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Indiana Court of Appeals
Allan Highwood v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
49A02-1705-CR-1083
Criminal. Affirms Allan Highwood’s conviction for battery by means of a deadly weapon as a Level 5 felony. Finds evidence of probative value was presented from which the trial court as the trier of fact could find beyond a reasonable doubt that Highwood committed the offense of battery by means of a deadly weapon.
Highland attorney and one-time Indiana State Bar Association president Daniel B. Vinovich won a three-way race to be elected as the northern Indiana attorney representative to the Judicial Nominating Commission and Judicial Qualifications Commission.
Federal district courts across the country are warning citizens to be vigilant against jury phone scams.
The justices of the Indiana Supreme Court will consider whether to decide a dispute over a northern Indiana utility rate increase when it hears oral arguments on petition to transfer this week.
Indiana House minority leader Scott Pelath says he’s giving up that post and won’t seek re-election next year.
An Elkhart County official says the nation’s largest private prison operator is seeking land for a proposed detention center for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
A former councilman for the town of Merrillville has admitted taking bribes in a federal plea agreement.
Valparaiso University president Mark Heckler emphasized the law school is not closing after it announced Thursday it would suspend admission of students in 2018. However, the American Bar Association still may want a teach-out plan as is required of law schools that are ceasing operations.
An Arkansas-born attorney with long ties to the Hoosier legal community has been selected to become the newest magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
A woman who admitted she conspired to kidnap and kill a family law attorney in Hamilton County was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison, the office of U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler announced Friday.
A federal judge has reaffirmed his decision not to hear a law school graduate’s case against the members of the Indiana Board of Law Examiners, declining to grant a motion for reconsideration based on a finding that the board’s proceedings against him were not in bad faith.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Marvin Podemski v. Praxair, Inc. and Antibus Scales & Systems, Inc.
71A03-1608-CT-1927
Civil tort. Affirms the entry of summary judgment in favor of Praxair, Inc. and Antibus Scales & Systems, Inc. and the denial of Marvin Podemski’s motion to correct error. Finds the conditions presented by an air hose and the illumination of the area around the hose was known and obvious. Also finds Praxair and Antibus should not have expected that Podemski would not discover or fail to protect himself against the condition presented by the configuration of the air hose.
The dangers presented by the placement of an air hose at a truck stop were known and obvious to a driver who fell and injured himself on the hose, making summary judgment to the owner and servicer of the hose appropriate, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
The Indiana Southern District Court is seeking public comment on proposed amendments that would both change the language of an existing rule while creating another rule.
The estate of a woman who died this year has donated $300,000 toward maintaining a historic Fort Wayne courthouse.
A northern Indiana trial court must revisit the issue of whether a doctor adequately informed his patient of the risks associated with having a natural birth after the Indiana Court of Appeals reversed a grant of a directed verdict in the doctor’s favor on the issue of informed consent.
Hammond has become the latest government entity to sue pharmaceutical companies and distributors for their alleged role in fueling the opioid abuse crisis.
Jurors in the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez didn’t think the government’s case was strong enough to convict the New Jersey Democrat and a wealthy friend, according to interviews with members of the panel after a mistrial was declared Thursday.
The federal bribery trial of Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez ended Thursday with the jury hopelessly deadlocked on all charges, a partial victory for him that could nevertheless leave the case hanging over his head as he gears up for re-election to a sharply divided Senate.
Valparaiso Law School is denying a newspaper report that it is planning to cease enrolling students and close. However, “severe financial challenges” are forcing the northwestern Indiana law school to suspend admission of students for the fall of 2018.