Symphony denies wrongdoing by conductor Urbanski, leadership
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is defending its conductor and leaders, describing claims of age discrimination and harassment made by a tenured musician as “outlandish” and “baseless.”
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Trump launches commission to investigate voter fraud
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday launching a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression, building upon his unsubstantiated claims that millions of people voted illegally in the 2016 election.
Man uses plastic bat to defend son from goose, gets ticket
An Indianapolis man says he shouldn't have been ticketed for using a plastic bat to protect his 4-year-old son from an aggressive Canada goose.
Anthem abandons battle for Cigna after court deals blow to deal
Anthem Inc.’s nearly two-year effort to buy rival insurer Cigna Corp. is officially dead.
Trump: Comey better hope there are no ‘tapes’ of talks
President Donald Trump, in a warning to his fired FBI director, said Friday that James Comey had better hope there are no “tapes” of their conversations. Trump’s tweet came the morning after he asserted Comey had told him three times that he wasn’t under FBI investigation.
ACLU slams, prosecutors welcome Sessions’ call for tougher charges
The American Civil Liberties Union says Attorney General Jeff Sessions is "repeating a failed experiment" by encouraging prosecutors to pursue tougher charges against most suspects.
Doctor suspended for sex with patient sues over board minutes
An Indianapolis doctor whose license was suspended after he admitted to having a five-year sexual relationship with a patient says he has been libeled by the Indiana Medical Licensing Board for how it recorded the matter in its official minutes.
Supreme Court updates rules for ‘Notice of Defect’ responses
The Indiana Supreme Court has updated the state’s appellate rules governing how attorneys and litigants must respond when the clerk of the state’s appellate courts return their timely filed documents that do not comply with Indiana Rules of Appellate Procedure.
7th Circuit allows inmate’s due process claim to continue
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed summary judgment against a federal inmate on his constitutional due process claims, finding that the reviews of his prolonged stay in solitary confinement may not pass constitutional muster.
Opinions May 11, 2017
Indiana Supreme Court
Danny Sims v. Andrew Pappas and Melissa Pappas
45S03-1701-CT-26
Civil tort. Affirms the judgment of the Lake Superior Court in favor of Andrew and Melissa Pappas for compensatory and punitive damages. Finds the remoteness of a prior offense does not affect the admissibility of the evidence. Also finds the compensatory damages were within the evidence and the punitive damages were not unconstitutionally excessive.
Company must face fired worker’s religion discrimination claim
A company that admitted a worker should not have been fired must defend against his claims that he was discriminated against because of his religious beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Columbus-based NTN Driveshaft Inc. denies that a human resources manager fired Jeffrey L. Jackson for unlawful or discriminatory reasons, instead […]
Rape charge against Indiana man dismissed after DNA testing
An Indiana man won't stand trial for a second time on rape and criminal deviate conduct charges filed a quarter-century ago.
AP: City pays Indiana congressman’s wife $20K/month for legal consulting
A burgeoning Indianapolis suburb has paid the wife of an influential congressman $580,000 since 2015 for legal consulting she largely does from the Washington area, an unusually large sum even in a state rife with highly paid government contractors, according to a review by The Associated Press.
Relying on video evidence that contradicts trial court is not ‘reweighing,’ justices rule
An appellate court’s decision to rely on video evidence to reverse a trial court’s findings does not constitute impermissible reweighing of the evidence if the video indisputably contradicts the trial court, the Indiana Supreme Court held Thursday while simultaneously affirming a man’s resisting law enforcement and battery against a law enforcement animal convictions.
Appeals court vacates multiple domestic violence convictions
Multiple domestic violence convictions against a man accused of repeatedly beating and choking his wife were vacated Thursday by the Indiana Court of Appeals, along with his adjudication as a habitual offender.
COA affirms $2.13M award against trucking firm in crash
A Tippecanoe County jury’s award of $2.13 million in damages to a woman permanently injured in a crash that killed her fiancé was affirmed Thursday by the Indiana Court of Appeals.
COA: Expert should have testified about personal medical practices
In a case of first impression, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled a patient in a medical malpractice case should have been able to cross-examine the medical expert about his personal medical practices.
Supreme Court: ‘remoteness’ of prior conviction doesn’t affect admissibility
Determining that the “remoteness” of a prior offense does not affect the admissibility of evidence at trial, the Indiana Supreme Court has affirmed the award of roughly $2 million in compensatory and punitive damages to a man injured by a drunk driver.
Indianapolis man gets 3 life sentences for killing spree
An Indianapolis man has received three consecutive life sentences for killing three people over four days in attacks that authorities say he justified by citing the horror movie, "The Purge."
China releases 2 prominent rights lawyers after 22 months
China has released two prominent human rights lawyers detained nearly two years ago, after they allegedly confessed in court to collaborating with foreign organizations and media to smear and subvert Communist Party rule.