accident case, you must show the offending party was "at fault."

In Indiana, fault is described as negligence -- this simply means the offending person did not act reasonably under the circumstances. This can include reckless boating behavior or failure to follow laws and rules that a reasonable person would be expected to follow.

Let us help you win your case.

Here at Shaw Law we believe that every accident is preventable. Every accident is due to someone's fault. You should not have to bear the brunt of the negligence of someone else.

You can hire us to start working on your case in less than 10 minutes.

Contact us today. We can help with your Indiana lakes and Lake Michigan boating accidents.