Facebook post costs woman chance to pursue lawsuit
A Facebook post has cost a woman her chance at pursuing a civil lawsuit against doctors who misdiagnosed her Lyme disease as multiple sclerosis.
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UVa administrator urges judge to keep Rolling Stone verdict
Attorneys for a University of Virginia administrator are urging a federal judge not to overturn a jury's verdict against Rolling Stone magazine for its botched story "A Rape on Campus."
Ex-Supreme Court employee suing high court for discrimination, retaliation
A former Indiana Supreme Court employee is suing the state’s highest court for alleged ongoing disability discrimination and retaliatory actions.
Critics decry Pence team for letting state fair stage collapse rule expire
The Pence administration has let expire the emergency rule put in place after the 2011 Indiana State Fair stage collapse that left seven people dead and dozens injured.
Reopening case after closing arguments was not an abuse of discretion
The Marion Superior Court did not abuse its discretion when it allowed the state to reopen its case against a defendant after closing arguments because the defendant had been forewarned that certain evidence could be admitted if he presented a contrary intent defense, the Indiana Court of Appeals held Wednesday.
COA: Purchase agreement valid, case against company must go to arbitration
A Kentucky-based houseboat company cannot be forced to refund a deposit to a Henry County couple after the Indiana Court of Appeals found Wednesday that an existing purchase agreement was a valid and binding contract that allowed the company to request arbitration.
Opinions Dec. 28, 2016
Indiana Court of Appeals
Stardust Ventures, LLC v. Gary Roberts and Teresa Roberts
33A01-1603-PL-604
Civil plenary. Reverses the Henry Circuit Court’s denial of Stardust Ventures LLC’s motion to dismiss a suit brought by Gary and Teresa Roberts to recover $75,000 paid to Stardust. Finds that the purchase agreement is a valid and binding contract between the parties and that Stardust did not waive its right to request arbitration. Remands to the trial court to enter an order compelling arbitration.
Charges dropped against 2 doctors in painkiller probe
The Wayne County prosecutor has dropped charges against two doctors in an investigation of how drugs were prescribed at an addiction clinic.
Last of 5 convicted in fatal house explosion is sentenced
A man who was among five people convicted in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion received a three-year prison sentence, with one year suspended Wednesday, becoming the final defendant sentenced for the blast prosecutors said was a plot to claim insurance money.
Feds say 3 hacked law firms’ networks, made insider trades
Federal prosecutors have charged three Chinese nationals accused of profiting from insider information about mergers and acquisitions by hacking into the networks of law firms working on the deals, authorities said Tuesday.
Lack of expert testimony leads to judgment in favor of Indiana attorney
The lack of expert testimony in a yearslong bankruptcy case led to the appropriate grant of summary judgment to an Indiana attorney, the Indiana Court of Appeals found Tuesday.
COA holds that arbitration exclusion applies to State Farm case
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment in favor of State Farm Insurance Tuesday, writing that the appellants in the case could not compel arbitration due to an exception in the arbitration agreement it signed with the insurance company.
Opinions Dec. 27, 2016
Indiana Court of Appeals
P. Kevin Barkal, M.D. and Pemcor, Inc. v. Gouveia & Associates
45A03-1607-CT-1601
Civil tort. Affirms the Lake Circuit Court’s grant of summary judgment to Gouveia & Associates, concluding that Dr. P. Kevin Barkal and Pemcor Inc. failed to designate expert testimony establishing that Gouevia breached the standard of care in his legal representation of Pemcor in the underlying bankruptcy case.
Summary judgment in favor of New Castle prison employees reversed
An Indiana inmate can continue his case against prison officials he said prohibited him from bringing his case before the U.S. Supreme Court after the Indiana Court of Appeals decided Tuesday that summary judgment in favor of the officials was erroneous.
IndyBar: Competition Heats Up for a Good Cause at IBF Trivia
View photos from a Dec. 13 IBF Trivia Night.
The IndyBar Celebrates the Season of Giving
Several IndyBar sections and divisions organized community service events that served in a variety of ways this year, from meal preparation to hosting a holiday party.
Moberly: Closing This Chapter With One Final Column
This is the last column I will write as president of the Indianapolis Bar Association. I’m sure it won’t surprise you that writing this column was one of the hardest duties of the job for me.
Hammerle On… ‘Miss Sloane,’ ‘La La Land’
Bob Hammerle says you’ll be glued to your seat from the moment of the opening number in “La La Land.”