About Michael Simmons

Mike now concentrates his practice upon securing compensation and fair recovery for individuals injured in automobile collisions, premises incidents including slip and falls, dram shop (liquor liability), trucking accidents, wrongful death and medical malpractice. Mike is also a mediator certified by the State of Indiana since 1992, and has served as an arbitrator chosen by his peers to resolve disputes outside the courtroom forum. Mike has been involved in nearly 100 jury trials taken to verdict in the State of Indiana, as well as in Federal Courts in Tennessee and Virginia, and litigation in New Jersey. Mike has presented briefs and/or oral arguments in the Indiana Court of Appeals, the Indiana Supreme Court, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Federal Court for the Northern District of Indiana and the United States Federal Court for the Southern District of Indiana.

Proven verdicts and settlements

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 School of Law
J.D., 1979
Indiana University
Undergraduate, 1976

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Indiana

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$42.5 Million Verdict for Motorcyclist Left with Severe Brain Injury After Tesla Employee Made Illegal Turn

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