Practice Areas - Business Litigation
- Covenants Not To Compete
- Class Action Defense
- Commercial Litigation
- Uniform Commercial Code
- Franchise Litigation
- Insurance Coverage
- Creditors Rights
| - Litigation
- Complex Litigation
- Products Liability
- Heavy Equipment Products Liability
- Manufacturers Liability
- Broker Dealer Arbitration
- Securities Litigation
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| University | Illinois State University, B.A., 1970; University of Illinois at Springfield, M.A., 1973 |
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| Law School | Indiana University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1976 |
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| Admitted | 1976, Indiana; 1980, Florida |
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| Memberships | Indiana State and American (Member: Litigation Section: Products Liability Committee, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, Committee on Commercial and Business Litigation; Forum on Franchising, Business Section; Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; International Franchise Association; Indiana Association of Defense Counsel (Past Co-Chair, Products Liability Committee; Diplomat, 1997). |
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| Born | Bloomington, Illinois, February 3, 1947 |
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| Biography | Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa honorary; Phi Gamma Mu history honorary. Associate Editor, Indiana Law Journal, 1975-1976. Speaker: "Effective Use of Demonstrative Exhibits," Indiana Legal Education Forum Seminar, November, 2005; "Electronic Discovery - Overview, Developments, and Recent Case Law," Manufacturers Alliances/MAPI Law Council, October, 2005; "Can a Product Liability Issue Amount to an Unfair Trade Practice? A Review of Recent Case Law," Product Liability Safety Council, October 2005; "Specialized Lines of Insurance Coverage," Lorman Education Services Insurance Law in Indiana Seminar, February, 2003; "Product Liability and Tort Reform," DTCI Seminar, Fall, 1998. Author: "Survey of Recent Developments in Indiana Product Liability Law," 39 Indiana Law Review 1145, 2006; "Advice to Clients Prior to Disaster," The Indiana Lawyer, 2006; "Effective Use of Demonstrative Exhibits," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum Seminar, Thinking "Inside the Box:" Juries, Strategies & Winning Techniques, November, 2005; "Claims Under Little FTC Acts," ABA Forum on Franchising, October, 2005; "Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements: Indiana," ABA Forum on Franchising, 2003; "Standard for Design Defects - A State-by-State Survey: Indiana," ABA, 2003; "A Survey of Indiana's Franchise Law for the General Practitioner," Res Gestae, 2002; "State Tying Claims: Do You Know What May Be Lurking?" American Bar Association Franchise Law Journal, 2002; "Defining the Scope of Commercial Insurance Contracts," Insurance Advocate, 2001; "Law Governing Liability of Component Part Manufacturers," The Indiana Lawyer, 1999; "Product Liability and Tort Reform," The Indiana Lawyer, 1998; "The Risk Utility Test in Indiana Product Liability Law," The Indiana Lawyer, 1996; "Tort Reform, Act No. 1741," Res Gestae and The Indiana Lawyer, 1995. Past President, Illinois State University Alumni Association. Past President, Indiana University School of Law Alumni Association. Listed in Who's Who in America. Board Member, The Business Counsel, Inc. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. |
