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The Marion Superior Court must revisit the issue of whether a prospective juror’s body language made his dismissal appropriate after the Indiana Court of Appeals decided Tuesday it would be inappropriate to credit the state’s assertion without findings that the dismissal was not based on race.
The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a portion of an Indiana Court of Appeals opinion that extended the law enforcement community caretaker role beyond questions regarding seizures of a vehicle. The justices did affirm the man's cocaine conviction, however, finding his constitutional arguments failed.
A Putnam County law enforcement officer who used excessive force against compliant arrestees must return to district court for a second resentencing after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals determined the district court, once again, failed to adequately justify its imposition of a below-guidelines sentence.
The Justice Department says it will offer its resources to help 12 U.S. cities, including Indianapolis, fight violent crime.
A Gary attorney is being held in the Lake County Jail after she was arrested and charged with felony theft.
A temporary replacement for the judge of the Wabash Superior Court has been appointed as current Judge Christopher Goff prepares to step down from the trial court bench and transition to the Indiana Supreme Court next month.
The U.S. Supreme Court gave companies a new tool to defeat some legal claims, siding with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. in a bid to limit a consumer lawsuit in California over its Plavix blood thinner.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Daviess-Martin County Joint Parks and Recreation Department, Daviess County Indiana, and Daviess County Health Department v. The Estate of Waylon W. Abel by John Abel, Personal Representative, et al.
19A04-1607-CT-1563
Civil tort. Reverses the denial of the Daviess-Martin Joint County Parks & Recreation Department, Daviess County, Indiana, and the Daviess County Health Department’s motions for summary judgment regarding a negligence claim by the estate of Waylon Abel, and John Abel on behalf of the dependent children of Waylon Abel. Finds the county, parks board and health department did not have a duty to Waylon Abel.
A southern Indiana county and its parks and recreation and health departments did not owe a duty to a man who contracted a deadly infection while at a county park, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Monday, reversing the denial of summary judgment to the governmental entities.
A few months before law schools around the country begin a new academic year, the number of people applying for admission has slipped, with the greatest decline coming from applicants posting the highest LSAT scores.
The Supreme Court of the United States is taking on a case about partisan advantage in redistricting that could affect elections across the United States.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down part of a law that bans offensive trademarks, ruling in favor of an Asian-American rock band called the Slants and giving a major boost to the Washington Redskins in their separate legal fight over the team name.
The Indiana Supreme Court will not consider the issue of whether Indiana’s largest law firm was properly granted summary judgment in a legal malpractice suit, denying transfer to a case that raised concerns about attorneys’ ability to indemnify themselves against malpractice allegations.
After spending nearly a century adorning the apex of the courthouse ceiling, the stained-glass panels had begun to suffer from a phenomenon known as deflection. The condition results from gravity invisibly acting on the lead holding the glass in place.
A central Indiana woman who admitted giving her chronically ill mother a fatal injection of a painkiller has won release from prison.
Indiana is paying a law firm $100,000 to help deal with a backlog of public records requests, most of which seek emails from Vice President Mike Pence's tenure as governor, including correspondence routed through a private AOL.com account he used to conduct state business.
The Indianapolis Bond Bank is looking for firms interested in working on the city’s new criminal justice center — from providing civil engineering services to mechanical, electrical and plumbing work.
The Indiana Transportation Museum announced Friday morning that it plans to file a federal lawsuit against area government entities and authorities in regards to their ongoing battle over the Nickel Plate Railroad.
A Fort Wayne attorney’s lawsuit alleging Kroger stores in Indiana have for years knowingly failed to collect and remit state sales tax on hundreds of non-exempt food items and other goods will be heard in state court after a judge denied the grocers' bid to transfer the suit to federal court.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jack Allen Delauter v. Angela Lee Delauter (mem. dec.)
85A02-1611-DR-2644
Domestic relation. Affirms and reverses in part the Wabash Superior Court’s findings of fact and judgment dissolving Jack Allen Delauter’s marriage to Angela Lee Delauter. Finds the trial court’s conclusion the North Central Respiratory Inc. property had a value of $62,000 as a marital asset contradicts the finding that Jack Delauter’s one-half share was worth $31,000.