Lewis Wagner Partner John C. Trimble Receives Louis B. Potter Lifetime Professional Service Award

Lewis Wagner is proud to announce that partner John C. Trimble has received the 2021 Louis B. Potter Lifetime Professional Service Award. The Award was presented during the Defense Research Institute’s Annual Meeting on October 15, 2021, in Boston. This national honor is presented each year on behalf of DRI and recognizes one […]
Lewis Wagner Welcomes Two New Attorneys

Lewis Wagner is pleased to welcome two associate attorneys to the firm. Ronald C. Gilbert, III will focus his practice on defending professional liability, products liability, class action, and consumer protection matters. Prior to joining Lewis Wagner, Ron practiced at both a boutique litigation firm and a large law firm where he represented Fortune 500 […]
Indiana Court of Appeals Concludes That General Liability Insurer Owed Duty to Defend Bar in Lawsuit by Accident Victim After Intoxicated Bar Patron Was Expelled

Ebert v. Illinois Cas. Co., 2021 WL 3853062 (Ind. Ct. App. 2021) Illinois Casualty provided both general liability and liquor liability insurance policies to two bars, Little Daddy’s and Big Daddy’s. A patron consumed alcohol at Big Daddy’s and became intoxicated. Big Daddy’s was using a bouncer who was an employee of Little Daddy’s, which […]
17 Lewis Wagner Attorneys Recognized in Best Lawyers

Lewis Wagner congratulates Richard M. Blaiklock, Dina M. Cox, Jarrell B. Hammond, Kyle A. Lansberry, and Thomas C. Hays, who have been named Indianapolis Lawyer of the Year in The Best Lawyers in America 2022. Only one attorney in each specific practice and each geographic region is selected as Lawyer of the Year by Best […]
Court Of Appeals Finds That “Insured Location” Did Not Extend to Nearby Parking Lot in Which Insureds Joyrode Golf Cart

Hoppe v. Safeco Ins. Co. of Indiana, 2021 WL 3137195 (Ind. Ct. App. 2021) In Hoppe, a minor was injured after falling off of a golf cart being driven by her friend, the minor daughter of the insureds, in the parking lot of an outdoor music venue across the street from the insureds’ home in […]
Box Factory Anchors NOMA Neighborhood

Indiana Business Journal: Laymen could be forgiven for not immediately grasping the economic potential of the Box Factory building, a 135,000-square-foot monolith that was built in 1920 for the U.S. Corrugated Box Co., which later morphed into Lacy Distributing. Located at 1411 Roosevelt Ave., just north of the Mass Ave Cultural District, it sat idle […]
Indiana Court of Appeals Concludes That MCS-90 Endorsement Applies to Intrastate Motor Carrier Travel

Progressive Southeastern Ins. Co. v. B&T Bulk, LLC 2021 WL 1747897 (Ind. Ct. App. 2021) Interpretation and application of an MCS-90 Endorsement is an ever evolving line of judicial decisions. In this case, the Indiana Court of Appeals addressed and offered two important rulings. First, the Court determined that the MCS-90 Endorsement, in Indiana, applies […]
Court of Appeals Upholds Insurer’s Introduction of Medical Bills at UIM Trial Even Though Plaintiff Sought No Recovery for Those Bills

Gladstone v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co., 2021 WL 1113900 (Ind. Ct. App. 2021) Plaintiffs’ attorneys, defense attorneys, and insurers have long quarreled about the admissibility of evidence for measuring medical damages in personal injury actions. Before the Indiana Supreme Court’s decisions in Stanley v. Walker, 906 N.E.2d 852 (Ind. 2009) and Patchett v. Lee, […]
New Location. Same Dedication.

Lewis Wagner is excited to announce that after nearly three decades on Indiana Avenue, we have relocated to Box Factory—a newly renovated historic building in the North Mass Ave. district in downtown Indianapolis. [fusion_vimeo id=”553431351″ alignment=”center” width=”950px” height=”” autoplay=”false” api_params=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” css_id=””][/fusion_vimeo] “Not unlike how we felt when settling into up-and-coming Indiana […]
Lewis Wagner, LLP Elects Five New Partners

Lewis Wagner is proud to announce the elevation of five associate attorneys to the role of partner. Matthew C. Boldt practices estate and business law and serves as the Chair of Lewis Wagner’s Estate Planning and Probate Disputes practice group. He serves clients in simple and complex estate planning, estate and trust administration, and probate […]