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$3,400,000
Trucking Accident
A retired Indiana hog farmer was on his way to pick up hog feed when he was hit by a truck who
ran a red light. Our client was not belted and was ejected from the vehicle. He suffered life-
altering injuries as a result of the crash, including a traumatic brain injury. Unfortunately, as a
result of his physical injuries, he was longer able to withstand the labor associated with his hog
farming operation, and it had to be sold. Bruce Kehoe and Kayla Carmosino were able to get the
lawsuit on file within days of the crash before the new seatbelt law took effect, ensuring against
any potential seatbelt defense. Through discovery, it was revealed the truck driver was a
convicted felon with a history of driving-related infractions, and he had not been properly vetted
for employment. Ultimately, the case was settled at mediation for $3.4 Million.
$2,975,000
Rear-End Collision
Bill and Emily obtained a $2,975,000 settlement in a rear end collision case wherein one-year old child sustained a traumatic brain injury. Case was resolved efficiently with the use of a child neuropsychologist who was able to evaluate the child and offer opinions on their likely future impairments.
$1,380,000
Car Accident
In the Spring of 2023, a businesswoman was traveling to her workplace in Plainfield when suddenly a van crossed the center line and struck the woman head on. As a result of the crash, she sustained a right ankle fracture and right tibial fracture.
Through discovery, it was determined that the other driver was likely intoxicated at the time of the crash and further that he was working. Bill and Emily hired a vocational economist that was able to offer opinions about how the women had less career options and further that her work-life expectancy was reduced. They were also able to obtain a helpful report from the women’s treating surgeon about the effects this injury had on women’s life. Ultimately, the case was resolved on July 12, 2024, for $1.38 million.
$1,250,000
Medical Malpractice
Bruce and Emily obtained $1.25 million settlement in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a baby who sustained a brain injury during birth when medical provider’s failed to timely deliver the child.
The settlement was received following a unanimous panel opinion where the panel agreed the hospital committed malpractice.
$1,225,000
Car Accident
In May of 2023, a high school senior and volleyball player at Noblesville High School was traveling as a back seat passenger in a friend’s truck. While traveling, another vehicle negligently turned in front of the truck causing a collision. As a result of the crash, the young girl suffered a L2 transverse process fracture, T12- L1 epidural hemorrhage, and spinal cord injury. She then underwent surgery to have screws and rods placed into her back to repair it. Unfortunately, the young girl was recruited to play D1 volleyball at a nearby university, but because of her injuries she was not able to play her freshman year.
Bill and Emily hired a physician to perform an IME to opine on the girl’s injuries and the effects it
would have on the rest of her 70+ years of living.
The case was resolved less than a year after the crash in early May of 2024, for $1.225 million with contributions from both the driver of the vehicle she was in, as well as the driver of the vehicle that turned in front.
$1,200,000
Medical Malpractice
A man in his early fifties underwent a kidney transplant, and thereafter, his kidney care went
uncoordinated and unmonitored. In the months following his transplant, his kidney function
worsened, and he developed an unrecognized BK virus and severe polyoma nephritis in his renal
system, ultimately leading to kidney failure. He will now need a second kidney transplant. Bruce
Kehoe and Kayla Carmosino were able to get the case resolved with the qualified healthcare
defendants before presenting the issues to a medical review panel. Bruce and Kayla then
obtained an additional $1.2 Million from the Patients Compensation Fund.
$1,000,000
Medical Malpractice
Kent and Emily obtained a $1 million dollar settlement in a medical malpractice case where the ER doctor failed to inform the patient of their possible kidney cancer.
Due to the delay in diagnosis, patient ended up needing to have her kidney removed. Kent and Emily were able to get the case resolved before the presenting the case to a medical review panel due to a detailed demand outlining the clear malpractice.
$1,000,000
Motorcycle Accident
A policy limits settlement of $1,000,000 was obtained within five months of an accident in which an Indianapolis businessman riding a motorcycle was struck in a roundabout by a driver working for a ridesharing company.
The client suffered a significant femur fracture, was off work for an extended period of time, and went through in-home rehab. In the meantime, Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers got to work gathering dashcam footage of the collision and communicating with the insurance company immediately to let them know the severity of the injuries. The seven-figure settlement in five months benefited all concerned by minimizing expense and maximizing the outcome for the client.
