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Heather Schroeder and Misty Tanner v. Progressive Paloverde Insurance Company and Progressive Southeastern Insurance Co.
24-1559
Civil. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson. Reverses the district court’s class certification order for a group of Indiana car owners insured by Progressive Paloverde Insurance Company and Progressive Southeastern Insurance Company (whose cars Progressive deemed total losses after collisions. Finds the district court’s class certification decision rested on an erroneous interpretation of Progressive’s Indiana auto insurance policy. Remands for further proceedings consistent with this opinion. Numerous attorneys listed for both appellants and appellees.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Steven M. Shockley v. Indiana Real Estate Appraiser Licensure and Certification Board
24A-PL-2064
Civil plenary. Affirms the Marion Superior Court’s dismissal of Steven Shockley’s petition to disqualify two of the Indiana Real Estate Appraiser Licensure and Certification Board’s five members and to exclude the state’s expert witness prior to his disciplinary hearing. Finds the board’s interlocutory rulings on Shockley’s pre-hearing motions were not final agency actions subject to immediate judicial review. Also finds Shockley did not establish he fell within the exception to the exhaustion requirement that would allow him to seek judicial review before the board decided his licensing matter. Attorneys for appellant: Thomas Malapit, Jr., J. Eric Rochford, Taylor Byrley. Attorneys for appellee: Attorney General Todd Rokita, John Oosterhoff.
Randall Travis v. V3 Express Carwash, LLC, Hobart Express Car Wash, LLC, Morgan Wyatt, LLC, the Leon S. Baine Revocable Trust Dated 10/22/12, and Leon S. Baine
24A-CT-3016
Civil tort. Affirms the Porter Superior Court’s entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants V3 Express Carwash, LLC, Hobart Express Car Wash, LLC, Morgan Wyatt, LLC, the Leon S. Baine Revocable Trust Dated 10/22/12 and Leon S. Baine on Counts I, II, and III of Randall Travis’s complaint. Finds the trial court did not err in entering summary judgment in favor of defendants on Travis’s breach of contract claim, properly entered summary judgment in favor of defendants on Travis’s fraud claim and did not err in entering summary judgment on Travis’s promissory estoppel claim. Reverses the trial court’s entry of summary judgment on Count IV of Travis’s complaint alleging a claim of quantum meruit and remands for further proceedings on that claim. Attorney for appellant: Adam Sworden. Attorney for appellees: Greg Bouwer.
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