by Robert F. Parker | Aug 16, 2012 | Litigation, News, Professional Liability
BCC attorneys Bob Parker and Dan Gioia successfully defended a local physician in a case that is the first of its kind in the nation, interpreting the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). HIPAA is a federal statute designed to...
by Robert F. Parker | May 21, 2012 | Litigation, Professional Liability
Historically, about 5% of all non-obstetrical malpractice claims arising out of surgery involve retained foreign bodies. A 2009 report in the Journal of Robotic surgery states that 1 in 1,500 open abdominal or chest procedures results in a retained surgical item. In a...
by Robert F. Parker | May 7, 2012 | Litigation, Personal Injury
Recently, NWI Times Sports Medicine Columnist John Doherty drew on the expertise of BCC’s Litigation Practice Group Leader, Bob Parker, in writing an article on the relationship between the recent suicide of Junior Seau, and the many lawsuits filed by ex-players...
by Robert F. Parker | Apr 2, 2012 | Litigation, News
Burke Costanza & Carberry partner Robert F. Parker has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in America. The induction ceremony at which Bob became a Fellow took place recently before an audience of 614...
by Robert F. Parker | Feb 10, 2012 | Litigation, Personal Injury
The long term health risk presented by concussions in young athletes is a hot topic in high school sports. Most sports have enacted rules changes to insure that student athletes are promptly removed from play if they exhibit concussion-like symptoms, and not returned...
by Robert F. Parker | Oct 26, 2011 | Litigation, Professional Liability
Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act, which currently “caps” a plaintiff’s total recovery at $1.25 million for an injury or death caused by an act of medical malpractice, has been challenged on both federal and state constitutional grounds several times since it was...
by Robert F. Parker | Sep 8, 2011 | News, Personal Injury, Professional Liability
We are pleased to announce that Robert F. Parker was notified that he has been selected to be included in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the Medical Malpractice Law category.
by Robert F. Parker | Jul 8, 2011 | Litigation, Personal Injury
In a trilogy of decisions announced June 29, 2011, the Indiana Supreme Court clarified and harmonized Indiana’s three laws that allow recovery for the wrongful death of a person, holding that a successful plaintiff can recover attorney fees incurred in the...
