Ashley N. Hadler - Indianapolis, IN

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2011
    J.D.
    Honors: Health Law Concentration

• Non Legal Education

  • DePauw University, 2006
    B.A.
    Major: Biology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

Classes and Seminars

• Presenter, ICLEF Medical Malpractice Update “Third Party Liability,” Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, February 2022
  
• Chair and Presenter, “ICLEF Nursing Home Abuse Seminar,” Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, June 2021
  
• Presenter, “Indiana Arbitration Law Update,” Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, May 2021
  
• Presenter, “Let the Sun Shine In: Combatting Secrecy in Abuse Litigation,” Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, May 2020
  
• Presenter, “It Takes a Village: Protecting the Elderly from Abuse,” National Center for Victims of Crime, June 2020
  
• Presenter, “Returning to the Courthouse? Safety, Viability and Logistics,” National Crime Victims Bar Association, October 2020
  
• Presenter, “Sexual Abuse in Residential Facilities,” Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 2019
  
• Author, “Civil Sexual Abuse Litigation: A Guide for Survivors,” 2019
  
• Presenter, “Forensic Science Fundamentals for Attorneys,” National Business Institute, 2019
  
• Presenter, ’’Sexual Abuse Litigation: Calculating and Maximizing Damages,” Mass Torts Made Perfect, 2019
  
• Speaker, “Profits Over People-Spotting Issues of Neglect in Long Term Care Cases,” Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, 2018
  
• Panelist, “College and Church Sexual Assault Litigation,” Mass Torts Made Perfect, 2018
  
• Presenter, “Trial of the Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Case,” National Business Institute, 2018
  
• Panelist, “Working with Physically and Emotionally Traumatize Clients in Your Legal Practice,” Indianapolis Bar Association, 2018
  
• Presenter, “Mechanics of a Nursing Home Fall Case,” Levin & Perconti In-House Continuing Legal Education, 2016
  
• Presenter, "Proving Your Case through Written Discovery", National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, 2016

Pro Bono Activities

• Center for At Risk Elders Volunteer Guardian
• National Crime Victim’s Bar Association, Civil Justice Institute, Panelist
• Prevent Child Abuse Indiana, Advisory Board Member
• Decatur County Cheer Fund, Volunteer
• Families First of Indiana, ‘Give a Wrap, Volunteer

Representative Cases

• Representation of the Frankel family for the abuse of their late husband/father at the hands of a local assisted living facility, 2019: https://www.theindychannel.com/news/call-6-investigators/family-claims-elderly-father-died-after-being-abused-at-greenwood-nursing-home
• Representation of a local family whose elderly family member was sexually abused at her Residential Living Facility, 2019: https://www.theindychannel.com/news/call-6-investigators/family-claims-convicted-killer-sexually-abused-elderly-woman-while-working-at-carmel-nursing-home
• $5.75 mil settlement on behalf of a child who suffered injury at birth due to physician and hospital staff negligence, 2018
• $1.4 million settlement for her client who developed a pressure sore at an Illinois nursing home
• $835,000 settlement for an Illinois nursing home resident who suffered a severe sacral pressure sore and the development of contractures due to the negligence of two separate nursing facilities. Ashley was responsible for liability and treating physician depositions and attended mediation on behalf of her clients in this matter.
• $550,000 medical malpractice settlement for a physician’s failure to diagnose prostate cancer for a period of fourteen (14) months despite critical PSA laboratory values.
• $450,000 settlement on behalf of the family of a nursing home drowning victim. Ashley’s client was allowed to be unattended in a whirlpool bathtub where he was later found unresponsive.
• $3.5 million settlement on behalf of her client who was voluntarily admitted to a Chicago psychiatric hospital due to suicidal ideations and allowed access to hazardous cleaning chemicals which he ingested causing catastrophic and severe esophageal injuries. Ashley was instrumental in winning a Motion to add punitive damages in this case and bringing it to settlement.
• $725,000 settlement on behalf of an Illinois nursing home resident who suffered a preventable fall resulting in a hip fracture and the development and deterioration of a sacral pressure sore.
• $460,000 Nursing Home Sexual Abuse settlement for the adult child of a nursing home rape victim. The resident was sexually assaulted by another nursing home resident due to the facility’s failure to properly supervise and monitor the perpetrator.
• $950,000 settlement on behalf of a Chicago nursing home resident who suffered a fall and femur fracture resulting in immobility, malnutrition, dehydration and the development and deterioration of pressure sores.
• $750,000 settlement for the family of a seventy (70) year old woman who was killed as a passenger in a head-on collision.
• $500,000 settlement for a child victim attacked by a police dog who suffered permanent facial scarring.
• Doe v. Carmel Operator, LLC, 160 N.E.3d 518 (Ind. 2021)
• Cooper’s Hawk Indianapolis, LLC v. Ray, 162 N.E.3d 1097 (Ind. 2021)

Bar Admissions

• Indiana, 2011
• Illinois, 2013
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana, 2018
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Indiana, 2018

Other Affiliations

• American Association for Justice—Nursing Home, Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault Litigation Groups
• Indiana Trial Lawyers Association
• Illinois Trial Lawyers Association
• National Crime Victim’s Bar Association
• Prevent Child Abuse Indiana Advisory Board
• Indianapolis Bar Association