Portraits of Chief Judge Pratt, Judge Magnus-Stinson unveiled at federal courthouse
A ceremony Thursday unveiled new commissioned portraits of Chief Judge Tanya Walton Pratt and Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson inside their respective courtrooms.
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COA allows nurse’s med-mal complaint against doctor to continue
A nurse who contracted a skin infection through her work at a Hobart hospital can pursue a medical malpractice complaint against a physician, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in a Thursday reversal.
Pretrial release, 7 years in: State data still coming, but counties showing improvement
It’s been seven years since the Indiana Supreme Court issued its order adopting Criminal Rule 26, a mandate that set out to improve pretrial release practices across the state.
Waiting game: As immigration backlog grows, attorneys say some clients wait years for resolution
That federal courts, including the one in Chicago that handles all Indiana immigration cases, have a case backlog is something that immigration attorneys have gotten used to over the years. But that backlog has now reached record levels.
Formerly incarcerated seeing more options to vote: Advocates say educational efforts are still necessary
Some states, including Indiana, automatically restore voting rights upon release from incarceration. But that doesn’t mean everyone with a felony conviction understands that their voting rights have been restored upon release.
Justices to hear arguments Wednesday in ‘unprecedented revision’ of invasion of privacy sentence
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a case involving a man who was convicted of 10 counts of misdemeanor invasion of privacy but whose sentence was sharply reduced by a split Court of Appeals of Indiana.
Founders of Angola trucking company sued in Steuben Superior Court over allegations of fraud, financial improprieties
The founding shareholders of a northern Indiana transportation company are now defendants in a complaint for damages filed by Tradition Transportation Group Inc. in Steuben Superior Court.
Attorney suspended 45 days by IN Supreme Court for false provisional license statements, failure to disclose Ohio divorce proceeding
A Speedway attorney is facing a 45-day suspension for knowingly making a false statement of fact to the state’s Board of Law Examiners in connection with a 2018 bar admission application.
Federal judge orders city to produce some, but not all, IMPD documents related to death of Herman Whitfield
Several police documents related to the death of Herman Whitfield III can be withheld until the criminal cases against two officers involved in his death are resolved, a judge has ruled. But other documents not related to the criminal cases must be produced.
Ousted founders of transportation company get TRO against former general counsel, state lawmaker, others
A northern Indiana transportation company has obtained a temporary restraining order against its former general counsel, a state lawmaker and other defendants in a dispute over the sale of more than $28 million of the company’s stock.
Woman in divorce case can’t relocate with her child to San Diego, COA affirms
A mother whose request to relocate to California with her minor child was denied has failed in her bid for relief from the Court of Appeals of Indiana.
Collateral consequences doctrine doesn’t apply to moot involuntary commitment appeal, COA rules in dismissal
The Court of Appeals has dismissed as moot the appeal of a woman’s involuntary commitment, determining the collateral consequences doctrine does not apply in her case.
Speedway immune from lawsuit filed after police dog bit delivery driver
The town of Speedway is immune from a lawsuit filed by a delivery driver who was bitten by a town K-9 officer, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed.
Man’s federal conviction for sex crimes doesn’t bar Indiana from prosecuting him on state charges, COA affirms
Indiana’s double jeopardy statute does not bar the state from prosecuting a man already convicted in federal court of sexual misconduct with a minor in a Hammond hotel, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Friday.
Evicted renter has no legal right to challenge quiet title complaint filed by new property owner, COA affirms
A longtime tenant at an Indianapolis rental property had no right to take action against a new property owner’s quiet title default judgment, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday in affirming a trial court’s decision.
Man loses appeal of murder conviction in shooting death of Southport Police Lt. Allan
The man convicted of killing Southport Police Lt. Aaron Allan has lost his arguments on appeal that due process violations and insufficient evidence undercut his murder conviction.
New attorneys receive guidance from mentors: ISBA program on pause, but state bar still plans to offer mentoring to members
Fresh out of law school and looking to pivot from the classroom into the role of a practicing lawyer, hundreds of young attorneys have gone through the Indiana State Bar Association’s Mentor Match program since it launched in November 2010.
NAPABA brings annual convention to Indianapolis: November event to feature speakers, panel discussions on AANHPI issues
The convention is an annual gathering of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander attorneys, judges, law professors and law students and features dozens of speakers and a full agenda of panel discussions and continuing legal education programs.
COA again declines to order recusal of Elkhart Co. judge in post-conviction proceedings
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has once again declined to order an Elkhart County judge to recuse herself from a post-conviction case based on allegations of prejudice stemming from previous wrongful-conviction proceedings.
COA affirms man’s murder, attempted murder convictions, finds no reversible error committed in admitting exhibits over hearsay objections
Text messages and rap lyrics introduced over a man’s hearsay objections were admissible and there was sufficient evidence for his murder and attempted murder convictions and 143-year aggregate sentence, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Monday.