Katherine M. Haire

Represented addiction treatment center in professional liability claim.

Motion to Dismiss granted in a negligence action where Plaintiff alleged he was injured by a lightning strike.

Summary judgment granted for our client, a Hotel, in a negligence action where Plaintiff alleged that he slipped and fell in the lobby.

Plaintiff alleged that he sustained injury after he slipped and fell in a bathtub.

Plaintiff alleged that she sustained water damage to her basement as a result of construction (storm drainage) work performed in the neighborhood by construction company.

Defense of a nursing home when plaintiff appealed adverse trial court order enforcing arbitration.

Plaintiff alleged negligence against our client after she fell on a gravel sidewalk.

Marigold Overshiner and Earl Overshiner, Individually and as Parents and Guardians of their Minor Daughter, Kaitlyn Overshiner, and Kaitlyn Overshiner, v. Hendricks Regional Health and Ian Johnston, M.D

Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer upholding the decision by the Court of Appeals affirming a directed verdict in favor of defendant hospital and physician following a jury trial alleging blindness to an infant.

Plaintiff alleged negligence against the operator of an exercise facility.

Plaintiff alleged negligence against a warehousing entity for whom he was performing work on a forklift.  Plaintiff was precluded from bringing a claim against the Defendant because it constituted a “joint employer” under Indiana’s Worker’s Compensation Law; thus, Plaintiff’s remedy was limited to worker’s compensation benefits through his staffing agency employer.

Plaintiff alleged negligence against our client on the theory of respondeat superior. 

Marigold Overshiner and Earl Overshiner, Individually and as Parents and Guardians of their Minor Daughter, Kaitlyn Overshiner, and Kaitlyn Overshiner, v. Hendricks Regional Health and Ian Johnston, M.D.

Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the defendant hospital and physician following a jury trial alleging blindness to an infant.