What the Lebanon Reporter reported
Lebanon police were called to a jobsite in Boone County where a woman was battered, according to the Lebanon Reporter's Boone Beat blotter[1]. Officers responded at 3:26 p.m. Thursday, August 27, 2026, to the 1400 block of West County Road 375 North in Lebanon.
The location was the woman's place of employment. The blotter does not name the victim, the person accused, or the employer, and it does not further describe the jobsite. The extent of the injury is not stated, no arrest is reported, and no charges are described. The Lebanon Police Department handled the call.
The Lebanon Reporter is the only outlet identified in the available record, and the draft reports no published follow-up. Further information may come from a Lebanon Police Department report or a court file if charges are later filed. The entry does not describe the relationship between the parties or how the other person came to be at the jobsite.
What you should do after violence at work
If you are injured by violence at work, the incident may involve a criminal investigation, a workers' compensation matter, or more than one process at the same time. Reporting the incident to police creates one record. Reporting it to your employer in writing creates another. You can review the firm's guide to workplace assault claims in Indiana for a plain-language overview of how these issues may overlap.
Get medical attention and make sure the record reflects how the injury occurred. Photograph any visible injury over several days, because bruising can develop and fade. Write down the names of coworkers or others who were present or saw the aftermath.
Ask whether the workplace has security video, then request in writing that it be preserved. Many systems overwrite footage on a short cycle. Whether anyone besides the individual involved bears responsibility depends on facts such as prior threats, access control, and who controlled the premises. A Fort Wayne workers' compensation attorney can help you understand the employment claim, while a separate third-party claim may require different evidence.
Why the Lebanon location matters
An incident in Lebanon will ordinarily be venued in the Boone County courts, and the investigating agency here is the Lebanon Police Department. When a workplace is involved, more than one body of law can apply. The employment relationship, the person accused, and control of the property can affect which process governs.
Indiana's workers' compensation system generally provides the exclusive remedy against an employer for an injury arising out of and in the course of employment. A claim against another responsible party, if supported by the facts, usually runs alongside rather than instead of a compensation claim. The firm's explanation of workers' compensation and third-party claims describes why these matters must be coordinated carefully.
The general deadline to file a personal injury lawsuit in Indiana is two years from the date of injury under IC 34-11-2-4[2]. Indiana applies modified comparative fault under IC 34-51-2-6[3], barring recovery by a person more than 50 percent at fault and reducing recovery proportionally below that. If a government entity were the employer or property owner, the Indiana Tort Claims Act would require notice within 180 days for a political subdivision under IC 34-13-3-8[4], or within 270 days for the State under IC 34-13-3-6[5]. Those notice periods are not extended by an ongoing police investigation.
How Delventhal Law Office can help
Delventhal Law Office, LLC is a personal injury law firm in Fort Wayne, Indiana, founded by attorney Chad E. Delventhal in 2009. The firm represents people across Indiana who have been hurt because of another person's carelessness, including injuries that happen at work or on someone else's property. The firm can explain how a criminal investigation, a workers' compensation claim, and a possible third-party injury claim may relate.
If you need help understanding the available paths, you can request a free case evaluation. Delventhal Law Office can review the facts without assuming that a police report or allegation establishes civil responsibility.
This post is based on public reporting, the investigation may be ongoing, and nothing here is legal advice or creates an attorney-client relationship.