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| Reported Cases | Published Trial Court Opinions: Holt v. Ford Motor Credit Company and Paul Heuring Ford, Inc. 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 9489, No. 07-3441 (7th Cir. 2008); Abbas v. RIH Acquisitions IN, LLC, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22701 (No. 2:06-cv-315JM) (N.D. Ind. Mar. 27, 2007); Slurry Systems, Inc. v. Berminghammer Foundation Equipment, 2005 WL 2240064 (N.D. Ind. Sept. 14, 2005); Creative Foods of Indiana, Inc. v. My Favorite Muffin Too, Inc., 2002 WL 244577 (S.D. Ind. Jan. 14, 2002) (No. IP01-0228-C-T/G); Creative Foods of Indiana, Inc. v. My Favorite Muffin Too, Inc., 2002 WL 244584 (S.D. Ind. Jan. 14, 2002) (No. IP01-0228-C-T/K); Continental Western Ins. Co. v. Reliance Nat. Indem. Co., 141 F.Supp.2d 968 (N.D. Ind. 2001); The Daiei, Inc. v. Ball Corp., 198 F.D.R. 658 (S.D. Ind. 2001); Pryor v. Resort Condominiums Int'l., Inc., 2000 WL 1006742 (S.D. Ind. 2000); Peters v. Systems Specialized Carriers, Inc., 1996 WL 204486 (N.D. Ind. 1996); Hamilton v. Ontario Forge Corp., 794 F.Supp. 291 (S.D. Ind. 1992); Scalf v. SCM Corp., 1981 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 10442 (No. IP 80-285-C) (S.D. Ind. Jan. 28, 1981). Published Appellate Decisions: Blimpie Intern., Inc. v. Choi, 822 N.E.2d 1091 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005); Midwestern Indem. Co. V. Systems Builders, Inc., 801 N.E.2d 661 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004); United States Fire Ins. Co. v. Barker Car Rental, 944 F. Supp. 739 (S.D. Ind. 1996); 132 F.3d 1153 (7th Cir. 1997); Bates v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., 9 F.3d 29 (7th Cir. 1993); Dillon v. Combs, 895 F.2d 1175 (7th Cir. 1990); Bunker v. National Gypsum Co., 406 N.E.2d 1239 (Ind. Ct. App. 1980); 426 N.E.2d 422 (Ind. Ct. App. 1981); 441 N.E.2d 8 (Ind. 1982); 460 U.S. 1076, 103 S. Ct. 1761 (April 18, 1983); Anderson v. P.A. Radocy & Sons, Inc. and Miller Electric Manufacturing Company, 67 F.3d 619 (7th Cir. 1995); Allen v. LTV Steel Co., 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 12349, No. 02-4094 (7th Cir. June 17, 2003); Shannon v. Sign Pros, 753 N.E.2d 17 (Ind. 2001); J.R. Brooks Construction, Inc. v. Curran Roofing Co., Memorandum Decision issued April 30, 2001 (Ind. Ct. App.) (No. 18A02-0007-CV-456); Hague v. Curran Roofing Co., 714 N.E.2d 314 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999); Wine-Settergren V. Lamey, 716 N.E.2d 381 (Ind. 1999); 726 N.E.2d 305 (Ind. 1999); 654 N.E.2d 920 (Ind. App. 1995); O'Donnell v. American Employers Ins. Co., 622 N.E.2d 570 (Ind. Ct. App. 1993); Ramon v. Glenroy Construction Co., 609 N.E.2d 1123 (Ind. Ct. App. 1993); Allied Resin Corp. v. Waltz, 559 N.E.2d 390 (Ind. Ct. App. 1990); 574 N.E.2d 913 (Ind. 1991); Stropes v. Heritage House Children's Center of Shelbyville, Inc., 547 N.E.2d 244 (Ind. 1989); Rasp v. Hidden Valley Lake, Inc., 519 N.E.2d 153 (Ind. Ct. App. 1988); Jager v. Katz, 511 N.E.2d 1092 (Ind. Ct. App. 1987); Black v. Seaboard System Railroad, 487 N.E.2d 468 (Ind. Ct. App. 1986); RAM Broadcasting of Indiana, Inc. v. Digital Paging Systems of Indiana, Inc., 463 N.E.2d 1104 (Ind. Ct. App.1984); 464 N.E.2d 336 (Ind. Ct. App. 1984); Bunker v. National Gypsum Co., 406 N.E.2d 1239 (Ind. Ct. App. 1980); 426 N.E.2d 422 (Ind. Ct. App. 1981); 441 N.E.2d 8 (Supreme Ct. Ind. 1982); 460 U.S. 1076, 103 S. Ct. 1761 (U.S. Ind., April 18,1983); Bridges v. Kentucky Stone Co., Inc., 408 N.E.2d 575 (Ind. Ct. App. 1980); 425 N.E.2d 125 (Ind. 1981); Ang v. Hospital Corp. of America, 395 N.E.2d 441 (Ind. Ct. App. 1979); Constanzi v. Ryan, 368 N.E.2d 12 (Ind. Ct. App. 1977). |
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