About Christopher Pearcy

Chris maintains a diverse practice representing individuals, businesses, and insurance companies in legal matters throughout Indiana and Illinois. He focuses much of his time on personal injury litigation and insurance coverage disputes, but also handles a wide range of other legal matters. His practice areas include civil litigation, personal injury, insurance defense, products liability, dram shop (alcohol liability), complex insurance coverage, premises and auto liability, construction defects, construction accidents, environmental claims and toxic torts, large fire loss, subrogation, insurance fraud, business and contract disputes, employment law, mass tort and disaster litigation, workers compensation, first and third party insurance litigation, medical malpractice, and bad faith insurance defense.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Hume Smith Geddes Green & Simmons, LLP

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On October 18, 2020 Ryann Early, drunk and doing about 79 mph in a 40 zone, crossed into oncoming traffic on Albert S. White Drive in Whitestown and hit Sherry Schnee head-on. She broke her neck and is quadriplegic. He went to prison. On January 11, 2024 a Boone County jury awarded her $84,000,000 and her husband $75,000,000. Early is an individual with no insurer identified, and his own lawyer said afterward he wished there were actual dollars behind the number.

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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Indiana University Maurer School of Law
J.D., 2004
Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs
Undergraduate, 2000

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana
State Bar of Illinois

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