November 30, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlAn insurance provider was unsuccessful in its attempt to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals to change its mind that the
company has a duty to indemnify or defend.
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November 30, 2012
Dave StaffordA Jasper County mother was denied due process when her children were allowed to be adopted while the birth mother’s
appeal of her termination of parental rights was pending, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
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November 29, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a trial court’s decision to deny setting aside agreements several members of
the Old Order Amish near Loogootee made to connect to a sewer system and the order that a couple hook up to the system.
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November 28, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals was split over whether Delaware County commissioners could terminate the contract of the Board
of Commissioners’ human resources director after two new members were elected to the board.
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November 28, 2012
Jennifer NelsonA Porter County man who fought the Bureau of Motor Vehicles' decision to suspend his license for being a habitual traffic
violator lost his case before the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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November 27, 2012
Jennifer NelsonFinding the Clark Circuit Court erred in considering parol evidence when denying a remodeler’s motion for summary judgment,
the Indiana Court of Appeals found the lower court should grant his motion on a lawsuit brought by a client for negligently
performing work on her home.
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November 21, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals rejected a defendant’s claim that the state should have to prove that he knew his estranged
wife was pregnant when he killed her in order to seek a sentence enhancement under the Indiana feticide enhancement statute.
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November 21, 2012
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals found the Clay Superior Court was right in dismissing a man’s pro se motion to correct
his sentence stemming from drug convictions in 1994.
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November 21, 2012
Jennifer Nelson
Nearly three months after hearing arguments on Thomas H. Andrews’ request that he should not have to register in Indiana
for a conviction in Massachusetts in 1984, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ordered that he be removed from Indiana's
sex-offender registry.
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November 21, 2012
Jennifer NelsonA defendant who argued that a Marion Superior Court should have dismissed a juror after she stood near the defendant and his
attorney briefly during a recess, but should not have replaced the juror who claimed she wasn’t comfortable rendering
a decision, lost before the Court of Appeals Wednesday.
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November 21, 2012
Dave StaffordIndiana appellate judges are grappling with sensitive questions about whether the state’s automatic and uniform parole
conditions for sex offenders are constitutional.
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November 21, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlEstate attorneys are hoping the Indiana General Assembly will provide a remedy after a ruling by the Indiana Court of Appeals
muddied the waters concerning the scope and duties of a lawyer working on behalf of an estate’s personal representative.
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November 20, 2012
Dave StaffordThe Indianapolis Star won’t have to divulge the identity of an online commenter pending further order of the
Indiana Court of Appeals, which heard arguments in a defamation case on Tuesday.
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November 20, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlA trial court’s error in considering an arrest record as evidence of criminal history was harmless, the Indiana Court
of Appeals ruled, because the aggravators and mitigators would have led the lower court to impose the same sentence.
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November 20, 2012
Dave StaffordAn Allen County plaintiff whose home was foreclosed lost her appeal Tuesday when a panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals held
that she had not demonstrated a meritorious defense.
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November 20, 2012
Dave StaffordA man who claims he was struck by a vodka bottle that resulted in 18 stitches won’t have to pay attorney fees to a woman
against whom he had been awarded a protective order, the Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday, reversing a lower court order.
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November 20, 2012
IL StaffGov. Mitch Daniels has appointed Angela Warner Sims as judge of Madison Circuit Court. She succeeds Judge Rudolph Pyle III,
who was appointed in August to the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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November 19, 2012
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Court of Appeals has blocked a court order requiring The Indianapolis Star to disclose the name of an
online commenter and will hear further arguments on the matter Tuesday morning.
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November 19, 2012
Dave StaffordA judge who ruled against opponents of the conversion of a former coal-fired energy plant in Jasper abused her discretion
on a series of matters, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Monday in reversing a bench trial that found for the city.
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November 16, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlA high school coach’s failure to report child abuse is a continuing offense to which the statute of limitations does
not apply, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
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November 16, 2012
Dave StaffordAn estate that purchased a foreclosed house at a sheriff’s sale established an equitable lien through which it was entitled
to collect proceeds in the event of an insured loss, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
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November 16, 2012
Dave StaffordA department store chain failed to persuade the Indiana Court of Appeals to reverse a trial court’s dismissal of a lawsuit
it filed against a developer and two public Vanderburgh County entities.
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November 15, 2012
Marilyn OdendahlThe stop, search and subsequent discovery of drugs violated the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable searches
even though the police officer was off duty at the time of the incident, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
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November 15, 2012
Dave StaffordA mother who used methamphetamine while pregnant and continued to abuse drugs after her children were judged in need of services
was properly denied parental rights, as was the children’s often-absent father, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
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November 15, 2012
Dave StaffordA trial court erroneously applied Georgia law in a lawsuit brought by a truck driver injured in a collision in West Virginia,
but correctly applied Indiana law yielded the same result, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
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vagueness cannot challenged, so let's write all laws vaguely and throw the constitution out the window.Even if the court is operating under a particular law, if they don't it they will change it to their liking. What a joke!!!
Two convictions becomes one conviction with exactly the same sentence, only it is not clear wheter or not that sentence will be 18 months, 120 months or 138 months. Actually if the guns were in a home, whether or not they were his, he is protected under the 2nd amendment. Jurors need to learn the law and the constitution before judging others. The cour5ts need to do this as well.
With all due respect, Rick, I think you probably would be making a mistake by going to law school. The job market for attorneys is so saturated, you may well find yourself unemployed and with a lot of debt. You mention law would be a good supplement to your skills. True. But employers unfortunately don't value that. You will find that a law degree may well pigeonhole you into an attorney slot and limit career options. If you have a good job now I would hold onto that. As an attorney, you may well end up making less with the aforementioned debt.
Jack, I was only responding to bill's comment of tying everybody in government together. I agree with you though, it takes one bad apple to ruin the bunch.. As in any profession. What's truly unfair is when somebody violates someone's trust and takes complete advantage of someone
John’s comment is unfair. The majority of attorneys can be trusted. Unfortunately, all it takes is one greedy, unscrupulous, immoral attorney to jade the public.