Legal Question in Personal Injury in Indiana

My family were victims of an armed robbery at my apartment while I was at work. Do we due individually or as a grouped tort?


Asked on 7/25/11, 12:32 am

3 Answers from Attorneys

Burton Padove Indiana and Illinois Lawyer, Burton A. Padove

The answer depends on your definition of family. If members of your immediate family, a suit can often be filed for all.

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Answered on 7/25/11, 3:37 am
Jay Rigdon Rockhill Pinnick LLP

Each of you could sue the robbers for your financial loss, and those actually confronted or touched could also sue for physical and emotional distress.

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Answered on 7/25/11, 6:19 am
terrence rubino rubino ruman crosmer smith and sersic

both atty padove and pinnick are correct. i want to add that there might be liability against the apartment complex for negligent security. if crime is forseeable a buisness, hotel or apartment complex owes a duty to exercise reasonable security measures to protect its customers. our firm actually did one of the early leading cases in indiana which involved the shooting and wrongful death of a security guard at the cline ave holiday inn in hammond which occurred in 1980. good luck.

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Answered on 7/26/11, 11:54 am


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