Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC is a law firm serving Indiana and Illinois. We concentrate in Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury Law and Social Security Disability.
Our firm is recognized as a leader in Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury litigation, with attorneys whose experience spans decades.
Our location in Crown Point, Indiana gives us the privileged position of being able to represent clients throughout Indiana, the Chicago metropolitan area and Illinois.
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A federal judge has preserved a $6 million jury verdict for the family of a man who died in a 2020 truck crash near a rest stop south of Springfield. According to court records, John Barnes was driving a box truck around 5:20 a.m. when he hit the back of an R+L Carriers trailer. Barnes’ widow, Barbara Barnes, filed a…
Appeals court remands case involving organ donor identity mistake
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed earlier this week that a claim filed against some health care providers over corneal transplant tissue taken from the wrong deceased patient falls outside the state’s Medical Malpractice Act. The appellate court also reversed a lower court denial of a hospital’s motion for summary judgment and remanded the case for the entry of a…
Medicaid coverage losses drive up comp medical costs: WCRI
Workers compensation medical payments increased among injured workers affected by Medicaid coverage losses, particularly those in construction and manufacturing, according to a study released Tuesday by the Workers Compensation Research Institute. Waltham, Massachusetts-based WCRI found that average medical payments at 12 months increased 3.1% for lost-time claims following the 2023-2024 Medicaid disenrollment process. The increase was substantially higher for construction…