Insights

Many employers do not realize that paying an employee a fixed salary does not necessarily mean the employee is exempt from overtime protection under state and federal laws. Being paid a salary is not the same as being exempt. Exempt employees are not covered by, or are “exempt” from, overtime protection. When exempt employees work more than...Read More

In Platinum v Collings, 988 NE 2d 1153 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013), the Indiana Court of Appeals recently ruled that an injured employee may be awarded worker’s compensation benefits even if the employee had received unemployment benefits during the same period of time. In Platinum, an injured employee, still suffering pain from a work-related accident,...Read More

(EVANSVILLE, Ind.) – November 1, 2013 – Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK) – an experienced full-service civil law firm dedicated to effectively serving the legal needs of clients for more than 105 years – has been recognized as one of the “Best Law Firms” for 2014 by U.S. News & World Report (U.S....Read More

Ever since the signing into law of the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (MMA) by Governor Otis Bowen in 1975, physicians and other health care providers in Indiana have had no worries about potential exposure of their personal assets as the result of a judgment in favor of a patient in a medical malpractice lawsuit. This...Read More

As an update to a blog published by KDDK attorney Maria L. Bulkley (formerly Maria L. Worthington), the Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer in the case of Tillman v. Tillman on October 10, 2013.  87A05-1212-DR-619, 2013 WL 3376920 (Ind. Ct. App. July 3, 2013), trans. denied.  Therefore, the rule stands that, in Indiana, guardians cannot...Read More

Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP (KDDK) has hired Patrick C. Thomas as an associate attorney.  He was sworn in during an Admission Ceremony held today in Indianapolis. Patrick C. Thomas (Pat) has joined KDDK as an associate and serves on the firm’s Litigation and Trial Services practice team.  Pat is licensed to practice law...Read More

Manufacturers routinely rely on suppliers to provide quality components to be used in the final product. Manufacturers may assume that suppliers have a legal obligation to provide components that work properly. Indeed, the law does provide for certain warranties in the sale of goods even when the parties to the transaction do not reduce their supply agreement...Read More

Landlords who do not want tenants to sell the naming rights to their buildings need to include language to this effect in the lease. This was illustrated by a case recently decided by the Indiana Court of Appeals, Murat Temple Ass’n, Inc. v. Live Nation Worldwide, Inc. Court of Appeals of Indiana 953 N.E.2d 1125...Read More

Insurance – health, product liability, worker’s compensation, property, business interruption, commercial auto, professional liability, and so on – is among the highest overhead costs for most businesses. So why does something so vital and so costly seem to receive so little attention from decision-makers? In this FREE seminar, KDDK attorneys will address the legal protections...Read More