A trial court ruled correctly when it granted the Brown County Board of Commissioners’ motion to dismiss a contractor’s complaint in a case centered around bidding for a hiking trail, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Friday.
A student who claimed her constitutional rights were violated when she was allegedly sexually assaulted and harassed on a police ride-along can bring a claim against a Hammond police officer, but not the city’s chief of police.
To Indiana medical marijuana supporters, it seems like popular opinion is on their side. Whatever public support exists, however, it didn’t result in the passage of any new bills in 2023.
In its Top 2023 Legal Trends Report, the website Legal Recruiter Directory noted an increased focus on collaboration within legal practices and the utilization of much smaller offices on average than previously.
An administrative law judge’s decision to deny a man’s disability application may have relied on medical records belonging to someone else, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in vacating a district court’s judgment and remanding the case.
A special needs toddler had been endangered by his parents’ methamphetamine use and a trial court correctly adjudicated the boy as a child in need of services, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Friday in affirming the court’s judgment.
A trial court did not abuse its discretion when it ordered a juvenile who violated the terms of his probation to be placed in the Indiana Department of Correction, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Wednesday.
A man convicted of a sex crime against a minor 15 years ago in Kentucky must remain on Indiana’s sex offender registry, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Tuesday.
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a two-year protective order Monday for a mother and her child, upholding a trial court’s ruling that the child’s father “represents a credible threat to the safety” of the mother or child.
The rape-related convictions that led to a man’s 650-year aggregate sentence will stand, as will the sentence itself, a split Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Monday in a ruling that included a dissent from one judge on the issue of double jeopardy.
The Department of Justice’s refusal to allow Ascension Medical Group to depose a Drug Enforcement Agency agent and a federal prosecutor in state court was reasonable and in line with federal regulations, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Thursday.
An incarcerated father seeking to modify the placement of his child failed to properly file his appeal and left the Court of Appeals of Indiana without appellate jurisdiction, the court ruled Thursday in dismissing the appeal.
An Indiana woman who won a multimillion-dollar verdict against a trucking company for a 2018 accident that left her quadriplegic cannot sue additional defendants for their alleged roles in the same accident, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
No one ever wants to remove a child from their parents’ household.
When there are allegations of abuse or neglect in a home, child welfare officials, caseworkers and judges have to make tough, complicated decisions about what is ultimately best for the child.
One of the new laws to emerge from the state’s 2023 legislative session could attract new advanced recycling companies to Indiana, something industry advocates and lawmakers hope results in less plastic going to landfills and more jobs coming into the state.
An Evansville couple weren’t responsible under the state’s dog bite statute for a tenant’s terrier that bit a United States Postal Service mail carrier, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Friday in upholding a trial court’s granting of summary judgment.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed a trial court’s declaratory judgment in a case involving Clinton County’s sheriff and his wife.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana denied a man’s post-conviction appeal Wednesday of his conviction and sentence for sexual misconduct with a minor, affirming that he received effective assistance from counsel and knowingly pleaded guilty in the case.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana granted a rehearing Tuesday and corrected a factual error in an opinion issued in April, but the court otherwise reaffirmed its ruling that there was sufficient evidence to support a conspiracy to commit murder conviction.
A trial court didn’t abuse its discretion when it did not find a man’s autism spectrum disorder diagnosis to be a mitigating circumstance in his 2022 sentencing for sex crimes against a minor, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Monday.