Opinions July 20, 2010

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7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Brenda
Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Center

09-3661
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Sarah Evans Barker.
Civil. Reverses the District Court’s order of summary judgment in favor of Plainfield Healthcare Center. Finds that
Plainfield’s racial preference policy for patients violates Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. That policy, along
with other incidents that occurred before Plainfield fired Chaney, contributed to a hostile work environment, and should be
considered in determining whether Chaney was fired because of her race.

United
States of America v. John Doe a/k/a Adaberto Guzman a/k/a Juaquin Tapia, Andres Cuellar-Chavez, and Enedeo Rodriguez Jr.


U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division. Judge Theresa L. Springmann
09-1658, 09-1756, 09-2242
Criminal. Affirms convictions of and sentences for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms
of marijuana following a jury trial. Appellants were conspirators in a drug distribution ring whose scheme was infiltrated
by an undercover officer. During sentencing hearings, the District Court overruled each defendant’s sentencing objections
and imposed a sentence on each defendant.

Indiana Supreme Court had posted no opinions before IL deadline.

Indiana Court of Appeals
Jeffery
H. McCabe, as Representative of the Estate of Jean Francis McCabe (deceased) v. Commissioner, Indiana Dept. of Insurance


49A02-0908-CV-728
Civil. Affirms trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of commissioner of the Indiana Department of
Insurance as administrator of the Indiana Patient’s Compensation Fund, in which the trial court found that attorney
fees and expenses incurred by the attorney representing the personal representative of a wrongful death estate are not recoverable
damages under Indiana’s Adult Wrongful Death Statute.
 
Steven
M. Rosenbaum v. State of Indiana

29A02-0911-CV-1097
Civil. Affirms trial court’s ruling Rosenbaum committed a Class A infraction even though he claimed he did not know
the insurance had lapsed on the borrowed vehicle he was driving. According to Indiana Code Section 9-25-4-4, a person who
knowingly operates a motor vehicle on a public highway, et al., commits a Class A infraction unless financial responsibility
is in effect with respect to the motor vehicle.

John
Thomas Pontius v. State of Indiana

29A04-1001-CR-24
Criminal. Affirms convictions of five counts of possession of child pornography, a Class D felony, for which Pontius received
an aggregate sentence of three years in the Department of Correction, with 545 days executed and 550 days suspended to probation,
following a bench trial. On appeal, Pontius claimed two of his convictions violated double jeopardy and that he received ineffective
assistance of trial counsel.


Michael J. Shepherd v. State of Indiana (NFP)

70A01-0911-CR-529
Criminal. Affirms trial court’s order resentencing Shepherd after he successfully pursued post-conviction relief.

 
Kayla
Johnson v. Timothy J. Reinhardt (NFP)

92A03-0912-CV-586
Civil. Affirms trial court order for Johnson to pay a portion of Reinhardt’s attorney fees.
 
Daniel
Brewington v. Melissa Brewington (NFP)

69A05-0909-CV-542
Civil. Affirms trial court’s judgment and final order on marriage dissolution decree, division of the marital estate,
and award of sole custody of the parties’ two minor children to mother.
 
S.T.P.
v. State of Indiana (NFP)
71A04-0912-JV-729
Juvenile. Affirms juvenile court’s reinstatement of jurisdiction over S.T.P. for the purpose of establishing restitution
after adjudicating him as a delinquent child and entering a dispositional order awarding him to the Department of Correction.

Andrew
Hirsty v. Kathy Hirsty (NFP)
02A03-1002-DR-55
Civil. Affirms trial court’s determination of the child support to be paid by Andrew Hirsty’s ex-wife Kathy Hirsty.

 
Termination
of Parent-Child Relationship of K.S; B.S. v. Indiana Dept. of Child Services (NFP)
82A01-1002-JT-76
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights.

Zachary
McCloud v. State of Indiana (NFP)
82A05-0911-CR-656
Criminal. Affirms convictions of an eight-year sentence for battery, a Class C felony, and resisting law enforcement, a Class
A misdemeanor.
 
Kevin
Early v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-0912-CR-701
Criminal. Affirms conviction of resisting law enforcement, a Class A misdemeanor.
 
Christopher
W. Turner v. State of Indiana (NFP)
29A02-0905-CR-479
Criminal. Affirms sentence of eight years for five counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated following a guilty plea.

 
William
Michael Lacy v. State of Indiana (NFP)
32A01-1002-CR-48
Criminal. Affirms conviction of strangulation; remands with instructions to vacate convictions of criminal confinement and
battery.
 
Termination
of Parent-Child Relationship of D.W. and T.W.; N.W. v. Indiana Dept. of Child Services, et al. (NFP)
49A02-0912-JV-1280
Juvenile. Affirms termination of parental rights.
 
Termination
of Parent-Child Relationship of J.C.; M.C. v. Marion County Dept. of Child Services, et al. (NFP)
49A04-0912-JV-728
Juvenile. Reverses the involuntary termination of M.C.’s parental rights to her child, J.C., and remands with instructions.

Indiana Tax Court
Dekalb
Co. Eastern Community School District v. Dept. of Local Government Finance
49T10-0906-TA-31
Tax. Reverses final determination of the Department of Local Government Finance. Given the actual language used in Indiana
Code Section 6-1.1-18-12, the phrase “actual percentage increase” means increase only. If there is no increase,
however, a zero value should be used in steps 2 and 4 of Indiana Code Section 6-1.1-18-12(e). Remands for further proceedings.

 

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