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State didn’t prove man committed trespass
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.
MoreJudge turns away challenge to smoking ordinance
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.
MoreMajority sides with hotel in lawsuit stemming from molestation
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.
MoreSchool corporation’s renovation of building violated public bidding laws
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.
MoreLaw symposium to look at patient responsibility
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.
MoreJustices: Use preponderance of evidence standard to find probation violation
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.
MoreJustices rule in favor of insurer in dispute over canceled policy
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.
MoreU.S. Justice Clarence Thomas visits Notre Dame Law School
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.
MoreSenate panel to hear problem-solving courts, ‘sovereign citizen’ bills
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.
MoreCOA: Court properly denied instruction on innocence
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.
MoreMan to get new trial because of counsel’s performance
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.
MoreHouse committee to hear sex offender, immediate detention bills
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.
MoreJudge tosses suit against NCAA that reads ‘like a press release’
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.
MoreLampoon: Durham used $1M from company to pay attorney
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
MoreJudges uphold $600k sanction for contempt
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.
More7th Circuit affirms kidnapping and extortion convictions, sentence
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.
More5 sitting jurists to judge moot court competition Friday
March 1, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA panel of distinguished judges, including one from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, will be on hand Friday evening to hear
final arguments in a case involving judicial recusal and eminent domain as part of the Indiana University Maurer School of
Law Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition.
MoreSettlement talks set for Don Marsh severance dispute
March 1, 2013
Scott OlsonLawyers for Marsh Supermarkets Inc. and its former CEO are set to meet Monday in hopes of finally ending their years-long
court battle in which the company already has notched a partial victory.
MoreAllen Superior magistrate resigns suddenly
February 28, 2013
IL StaffAllen Superior Magistrate Judge Marcia Linsky resigned Tuesday without prior notice.
MoreJudges uphold refund to pilot unhappy with plane rental’s service
February 28, 2013
Jennifer NelsonA man who prepaid into an account to be used when he rented planes to fly is entitled to a refund of $1,755.88 from a company
offering flight instruction and rentals, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled. The judges rejected the company’s claims
that the small claims court erred by ruling in the pilot’s favor.
MoreRehearing sidesteps state’s claims in battery case
February 28, 2013
Jennifer NelsonOn a petition for rehearing, the state claimed a recent decision by the Indiana Court of Appeals held that “a social
worker would always be a declarant in child abuse cases, even when the social worker is merely a scribe.” But the judges
disagreed and decided that this particular case is not the proper one to make such a blanket determination.
MoreMan’s 100-year sentence for impregnating stepdaughter, dealing drugs upheld
February 28, 2013
Jennifer NelsonAfter pleading guilty to child molesting and dealing in hydrocodone, a Dearborn County man was unable to convince the Indiana
Court of Appeals Thursday that his 100-year aggregate sentence should be reduced.
More401(k) contributions are income for child support calculation
February 28, 2013
Jennifer NelsonThe Indiana Court of Appeals Thursday affirmed that the money a father contributed to his 401(k) account during his marriage
may be included as income for purposes as determining child support.
MoreAmendment to law allows father to terminate child support
February 28, 2013
An amendment to Indiana Code last year lowering the age child support may be terminated to 19 trumped a previous dissolution
decree that said a father must pay support for his son until he turns 21, the Indiana Court of Appeals has decided.
MoreMedicaid expansion not dead but Legislature still divided
February 28, 2013
Marilyn OdendahlWhen talking about expanding Medicaid under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, both sides of the aisle in the Statehouse
focus on the same point – costs.
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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!