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One Indianapolis Schools’ Elementary School Gets New Playground

Parkview Elementary School 81 will receive a new playground on October 2nd but the work has already started. An asphalt lot will be a brand new playground thanks to the Allstate Foundation and Injury Free Coalition for Kids at Riley Hospital. About 50 volunteers are expected to be involved in the project.

The Allstate Foundation is an independent, charitable organization made possible by the Allstate Corporation. The Allstate Foundation works to create safe communities. The Allstate Foundation has offered a national donation of $370,000, seven locations across the US have been chosen with Indianapolis Schools ‘ Parkview Elementary School 81 being the only one in Indiana. Parkview Elementary School 81 was chosen, in part, because their recess area has for seventy five years been the asphalt lot.

The partnership between the Allstate Foundation and Injury Free Coalition for Kids at Riley Hospital aimed to redo the playground because of the safety issues surrounding child injuries on the playground. According to the Allstate Foundation, over 200,000 children suffer from injuries on the playground. Indianapolis Schools’ Parkview Elementary School 81’s new playground will be fun and safe. It will be covered with a new soft rubber tile known as SofTile and all equipment will have rounded edges. Safety was not the only goal; Indianapolis Schools wanted to improve access for students with special needs and make sure the equipment was durable.

Indianapolis Schools has discovered that play is important to the students’ physical, developmental, cognitive, and social development. Playgrounds are great for providing opportunities to learn about conflict resolution, sharing, and relationship building. Recess time gives students the time to release energy so they can better concentrate during study time. Playgrounds allow students to begin focusing on physical fitness and exercise. Indianapolis Schools Superintendent Eugene G. White wants all children to grow up knowing the pleasure of climbing and sliding on a playground.

The 300 students of Parkview Elementary School 81 are not the only ones to benefit from the new playground. It is estimated that 1,400 children live in the area around the school; these children will have access to the playground when the school is not in session. The Riley Hospital for Children reports that the Northeast-side Community Organization found that this area has some of the highest childhood injury rates in the city. This new playground will decrease fall injuries.

Indianapolis Schools Project Seeks Tutors

A new tutoring project for the fourth grade that is a joint program with Indianapolis Schools and the United Way of Central Indiana is looking for tutors. The project was announced on September 4th. This project aims to help students with reading and language arts skills for the fourth grade.

This project was created because thirty percent of the Indianapolis Schools fourth graders read two or more grade levels below grade. It is believed that one on one tutoring in word recognition, vocabulary development and fluency will help students achieve higher scores. The United Way has been running several similar projects in Madison, Wisconsin. The project aims to recruit at least 200 tutors who could spend one hour per week between the hours of 9:00AM and 3:30 PM at Indianapolis Schools.

In November 2003, 36 year-old Christina Hoover* was driving in the west bound lanes of Interstate 90 about 2 miles west of Cle Elum. Her husband was riding in the front passenger seat. The defendant, Sally Hinkle, was driving her vehicle in the adjacent lane but 3 to 4 car lengths ahead. The defendant then suddenly changed lanes in front of Ms. Hoover, causing her to lose control, spin 180 degrees and come to a stop sideways in the middle lane. Following behind was a 33 foot motor home towing a Jeep truck. The motor home could not stop in time and T-boned Ms. Hoover’s vehicle sending it spinning back into the cement jersey barrier.

The defendant was insured by Allstate Insurance Company. Allstate’s lawyer denied that the defendant was responsible for causing the collision and claimed that a trucker moved into her lane, causing the defendant to make an emergency lane change into Ms. Hoover’s lane.

Mr. Davis tracked down the motor home driver and his wife. These witnesses did not support the defendant’s version of the accident. They stated that the defendant made an abrupt lane change without being forced over by the truck. Mr. Davis also took the deposition of the Washington State Patrol Trooper who investigated the collision. The Trooper also stated that truck driver had nothing to do with causing the collision and that the defendant was solely to blame. Despite these witness accounts, Allstate refused to concede liability thereby forcing Ms. Hoover to go to trial.

Ms. Hoover received severe “whiplash” injuries to her cervical spine. An MRI revealed “cervical kyphosis” or the abnormal curvature of the spine. The MRI also showed a “disc protrusion” or herniation at C5-6. Ms. Hoover could not return to work as a self-employed cleaning lady. She incurred medical expenses of approximately $23,000 over a 3 year period.

Before a lawsuit was filed Ms. Hoover was willing to accept $25,000 to settle her claim, but Allstate refused. Several months after filing suit, Ms. Hoover again offered to accept $25,000 to settle her claim. Allstate refused again.

The jury found that Ms. Hinkle was 100% responsible for causing the accident and rejected her claim that the truck driver was at fault. The jury’s verdict was for $379,664. The judge then awarded attorney fees and expenses of $107,887, bringing the total verdict to $487,550.

The plaintiff was represented by her attorney Christopher Michael Davis of Bellevue. Allstate hired John C. Moore of Seattle to defendant Ms. Hinkle. *Names have been changed to protect our client’s privacy.



By: Christopher Davis

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