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here he is and you can count on the colonel
karl truman our personal injury lawyer
we were just chatting about the fact that there are so many laws that regulate
our lives and taking pictures i mean there's a whole bunch of different
laws about that too
karl will help you get out of any big snag that you're in
if you've slipped and fallen if somebody has
had medical malpractice against you if you had a car accident and you don't know how to deal
with it and you have written a book
on the subject of insurance so that's pretty impressive karl
yeah as i've said before one of my goals is try to inform the consumer and try to
promote public awareness rather than so many lawyer
ads just say me me me hire me and all the
benefits for them my goal is to just like being on this show is to educate
be able to answer questions
because i think an informed consumer an informed public helps our
society so much better because there's so much misinformation out there esspecially
in media about what our laws are
and always hearing about quote civil-less lawsuits which is really not true
there are so many talking about laws on the books there's so many immunities
it's amazing there so many
which i find it
odd and ironic that some
politicians who want to promote
oh we need less government we need government out our lives actually are the same people
promoting
more laws
protecting corporations protecting insurance companies
providing more immunities restricting rights of the public and citizens to re-dress
their complaints in the courtroom
amazing
and karl you've got a whole bunch of people who write to you on a regular
basis and we only have a a few moments to talk about some of the emails we get
but this one is really important and considering that prom is coming up so we're gonna hit
you with this question
my daughter is getting ready to go to prom in a few
weeks she isn't driving yet
but what if whoever is driving her drinks and gets pulled over would my daughter get in trouble
or just the driver i know you're a lawyer and not the
law but what do you think that's from terry in floyds knobs
well
believe it or not well part of the question that wasn't in there is the
daughter drinking
you know first off if she's not drinking she should not get into a car
well nobody should get in a car with someone who's been drinking and driving of course
but it's very ironic this question there's a recent indiana pellet course that
came out
overturning there was a
prosecutor
actually there was a state trooper
pulled over a car
and the person driving was sober
and there was someone in the back seat who was drunk and passed out in the back seat
but the driver was sober
you know we always hear about designated driver drink and drive well they weren't
the person in the back had too much to drink
the police officer had pulled the car over for speeding or some other
violation
saw this person and actually arrested the guy in the back seat for public intoxication
but how can you do that
he's in that personal vehicle well it's still in
the public place but
the court of appeals actually overturned that but the
court convicted him of public intoxication which
i think flies in every common sense that we have
about
well you know you're doing the right thing you're not
driving someone else is taking care of you but then the policeman
actually arrested him for public intoxication and i think that that was totally wrong
and the court of appeals agreed but the trial court and the prosecutor actually
went after him and convicted him amazing
there is another the whole slip and fall theory this is something that a lot of people
are concerned about and that's why they have to come to an attorney to get help because
u fall in a public place
whose responsibility is it that's what amy in louisville wants to know she said she recently fell at a bar
at 4th street live because of water on the floor
in the fall i broke my tailbone but didn't realize it until a few days later when it hurt so bad i had
to go to the doctor i called to have them cover my doctor's bills and they said they werenm't responsible for
anything sorry if this is a live and learn situation
i guess she's gonna have to deal with it but is there anything amy in louisville can do about
this particular situation
well slip and fall cases are always
tough cases
because number one kentucky
has what's called an open and obvious rule
that is if something is
like if you're on you know you see ice out here in the parking lot and you
see it and step on it and fall
well you do have a responsibility of where you're stepping and if its something that
is clearly open an obvious
then you know
the jury can consider that and apportion the damages or even the judge can
throw it out completely so there is there are some tough issues especially
falling in a bar
one of the questions the insurance compamny is going to ask well
she's in a bar was she drinking
and what was it spilled one of the defenses that we always see
whether it's a grocery store that drop something
they always want to say well it just happened and we didn't have a chance to respond
and clean it up and take care of it because there is reasonableness on both sides
as far as what is the duty and what is their obligation
it is important to notify someone right away because
if she didn't say anything
two days later she says i'm hurt i'm goin to call this person i'm going to call this bar back
and say that i slipped there saturday night
what do they know a little suspicious how do they establish if it's true or not
even if they want to do the right thing
you've got to notify them right away to document it
and fill out an incident report and
make sure you get the name of person who you talk to
because other issue that i see is people do notify the manager
but they don't fill out an incident report and days and weeks
later like i don't remember that person they never told me anything
exactly well you can find out more about checking out truman law dot com karl's website
and you can also dail numbers in both indiana and kentucky the five o two number is nine
six eight six thousand and in indiana eight one two two eight two eighty five hundred
and you're welcome to send your email questions to him and also
during these opportunities to call in live even if you can't get through on the phones
we'll answer your email questions great thank you thanks for being with us today karl
and thanks for bringing in new mugs
that's right yeah i can't wait to start using those karl truman mugs appreciate it
we'll be back with more louisville live this morning right the break