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Three Car Collision near Milford, Indiana leaves Silver Lake Man in critical condition
Rickey E. Castle seriously injured in crash
Tippecanoe Vally High Student Dies from Injuries Sustained During Physical Education Class
Fuel Prices Go Up, Traffic-related Deaths Go Down
One Killed and Four Others Injured in Semi-Truck Mulit-Vehicle Collision on Interstate 65 Near Lowell, Indiana
Allstate Socked with $16 million Verdict in Head-on Crash
Kosciusko County Teen, an Indiana University Student, Killed in Senseless Crash July 4th Weekend
WARSAW LAW FIRM TO ACQUIRE INDIANAPOLIS LAW PRACTICE

Three Car Collision near Milford, Indiana leaves Silver Lake Man in critical condition

Silver Lake resident, Rickey E. Castle, was critically injured after a three-vehicle collision on October 9, 2008 near Milford, Indiana. The Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department reported that Josephina R. Aronson, 61, Elkhart, was headed south on Ind. 15 near CR 1000N at 10:30 a.m. Thursday when she crossed the center line and struck a pickup driven by Rickey E. Castle, 52, Silver Lake. Castle's pickup truck rolled several times before coming to rest off the roadway. Mr. Aronson's vehicle then collided with a car driven by Jason Locke of Leesburg. Mr. Castle suffered severe head injuries and was airtlifted to Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne. Mr. Locke was not injured. Ms. Aronson was taken to Goshen General Hospital for treatment and was released.

Tippecanoe Vally High Student Dies from Injuries Sustained During Physical Education Class

Local Teen Killed While Walking on Track at High School

Evelyn E. Bolen, age 17, was walking on the track during a physical education class at Tippecanoe Valley High School on September 2, 2008 when she was hit by another student who was riding a bicycle on the track. The bicycle belonged to physical education instructor Greg Sciarra. The Warsaw Times-Union reported that the student who was riding the bicycle and Sciarra gave conflicting reports about whether or not Sciarra had granted permission to use the bicycle.
Apparently the student on the bike was distracted by another student while riding the track. When he focused his attention back on the track he was too close to Bolen to avoid a collision. The student hit both brakes on the bike, which threw him off the bike and directly into Bolen, injuring her severely. She was transported to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne but died later on September 3, 2008.

Fuel Prices Go Up, Traffic-related Deaths Go Down

The skyrocketing gasoline prices that consumers are paying at the gas pump are having a noteable positive effect: traffic related injuries and deaths are declining sharply across the United States.

Early figures compiled by the National Safety Council confirm that higher fuel costs are having a dramatic effect on the number of people travelling on the nation's roads causing a significant drop in automobile accidents. The result is a substantial decrease in auto related injuries and deaths. Not only are there fewer drivers o nthe road, but drivers may be driving at slower speeds in an effort to conserve fueld and increase efficiency.

Indiana has experienced a 26% reduction in fatal accidents so far in 2008. If the downward trend continues, 2008 could have the lowest level of fatalities since records began being kept 18 years ago.

One Killed and Four Others Injured in Semi-Truck Mulit-Vehicle Collision on Interstate 65 Near Lowell, Indiana

A female motorist, Rebecca Fourness, of Fair Oaks, Indiana was killed and her four year old son injured, when a semi-truck driven by forty year old Wilfredo Lozano of Oak Forest, failed to slow his semi in a "traffic slowdown" and rear ended the Fourness vechicle and two other vehicles on Interstate 65 near Lowell, Indiana on July 29, 2008. Fourness died in Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood from severe head injuries. Also injured in the crash were John Huhn and his passenger, Jim Gaskins, who were in a Toyota Highlander SUV and James Knight, the driver of a Ford F-250 pick up truck. All three vehicles were struck by the semi. After colliding with the vehicles, the semi jackknifed and rammed into a guardrail trapping the Fourness vehicle between the tractor and trailer portions of the semi according to Indiana State Police Sargeant Richard Broughton.

Allstate Socked with $16 million Verdict in Head-on Crash

Allstate Socked with $16 million Verdict in Head-on Crash
The three-pronged claims tactic of Allstate Insurance Company (delay, deny, defend) cost the company more than $16 million in damages resulting from a head-on car crash which happened in Missouri in 2000. Allstate had an opportunity to settle the claim for $50,000 (hospital bills alone were $320,000), but instead chose not to respond to the injured parties offer. That choice resulted in a jury award of $5.8 million in compensatory damages and an additional $10.5 million in punitive damages for Allstate’s bad faith refusal to settle. http://www.kansascity.com/business/v-print/story/726338.html July 29, 2008.

Kosciusko County Teen, an Indiana University Student, Killed in Senseless Crash July 4th Weekend

A 19 year old Indiana University student from Kosciusko County was killed in a motor vehicle collision near Syracuse on July 4th 2008. Jessica L. Ruiz was driving on East Wawasee Drive when she was hit head on by a car driven by Christoper D. Bardasian, of St. Louis. A witness to the collision said that he had been forced off the road by Bardasian just prior to him crashing into the Ruiz vehicle. Preliminary Reports by the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department would indicate that Bardasian had been drinking and was travelling at an unsafe speed when he caused the senseless motor vehicle accident.

WARSAW LAW FIRM TO ACQUIRE INDIANAPOLIS LAW PRACTICE

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Warsaw, Indiana
January 11, 2008

WARSAW LAW FIRM TO ACQUIRE INDIANAPOLIS LAW PRACTICE

The Warsaw law firm of Miner Lemon & Walston, LLP, announced today its agreement to acquire the existing law practice of Stallwood Law Office, Indianapolis, Indiana, to be effective February 1, 2008. Robert K. Stallwood, principal owner of Stallwood Law Office, will join the new firm of Miner Lemon & Walston, LLP and will serve as the resident attorney at the Indianapolis office. Stallwood Law Office is located just off 82nd Street in the Castleton Square area at 6345 Castleway Drive.

In announcing the expansion of the Warsaw law firm to the greater Indianapolis area, attorney Mike Miner stated “this unique opportunity has many positive advantages to our existing client base and those we fully expect to serve in the greater Indianapolis area. Bob Stallwood has built an outstanding portfolio of Will-based and Trust-based estate plans and business clients in his many years of service to Central Indiana. His numerous loyal clients extend throughout the greater Indianapolis urban area, and most particularly in the fast growing suburbs of Carmel, Noblesville, Fishers and Zionsville.” In addition, Miner noted “our law firm takes notice of and appreciates the increasing numbers of our estate planning, estate administration, business and general practice needs clients with robust presences in the central Indiana markets, thereby enabling our firm to better serve their legal needs.

Bob Stallwood is a law graduate of the Indiana University School of Law with an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. His practice consists primarily of business and estate planning, probate and trust administration, asset protection, elder law, and Medicaid planning. He is a former member of the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys and a charter founding member of WealthCounsel, LLC, a national estate planning organization of more than 1000 attorneys dedicated to planning for high net worth estates. Wayne Walston stated: “I have worked with Bob Stallwood for more than three years now within WealthCounsel and I know his keen intelligence, practice wisdom, and extreme dedication to the profession. It will be a pleasure to have him on our legal team as we enter the Central Indiana market in a more focused, robust fashion.”

Miner Lemon & Walston, LLP of Warsaw consists of 10 attorneys and 17 support staff working in a wide-ranging general law practice.