On the morning of March 23, 2011, a 5-year-old girl was playing with her grandfather's 80-pound pit bull when it attacked her, biting through the child's ear and pulling it off of her head. Doctors at a northern Indiana hopital succeeded in reattaching the child's ear. After the attack, the dog was euthanized.
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In some cases, the Crashworthiness Doctrine allows a person injured in a car crash to bring a products liability suit against the vehicle's manufacturer for "enhanced injuries" caused by the vehicle's design defects, even if those defects did not cause the collision to occur. Indiana describes crashworthiness claims as "second collisions" that arise from a manufacturer's failure to exercise reasonable care in the design of a product to protect its users in light of the likelihood that the product could be involved in a collision.
The Indiana Supreme Court recently addressed an issue involving the Crashworthiness Doctrine in the Green v. Ford Motor Co. case - whether in a crashworthiness case alleging enhanced injuries under the Indiana Products Liability Act, the finder of fact shall apportion fault to the person suffering physical harm when that alleged fault is a proximate cause of the harm for which damages are being sought.
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On March 1, 2011, the Senate Corrections Committee voted to endorse a bill banning text messaging for drivers under the age of 18. However, worries were simultaneously raised about the effectiveness of a texting ban. Senator Brent Steele of Bedford expressed his concern about the police's inability to enforce the ban unless it applies to all cell phone use.
The bill, which would impose a maxiumum fine of $500 but would permit the use of hands-free technology, has already been passed by the House. Before the bill becomes law, both the House and Senate must agree to a final version of the bill.
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