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Family of Carmel teen sues Juul, calling e-cigarettes addictive, dangerous
A Carmel family is suing Juul Labs Inc., saying the company’s e-cigarettes contain excessively high amounts of nicotine and do not include warnings that the products can become addictive.
Opinions Aug. 30, 2019
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals was posted after IL deadline on Thursday.
Malcolm Cobb, Jr. v. Aramark Correctional Services
18-1909
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Senior Judge Sarah Evans Barker.
Civil. Reverses and remands the Southern District Court’s dismissal of Malcolm Cobb Jr.’s lawsuit, finding he was late in filing his state-court negligence action against Aramark Correctional Services, which then was removed to federal court. Finds the district court misinterpreted Indiana’s prison mailbox rule and that Cobb had submitted reasonable, legitimate, and verifiable documentation supporting his claim that his documents were timely submitted.
Lefstein leaves legacy in classroom and public defense
In the middle of what likely was chaos on a spring day in 1971, Norman Lefstein sat down and calmly wrote a petition for habeas corpus.
7th Circuit reinstates Ford discriminatory hiring class-action
Ford Motor Co. and other defendants must face a class-action lawsuit alleging discriminatory hiring practices at a Chicago-area assembly plant. Plaintiffs convinced a federal appeals court to let proceed their claims that hiring practices at the plant could negatively impact Hispanic workers in northwestern Indiana and elsewhere hoping to land a job there.
7th Circuit: Indiana prison mailbox rule misinterpreted in slip-and-fall case
A prisoner who filed a complaint against a customer services company after injuring himself in a kitchen slip and fall has had his case reinstated by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel concluded Indiana’s prison mailbox rule had been misinterpreted in dismissal of the man’s case.
Drug-possession convictions affirmed for woman following inventory of her purse
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a woman’s drug possession convictions after a traffic stop led to the discovery of contraband in a purse that the trial court inferred to be hers.
Transfer granted in case involving solicitation agreements
| IL Staff
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case involving a noncompete and solicitation agreement ruled to be overly broad.
State public defender Stephen Owens retiring in December
| IL Staff
After more than eight years in office, Indiana Public Defender Stephen Owens will retire at the end of 2019.
St. Joseph lab assistant fired over alleged clean-urine scam
| IL Staff and Associated Press
A St. Joseph County lab assistant has been fired after he was arrested on suspicion of selling clean urine to people on probation who are subject to drug testing, the county courts said in a statement. Raymontow Davis was fired after his arrest Tuesday, the St. Joseph Circuit Court said in a press release Thursday afternoon.
Trump asks high court for broad enforcement of asylum rules
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to prevent Central American immigrants from seeking asylum no matter where they cross the U.S. border.
Charges brought in 2 separate slayings at Indiana prison
Authorities in Indiana say charges have been brought in the separate slayings of two inmates at the Miami Correctional Facility.
Taft announces merger, expansion into Minneapolis market
Taft Stettinius & Hollister has announced it will be expanding its footprint through a merger with the 135-attorney Minnesota law firm of Briggs and Morgan. Once the combination is completed Jan. 1, Taft will grow to more than 600 lawyers spread across 12 offices located primarily in the Midwest.
Former IU McKinney dean Lefstein dies at 82
| IL Staff
Norman Lefstein, dean emeritus of Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law and renowned legal scholar in the fields of criminal justice, indigent defense and professional responsibility, died Thursday. He was 82.
Candidate’s suit challenges caucus to pick Johnson County prosecutor
| IL Staff
The selection of a new Johnson County prosecutor will continue as scheduled Thursday night, even though one of the candidates filed a lawsuit attempting to stop the Republican Party caucus to select a successor to Bradley Cooper, who was removed from office.
Study committee begins summer review of criminal justice reform initiatives
As criminal justice reform efforts continue across the state, members of the Indiana General Assembly are meeting this summer to discuss issues related to pre-trial release, indigency and sentencing, among others.
Opinions Aug. 29, 2019
Indiana Court of Appeals
Damoine Wilcoxson v. State of Indiana
18A-CR-1882
Criminal. Affirms Damoine Wilcoxson’s convictions of attempted murder and Level 5 felony criminal recklessness. Finds the Marion Superior Court should have entered two attempted murder convictions and sentenced Wilcoxson accordingly. Also finds the trial court did not err in the admission of evidence. Remands for the entry of a conviction and sentence on the second count of attempted murder.
Res judicata clarification allows CHINS finding to stand
In granting a petition on rehearing, the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed its earlier ruling and allowed the Department of Child Services to move forward with a new child in need of services petition even though the filing relied on allegations made in a previous CHINS petition that had been overturned.
COA affirms IMPD shooting conviction, splits attempted murder counts
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a man’s conviction for shooting up two Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department buildings, but reversed the merger of his two attempted murder convictions into one count.
Reversal: Man who injected wife with drugs can’t be charged with felony murder
A man alleged to have killed his wife after she died from a narcotic drug injection he administered cannot be charged with felony murder, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.