$925,000
Personal Injury
In addition to any recovery against any qualified healthcare defendants, Kent Winingham and Bruce Kehoe were pleased to obtain an additional $925,000 against the Patients Compensation Fund for a woman in her late 40s whose breast cancer was untimely diagnosed and treated.
Kent and Bruce’s client suffered at least an 8-month delay in diagnosis and treatment, which resulted in her missing an opportunity to be timely treated for a mass that would have been smaller than 2cm had it been appropriately evaluated and diagnosed. As a result of the delay in diagnosis and treatment, client was forced to treat with specific chemotherapeutic agents that caused permanent neuropathy in her hands and feet. Had she been timely treated, she would not have had to treat with such chemotherapeutic agents. Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers were pleased to obtain a near-cap recovery for this deserving client, educator, and mother of multiple children.
$875,000
Rear-End Collision
An intersectional collision in southern Indiana caused life-altering injuries to a nurse practitioner, eventually causing her to leave her well-paying job. With both liability and damages disputed, Bill and Emily used multiple experts including an accident reconstructionist, an independent medical examiner, and a vocational economist, to work up the case. The defendant was woefully underinsured, but owned dozens of tracts of valuable land. Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers investigated the value of those properties, also consulting with a collections law firm to assess the collectability of a judgment. After a second mediation and within weeks of trial, the case was settled for $875,000 with $725,000 of that amount coming from the individual defendant.
$775,000
Car Accident
In the summer of 2023, a 92-year-old woman was traveling from her home to visit her niece. While driving, an uninsured driver suddenly turned in front of her causing her to strike another vehicle and flip her car. As a result of the crash, she had a sternal fracture, compression fracture at T1, collapsed lung, and ended up needing a pacemaker put into her heart because of the trauma to the chest.
Suit was filed in October of 2023 against the women’s car insurer. Following suit, Bill and Emily were able to acquire a report from the woman’s treating cardiologist who explained how the crash necessitated her need for a pacemaker.
The case was settled at mediation on June 17, 2024, less than a year after the crash, for $775,000.
$750,000
Trucking Accident
Bill and Emily obtained a $750k settlement in a trucking case where truck driver failed to yield the right of way causing the plaintiff to sustain a traumatic brain injury.
$750,000
Workers' Compensation
Kent Winingham and Kayla Carmosino obtained a $750,000 recovery for the family of a milling company worker who was reversed into and over on a milling site and killed. Kent and Kayla were first able to prove through the client’s testimony that she while she was an adult, she was a dependent of the decedent.
Thus, the recovery was not limited by the Adult Wrongful Death Statute. Kent and Kayla were also able to prove through video recordings and witness statements that the backup alarm the dump truck was equipped with was virtually inaudible—especially on a loud milling site. This helped Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers minimize any comparative fault defenses. While the case initially presented itself as one with a variety of difficulties, thoughtful discovery and strategic depositions allowed Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers to prove its case up and get it resolved prior to trial.
$600,000
Bad Faith Claim
Bill and Emily obtained a $600,000 settlement in an insurance bad faith claim in which the insurance company failed to pay their insured money rightfully owed under their policy following a claim for uninsured motorist benefits. Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers proved the insurance company overlooked their own in-house review of the case, which supported the bad faith claim.
$575,000
Medical Malpractice
A college professor had her PIN (poster interosseous nerve) inadvertently sutured during a
surgery to repair her wrist fracture. The client’s use of the affected hand became significantly
more limited given the injury and subsequent interventional treatment. As a result, her career as
a college English professor and well-published author was greatly affected given her difficulties
typing. Kent Winingham was able to utilize the client’s subsequent treating hand surgeon’s
intraoperative video to demonstrate the nature of the injury and extent of the damage, which
proved especially critical at the Patient’s Compensation Fund side of the case. Kent obtained an
additional $575,000 from the Patient’s Compensation Fund.
