March 8, 2013
IL StaffTwo Indianapolis attorneys are facing criminal charges after the Marion County prosecutor filed charges in unrelated cases.
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March 8, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlA business’s argument that it should have been served with a separate notice of a small claims action was rejected by
the Indiana Court of Appeals Friday.
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March 8, 2013
IL StaffThe Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Indiana will no longer issue notices of impending closure without discharge
in Chapter 13 cases.
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March 8, 2013
Dave StaffordA Lake County man with a history of filing unsupported allegations and derogatory comments in pleadings was rebuffed on his
latest appearance before the Indiana Court of Appeals, which warned him against disparaging the bench.
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March 8, 2013
Dave StaffordThe Indiana Supreme Court will let stand the reversal of a trial court’s adult conviction and 25-year executed sentence
for Paul Henry Gingerich, who was 12 at the time he and an older boy shot and killed a Kosciusko County man.
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March 7, 2013
Jennifer NelsonAlthough a trial court’s refusal to give a defendant’s jury instruction was an error, it was harmless and his
felony auto theft conviction should be affirmed, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
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March 7, 2013
United States Bankruptcy Judge Robyn L. Moberly will be formally sworn-in at a ceremony Friday at the Birch Bayh Federal Building
and U.S. Courthouse in Indianapolis.
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March 7, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA lawsuit filed in Marion County claims that the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has overcharged residents for their driver’s
licenses by as much as $7 per license.
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March 7, 2013
Jennifer NelsonAfter finding a grandparent visitation order entered in Johnson County is voidable because of defects, the Indiana Supreme
Court sent the case back to the trial court for new findings and conclusions without hearing new evidence.
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March 7, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a criminal trespass conviction for a Marion County man after finding the state didn’t
prove a material element of the crime.
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March 7, 2013
IBJ StaffA federal judge has denied a challenge to a smoking ordinance passed last year by the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County
Council.
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March 6, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA divided Indiana Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for a hotel, its owner and the hotel franchisor that the hotel’s
insurance company had no duty to defend a civil complaint brought by a minor motel guest who was molested by an off-duty employee.
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March 6, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation’s renovation of a building
to be used to house all administrative offices violated the state’s Public Bidding Laws.
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March 6, 2013
IL StaffThis year’s Indiana Health Law Review Symposium at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will explore
patient responsibility as a key to improving the health care system.
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March 6, 2013
Kimberly Heaton will have a new hearing on whether she violated the terms of her probation when she was charged with Class
D felony theft. The Indiana Supreme Court vacated her probation revocation because a Madison Superior judge may have used
the wrong legal standard to find the violation.
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March 5, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for American Family Insurance in a lawsuit filed by a couple after the
insurer denied coverage for a 2003 fire at their home and voided the insurance policy from its beginning.
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March 5, 2013
IL StaffU.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is at Notre Dame Law School Tuesday and Wednesday as the Judge James
J. Clynes Visiting Chair. He will visit several law classes and speak with students and faculty.
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March 5, 2013
IL StaffProposals to expand services offered by problem-solving courts and to attempt to curtail fraudulent liens and other tactics
of so-called sovereign citizens will be heard Wednesday by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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March 5, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA Lake Superior Court did not abuse its discretion in denying a jury instruction on the presumption of innocence submitted
by a man on trial for murder and neglect of a dependent, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
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March 4, 2013
Jennifer NelsonBecause the extent of prior bad acts admitted into evidence during a man’s trial in Hancock County was “breathtaking,”
the Indiana Court of Appeals ordered he be retried on burglary and handgun charges.
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March 4, 2013
IL StaffThe Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee meets Tuesday morning to hear four bills, including a bill altering registry
requirements and procedures for sex offenses and sex offenders.
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March 4, 2013
Dave StaffordA federal judge on Friday dismissed several former college athletes’ attempt to bring a class-action lawsuit against
Indianapolis-based NCAA, writing in a 25-page order that the complaint “reads more like a press release than a legal
filing.” The judge left open the possibility that an antitrust claim may survive.
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March 4, 2013
J.K. WallA film company once headed by Indianapolis financier Tim Durham says he transferred $1 million to his Indianapolis lawyer,
John Tompkins, while fighting federal securities fraud charges
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March 1, 2013
Jennifer NelsonAfter initially vacating a District judge’s $600,000 sanction against SonCo Holdings for contempt of court and remanding
it to the lower court for more proceedings, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the sanction Friday.
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March 1, 2013
Jennifer NelsonFinding no error in the admittance of three photo identifications of a defendant following charges of kidnapping and extortion,
the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Lamar Sanders’ convictions and 25-year sentence Thursday.
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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.
In regards to bill's comment about trusting the cover meant. We can trust them about as much as we can trust attorneys'.
This is disturbing to learn...
Yikes!