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AG’s office secures $5.1 million dental clinic settlement

The Indiana Attorney General’s Office has helped secure a $5.1 million settlement with two dental firms accused of improperly billing Indiana Medicaid for unperformed or unnecessary dental services. The settlement, reached in conjunction with U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman in the Western District of Kentucky, resolves claims that ImmediaDent of Indiana LLC improperly billed Indiana Medicaid for dental services in its nine dental practices in Indiana.

SCOTUS rejects net neutrality appeal

The Supreme Court has ended the court fight over repealed Obama-era “net neutrality” rules that required internet providers to treat all online traffic equally. The court on Monday rejected appeals from the telecommunications industry seeking to throw out a lower court ruling in favor of the “net neutrality” rules. 

2 Elkhart police officers face battery charges

Two Elkhart police officers were placed on administrative leave and will be charged with battery for repeatedly punching a handcuffed man in the face. The Elkhart police department on Friday announced the charges against officers Cory Newland and Joshua Titus.

Indiana boy, 13, expected to admit to May school shooting

A 13-year-old boy accused of shooting and wounding a classmate and a teacher at their suburban Indianapolis school was expected to admit during a Monday court hearing to carrying out last May’s attack. The teen was set to appear in juvenile court for an admission/uncontested fact-finding hearing and a disposition hearing in Hamilton Circuit Court.

Opinions Nov. 2, 2018

Indiana Supreme Court
In the Matter of Larry W. Rogers
64S00-1704-DI-251
Attorney discipline. Suspends Larry Rogers for 90 days, with the manner of his reinstatement conditional upon full restitution being made to a client who paid an unearned retainer of $8,000. Finds Rogers committed attorney misconduct by neglecting an appeal and then failing to refund the unearned fee.

Justices hear NIPSCO industrial users’ rate hike appeal

The Indiana Supreme Court heard oral argument Thursday morning on a utility rate increase case, hearing a northern Indiana utility industrial group’s appeal over whether a reversal of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s application of its own settlement orders conflicted with a prior settlement.

New judges named in Allen, Monroe counties

An Allen County magistrate judge has been selected to fill one of two upcoming vacancies in the Allen County courts, and the successor has been chosen for a longtime jurist in Monroe County.

Southern District seeks comment on McKee reappointment

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana is seeking comment on  whether Magistrate Judge Craig M. McKee should be recommended for reappointment. The current term for McKee, who works in the Terre Haute Division, expires August 22, 2019.

Justices: Mineral-rich property transfers improper in trust case

A bitter dispute between stepsiblings — including a woman who was written out of her inheritance of mineral-rich property — has resulted in the Indiana Supreme Court ruling that a decades-old transfer of the land to her stepbrother was improper.

Valpo attorney suspended for failing to refund unperformed work

A Valparaiso attorney who neglected a client’s appeal and failed to refund a fee paid for his unperformed service has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana for 90 days and cannot be reinstated until he pays full restitution.

Court reverses judgment for buyer in soured land-sale deal

A Marion Superior judge clearly erred in excluding a contract as evidence, then wrongly ruled for the defendant in a lawsuit arising from a home sale agreement she backed out of, the Indiana Court of Appeals determined Friday.

Opinions Nov. 1, 2018

7th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States of America v. Styles Taylor and Keon Thomas
17-2986, 17-3145
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division. Judge James T. Moody. 
Criminal. Affirms Styles Taylor and Keon Thomas’ life sentences. Finds the sentences are reasonable despite Taylor and Thomas’ difficult upbringings, and neither Taylor nor Thomas rebutted the presumption of reasonableness. 

$1 million DOJ community grant awarded to Indy’s east side

The City of Indianapolis has received another grant from the Department of Justice aimed at reducing violent crime. Announced by Mayor Joe Hogsett and Indiana Southern District U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler on Wednesday, the Community Based Crime Reduction grant is designed to assist in efforts to eliminate gun violence and crime on Indianapolis’ east side.

Summary judgment for law firm in legal malpractice case reversed

The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded summary judgment for an Indianapolis law firm in a legal malpractice case after finding a question of fact as to whether an auto company had a reasonable belief that its attorney was acting as an agent for the law firm.

Justices: Proven misuse a defense to product liability claims

The Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the grant of summary judgment to a tool manufacturer sued after a man lost his eye while using one of the manufacturer’s products, finding the man’s misuse of the tool in question was the cause of his injuries and was a complete defense to his product liability claim.