Paul A. Leonard Jr., Robert F. Parker, and Daniel A. Gioia have been selected to the 2019 Indiana Super Lawyers list. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at Super Lawyers to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3 Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP lawyers named to 2019 Best Lawyers® list August 15, 2018 -- Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP is pleased to announce that 3 lawyers have been included in the 2019 Edition of The Best...
Bob Parker successfully defended a neurosurgeon in a medical malpractice case arising out of the death of a patient who suffered a fatal heart attack in the recovery room following spinal surgery. The claim was that the defendant failed to...
Burke Costanza & Carberry partner Robert F. Parker recently recovered a settlement of almost $1.1 million for a Crown Point man who was injured during gallbladder surgery. What was supposed to be a routine outpatient procedure to remove...
Congratulations to BCC partner Bob Parker for his successful defense of an ophthalmologist in a medical malpractice case. The week long trial in Elkhart County, IN included testimony by experts from New Jersey, Illinois, Texas, Arizona, and...
Robert F. Parker's recent jury verdict was featured in DRI's Newsletter, The Voice, under the "And The Defense Wins" section in their May 8, 2013 edition. DRI member Robert F. Parker, a partner in the Merrillville, Indiana, firm of Burke...
Robert F. Parker, a partner in the firm’s Merrillville office, recently obtained a jury verdict for the defendant in a medical malpractice trial in Crown Point, Indiana. The case was brought by the family of a 74 year old patient of the...
Bob Parker’s recent victory for a physician client in the Indiana Court of Appeals, in a case thought to be the first of its kind nationally, was the subject of a piece in “The Voice,” the weekly e-newsletter of the Defense Research Institute...
We are pleased to announce that Robert F. Parker was notified that he has been selected to be included in the 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the Medical Malpractice Law category. This is the second year in a row for Bob in this...
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...
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...
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...