Catherine Breitweiser-Hurst

Catherine Breitweiser-Hurst focuses her practice in product liability, transportation law, and general negligence. She recently helped secure partial summary judgment in a transportation case, halting the plaintiff’s attempt to expand the potential liability of her client.  In addition, Ms. Hurst routinely defends several national retailers and hospitality companies in premises liability disputes.  Some of her recent litigation experience includes:

• Concluding a bench trial for a hospitality client where Ms. Hurst got the case dismissed by arguing the plaintiff presented insufficient evidence to meet the burden of proof.
• Obtaining summary judgment in favor of her clients in a municipal liability dispute involving three police officers, their department and municipality.
• Securing a favorable outcome in a jury trial for the client in a premises liability case involving a casino in Lake County, Indiana.
• Representing insurance companies and their insured parties in disputes involving serious personal injury.

Ms. Hurst also has significant experience in investigative matters. She has worked with both state and national level authorities to investigate a plethora of crimes. Some of her recent investigative experience includes:

• Working with local state and federal law enforcement to investigate special victim’s crimes from date of incident reporting through case resolution.
• Working with federal agencies to investigate digital crimes.
• Attended training with federal and state agencies put on by Microsoft regarding investigating digital crimes.
• Attended multi-national training in Toronto, Canada for investigating digital predatory crimes.
• Participated in and led interviews with many accused and accusers of sexual harassment and other crimes.

Ms. Hurst has also taken dozens of cases related to the above investigative topics to trial and obtained successful verdicts in nearly every one. She is a U.S. Navy veteran, who pursued her education following her enlistment.

After receiving her J.D. from Valparaiso University, Ms. Hurst spent more than 10 years as a deputy prosecuting attorney in Indiana. She is a member of the Lake County Indiana Bar Association and is active with the Transportation section of ALFA International, and is a member of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana.