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7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Atlanta Gas Light Company and Southern Company Gas v. Navigators Insurance Company
Nos. 24-2888 & 24-2889
Civil. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Judge James P. Hanlon. Affirms the district court’s rulings that Atlanta Gas Light Company and Southern Company Gas qualify as “additional insureds” under an excess liability insurance policy issued by Navigators Insurance Company and that Navigators breached the policy by refusing to defend and indemnify them in underlying Georgia personal-injury lawsuits arising from a gas explosion.
This opinion was issued Friday:.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Ricky House, Jr. v. State of Indiana
25A-PC-620
Post-conviction relief. Appeal from the Posey Circuit Court, Judge Craig Goedde. Affirms the denial of Ricky House Jr.’s petition for post-conviction relief. Holds House failed to establish prejudice under Strickland v. Washington on his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Concludes that, even assuming deficient performance, overwhelming evidence supported House’s convictions for multiple offenses arising from the prolonged confinement and repeated sexual assault of the victim, including detailed victim testimony, corroborating witness testimony, physical evidence recovered from the trailer, DNA evidence, and photographic evidence. Finds no reasonable probability that the result of the trial or sentencing would have been different absent the alleged errors. Appellant’s attorney: Michael Frischkorn. Appellee’s attorneys: Attorney General Theodore E. Rokita, Supervising Deputy Attorney General Ellen H. Meilaender.
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