$550,000
Rear-End Collision
An elderly woman was driving in Fishers, Indiana when she heard the sound of an ambulance
and pulled over to the side of the road to allow the ambulance to pass. Unfortunately, the
ambulance driver was not paying attention and blasted into the back of the car, causing both the
ambulance and woman’s car to go flying. Bill Winingham and Emily Chimenti immediately sent
out an accident reconstructionist to the scene to gather key evidence to prove the ambulance
driver was at fault. Using that information, they created an animation that showed the exact
sequence of events. Ultimately, the City of Fishers settled, without a single deposition, for
$550,000 despite the tough contributory negligence standard.
$500,000
Car Accident
A woman was stopped at a red light at 96th street and Masters Rd. When a drunk driver and
landscaping company driver (with a trailer) both ran red lights, crashed into each other, and then
crashed into the client. The client had a history of back pain and fractures from a crash just a few
years prior, and was being treated continually by a pain management physician. Through a Rule
35 examination and deposition testimony, Kent was able to prove that the client’s pain was
significantly aggravated by this second crash. Kent was also able to prove that the driver for the
landscaping company shared significantly more liability than the drunk driver, which was critical
to the $500,000 recovery.
$400,000
Trip and Fall
A young woman tripped and fell on a hazardous step as she exited a popular downtown
restaurant. She suffered significant fractures to her left foot. It was claimed that because the
client had been to the restaurant before on other occasions, she should have known of the
problematic step. And, it was similarly claimed that a sign indicated there was a step and she
thus should have been aware of as much. Through deposition testimony and a thorough expert
witness report, Kent was able to prove that the restaurant knew of a long history of people
tripping, falling, and injuring themselves on this step—yet they did nothing to address the
dangerous condition. Similarly, he was able to prove that the sign mentioned above was
ineffective at indicating that a hazardous step existed. Within approximately a year of the date of
incident, and after several depositions, Kent was able to obtain a $400,000
$250,000
Dog Bite
A young, female high school teacher was bit in her face while babysitting a friend’s dog.
Although Kent did not yet have evidence to support that the dog had a history of biting or was a
breed that had a vicious propensity, he was able to secure a $250,000 resolution for his client
pre-suit. This came largely as a result of Kent’s ability to get a substantive report from the
client’s treating plastic surgeon, which spoke to the likely need for future treatment and the
permanency of the scarring.
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Pedestrian Killed in Hit & Run
In the early morning hours in southern Indiana, a man walking across a roadway in the dark was hit and killed by the driver of a vehicle. The driver then left the scene without calling for help and was later arrested for hit and run and for leaving the scene of a fatal accident. After being unable to settle with the driver’s insurance company, Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers attorney Bill Winingham filed a lawsuit for the benefit of the deceased man’s young daughter against the hit and run driver. The case was settled a short time later with the driver’s insurance company.
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Crash with no Blood Draw
Two brothers were heading home from a concert when a speeding driver ignored a stop sign and
t-boned their vehicle. The impact killed one brother and left the other physically and emotionally
scarred. Despite the horrific injuries, the police shockingly let the negligent driver walk away
without taking a blood draw. The family retained Bill Winingham and Jon Noyes, who
uncovered text messages from the driver’s girlfriend telling her friends how intoxicated he was,
and followed the evidence to a bar where they had been drinking. Using the bar tab, eyewitness
testimony, police bodycam footage, and the girlfriend’s text messages, Bill and Jon established
that the bar overserved the driver and achieved a confidential settlement at mediation.
Confidential
Back-of-Queue Catastrophe
A dangerous queue formed on an interstate highway, causing traffic to back up for over a mile.
As the line of motorists grew longer and longer, nothing was done to warn drivers of the backup.
Eventually, a semi-truck failed to notice the backup and crashed into the line of cars, killing three
people. The families retained Jon Noyes and Emily Chimenti to investigate the cause of the
backup and hold the negligent parties responsible. Jon and Emily learned that the contractors
violated binding safety standards and manually slowed traffic on the highway for their own
benefit, which led to the crash. The case resolved for a confidential amount on the eve of trial.
