On December 3, 2019, Bob Dignam co-presented a seminar entitled “Special Considerations for Small Companies in Dealing with Employment Laws, Issues and Complaints.” This CLE program, held at and sponsored by the Lake County Bar Association in Merrillville, Indiana, provided key information regarding the labor and employment laws which apply to small employers. The program… Read more »
On November 14, 2019, Mike O’Neill presented a seminar entitled “Indiana Ethics 2019.” This CLE Ethics program, held at Dandino’s Supper Club in Goshen, Indiana, recapped significant lawyer disciplinary decisions handed down by the Supreme Court between 2017 and 2018. The program was attended by approximately 20 members of the Bench and Bar from Elkhart… Read more »
On October 31, 2019, Bob Dignam presented a seminar entitled “We are All Employers.” This informative program provided for firm clients and other employers, held at the conference facility within the firm’s office building, offered guidance in managing the workforce and complying with state and federal employment laws, and concerning appropriate measures to avoid claims… Read more »
O’Neill McFadden & Willett, LLP is pleased to announce that Anna Mandula has joined the Firm as an Associate. Anna brings a wealth of experience to OMW in the areas of personal injury and medical malpractice defense, family and juvenile law, adoptions, and estate planning and administration. In addition to her litigation experience, Anna has… Read more »
Dan Glavin and Kathleen Erickson successfully defended the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in a claim for damages incurred when a combine caught fire, resulting in destruction of the combine and an attached corn head. The Court of Appeals concluded that the economic loss doctrine barred recovery on theories of product liability or negligent… Read more »
Kelly McFadden and Mike O’Neill successfully defended an OB/GYN and his group in a jury trial in St. Joseph County Superior Court, Mishawaka, Indiana. The Plaintiffs’ alleged that the physician was negligent when he failed to diagnose an extremely rare abdominal pregnancy during a courtesy ultrasound (non-diagnostic) performed at ten weeks, resulting in the pregnancy… Read more »
Dan Glavin recently earned summary judgment on behalf of an insurer in an underinsured motorist coverage claim. Plaintiff argued that a policy provision allowing the insurer to set off amounts paid under the policy’s medical payments provision was unenforceable because it violated Indiana’s statutes governing uninsured/underinsured coverage. Plaintiff also alleged the insurer’s insistence on enforcing… Read more »
Mike O’Neill and Marian Drenth recently prevailed before the Indiana Court of Appeals in a legal malpractice case where the Court affirmed summary judgment in favor of a lawyer and his firm. See, Gates v. O’Connor, 111 N.E.3d 215 (Ind. Ct. App. 2018). The Gates Plaintiffs sued their deceased father’s attorneys for failing to finalize… Read more »
March 20, 2019, Mike O’Neill presented a seminar entitled “Sound Medicine: The Impact of Communication in Healthcare.” This Risk Management presentation, held at Avalon Manor in Merrillville, Indiana was attended by approximately 100 physicians from various practice specialties in Northwest Indiana. For more information on risk management services provided by O’Neill McFadden & Willett LLP,… Read more »
O’Neill McFadden & Willett LLP Partners Michael O’Neill (Medical Malpractice Defense), Kelly McFadden (Medical Malpractice Defense), Marian Drenth (Professional Liability), Michelle Burchett ( Medical Malpractice Defense) and Robert Dignam (Labor and Employment) were selected as Indiana Super Lawyers. Jeremy Willett and Kathleen Erickson were selected as Rising Stars. OMW congratulates all of its’ SuperLawers.
