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Construction worker Juan Rosas killed in multivehicle crash

On October 5, 2011, at approximately 1:00 p.m., Juan-Hernandez Rosas was killed in a multi vehicle crash while working as a traffic flagman for a construction crew installing a beam on I-465 over 30th Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. At the time of the accident it has been reported that Mr. Rosas was holding a “slow” sign in the roadway. He was hit by a Hyundai, and then multiple other vehicles were also involved in the crash. It has further been reported that the occupants of the Hyundai were ejected from the vehicle by the impact of the collision. Mr. Rosas was 43 at...

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Starr Austen & Miller, LLP, is Pleased to Announce the Addition of Shannon Starr

Logansport, IN  -  October 10, 2011:  Starr Austen & Miller LLP, a prominent Indiana law firm, announces the addition of a new associate attorney, Shannon Starr, Esq.   Starr will be focusing on class action, truck and construction accident litigation.  Mr. Starr, a Logansport native, earned his a JD from the Saint Louis University School of Law, Saint Louis, Missouri and was admitted to the Indiana State Bar the same year.  After law school, he worked as an associate at Beasley & Gilkison LLP, Muncie, Indiana prior to joining the firm. Shannon was admitted to practice law in the State of Indiana...

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Starr Austen & Miller Files Civil Suit Against Accused Killer of Dave Schroder

The family of Dave Schroder has filed a lawsuit against the man accused of killing him. Schroder was a 75-year-old resident of Logansport, Indiana, who was shot twice in the head. Schroder's two sons, Terry and Robert, and seeking damages including medical, funeral and burial expenses, emotional distress caused to their father and damages for the "loss of their father's love, companionship and support." Andrew Miller, Partner at Starr Austen & Miller, will be representing Schroder's sons. Read the full article at Pharos Tribune...

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MDL Hearing Today on Indiana Golf Course Company’s Class Action Lawsuit Alleging DuPont’s New Herbicide Imprelis Causing Death Of Trees Nationwide

-- Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) Hearing to Determine Where Nationwide Class Action Cases Will Be Heard Logansport, IN, September 27, 2011 – Today, Indiana law firm of Starr, Austen & Miller, LLP, along with the other plaintiff’s firms that have filed class action lawsuits against E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company ("DuPont"), charging that DUPONT'S herbicide Imprelis is causing widespread death among trees and other non-targeted vegetation across the country, will argue in a multidistrict litigation hearing to a federal panel as to where all of the cases should be transferred. Multidistrict litigation is a procedure utilized in the federal court system...

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Imprelis ® Class Action Filed; Interview with Mario Massillamany

Indiana Golf Course Company And Pennsylvania Homeowner File Class Action Lawsuit Alleging DuPont's New Herbicide Imprelis ® Causing Death Of Trees Nationwide Need For Impacted Property Owners To Take And Preserve Soil Sample Highlighted [ml_raw_html] [/ml_raw_html] Logansport, IN, July 18, 2011 - Scott Starr of the Indiana law firm of Starr, Austen & Miller, LLP, and Jonathan Selbin of the national plaintiffs' law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced that a Pennsylvania homeowner and an Indiana golf course company today filed a nationwide class action lawsuit against  E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company ("DuPont"),  charging that DuPont's herbicide, Imprelis, is causing...

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Kohler Class Action Filed

Read the official filed complaint below: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION SHEPLER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., AN INDIANA CORPORATION, ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, Plaintiff, v, KOHLER CO., A WISCONSIN CORPORATION, Defendant. CASE NO. 3:11-cv-246 AMENDED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Plaintiff Shepler Construction Company, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Shepler”), by and through its counsel, Starr Austen & Miller, LLP, based upon its individual experience, the investigation of counsel and on information and belief, alleges on behalf of itself and the proposed Plaintiff class defined herein, as follows: I. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 1. Venue is appropriate in the Unites...

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Class Action Alleges UPL

Lawyers use United Financial decision to make their argument. The gift of estate planning services that Portland, Ind., resident Jeffrey G. Corle and his wife received in 2010 seemed at first like a thoughtful and worthwhile investment in their future. The couple felt that way about the gift until questions about Unauthorized Practice of Law began drawing attention away from what the estate planning package offered and focused on what was not included:  adequate lawyer involvement. Now, the Jay County man is the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana that aims not only to recover the $2,495...

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