Confidential
Family in Mold Nightmare
A family complained of mold in their home, and their landlord called them crazy. It refused to
test the home or lift a finger as their health deteriorated. They retained Jon Noyes, who not only
proved there was a mold problem in the house, but that the landlord knew about it the whole
time. Jon uncovered internal emails showing that the landlord had been warned about the mold
by a contractor months before his clients knew what was happening. He hired a mold specialist
to connect the mold in the house to his clients’ deteriorating health. The case resolved for a
confidential amount after a second mediation within a month of trial.
Confidential
Construction Company Responsible for Brain Injury
A woman was on her way to work when a construction company’s driver flew through a red light
and smashed into her vehicle, leaving her battered and broken on the side of the road. Her family
hired Jon Noyes and Kayla Carmosino to hold the construction company responsible. Using the
company’s fleet management system technology, Jon and Kayla not only proved that the driver
was speeding when he ran the red light, they established that he had multiple safety violations
leading up to the crash, which should have resulted in his termination. Jon and Kayla used an
animation to show the devastating effect the crash had on their client’s brain and body. The case
was resolved at mediation for a confidential amount.
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DCS at the Court of Appeals
A mother claimed that DCS failed to protect her son from pedophile foster parents, and a trial
court dismissed her claims. The mother hired WKW to represent her at the Court of Appeals, and
Jon Noyes and Kayla Carmosino prevailed in reinstating her case. Jon and Kayla explained that
contrary to its claims, DCS was not immune for its negligence under the Indiana Tort Claims
Act, and that the mother was free to assert common law claims against DCS on behalf of her
child. The Court of Appeals opinion can be found at Shawtai Sandifar v. Patterson, 255 N.E.3d
1190 (Ind. Ct. App. 2025), and a link to Jon Noyes’ oral argument can be found below:
https://mycourts.in.gov/arguments/default.aspx?&id=2962&view=detail&yr=&when=&page=3
&court=app&search=&direction=%20ASC&future=False&sort=&judge=&county=&admin=Fal
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Gas Can Explosion Seriously Burns Teenager
A thirteen-year-old boy who was standing next to a camp fire while visiting a friend’s house suffered second and third degree burns over his arms, torso, and neck when another teenager picked up a plastic gas can and poured gasoline directly onto the open flames, causing the gas can to explode.
The injuries were so severe that his body continued to burn for 72 hours after the incident, and he had to be put in a medically induced coma for 26 days. Doctors had to do relief cuts on his chest to relieve the pressure on his skin due to the swelling.
The boy underwent extensive physical and occupational therapy while in the hospital and after he was released home. He was required to wear pressure garments 23 hours a day for over a year and a half to help reduce scar tissue buildup, and the mental and physical toll on the boy, who was in seventh grade at the time of the incident, continues to be significant.
Wilson Kehoe Winingham Injury Lawyers clients originally brought suit against the homeowners, alleging a failure to maintain proper supervision over the minor children around the fire pit on her property, failure to maintain proper control and supervision of a dangerous condition, the fire pit, on her property, and failure to use reasonable care for the safety of guests on her property.
The plaintiff also brought suit against the insurance company of the parents of the girl who poured gasoline on the fire. Both suits were settled before trial for a confidential sum.
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Steel Cable Trap Injures Child
A farmer angry with motorcycle riders who traveled a path between a public road and his cornfields strung a steel cable across the path between two poles.
Our vision experts later determined the cable was nearly invisible against the background of the path and fields. So when our 13-year-old client rode his dirt bike down the path, he never really had a chance to see what caught him mid-neck and severed his vocal cord nerves, esophagus, and trachea before it knocked him off of the bike.
Although he survived the trap, the next two years of his life were filled with one medical emergency or procedure after another, in a constant fight to breathe, eat, and talk.
The case was settled during mediation with the insurance adjuster for the property owner.
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Explosion at Fort Benjamin Harrison
In an effort to track down a natural gas leak in a residential section of Army Ft. Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, an untrained army employee turned a pipeline isolation valve in the wrong direction, allowing gas to fill an abandoned steel pipeline.
The gas leaked from the abandoned pipeline into a residential building, where it ignited and exploded, killing two and severely burning several others.
We represented three of the burn victims and led a team of other plaintiff’s attorneys through the liability investigation of this explosion.
We determined that not only had the valve been turned the wrong direction but also that the army lacked established guidelines for operating the gas system and had been working with inaccurate pipeline maps.