Officials: now-legal hunting preserves operating smoothly
Indiana officials say operations are running smoothly at newly licensed fenced-in deer hunting preserves across the state, which lawmakers formally legalized this year.
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Indiana man cites religious freedom law for not paying taxes
Attorneys for an Indianapolis man have argued before a state appellate court that Indiana's religious freedom law protects him from paying taxes.
Lake County sheriff, Portage mayor charged in towing-bribe schemes
Lake County Sheriff and county Democratic Party Chairman John Buncich and Portage Mayor James Snyder have been indicted on public corruption and bribery charges handed down by a grand jury.
Trump names Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday selected Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as his attorney general, elevating one of his earliest congressional backers and one of the most conservative U.S. lawmakers to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement official.
Casinos to seek legal sports betting with Trump in White House
Casino owners in the U.S. will renew their push to legalize sports betting at their properties, according to an executive with the gambling industry’s main trade association.
COA: Officers don’t have to relay specifics of their ‘reasonable suspicions’
Deciding that police officers do not have to relay the specific details of their reasons for being suspicious of a person before an officer stops and detains that person, the Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected a man’s argument that evidence of his possession of a handgun was improperly admitted.
Judges decline to consider mother’s actions in med-mal case
The Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected a doctor’s argument that a patient’s mother served as an intervening cause to the loss of the patient’s kidney and instead upheld the rule that a parent’s alleged contributory negligence may not be imputed to a child’s medical malpractice claim.
Opinions Nov. 18, 2016
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jane E. Wilson, M.D., and IU Medical Group v. Tyler Lawless b/n/f Mindy R. Lawless
49A05-1511-CT-1814
Civil tort. Affirms the Marion Superior Court’s judgment in favor of Tyler Lawless on a complaint for damages filed by Tyler’s mother, Mindy Lawless, as Tyler’s next friend. Finds that Mindy Lawless’ failure to immediately bring Tyler to see a doctor after he developed flank pain did not constitute an intervening cause of Tyler’s injury.
Jury unable to reach verdict in triple slaying trial
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the triple slaying trial of a 19-year-old Fort Wayne man.
Woman’s family sues Indiana church, pastor after drowning
The family of an 18-year-old woman who drowned in a swimming pool at her pastor's home where she had been babysitting is suing the pastor and his northwest Indiana megachurch.
Jury acquits 2 Indianapolis officers of beating veteran
A jury has acquitted two Indianapolis police officers of battery after they allegedly assaulted a veteran, leaving him unconscious outside a bar.
New law creates murkiness on private university police records
The Indiana Supreme Court left no doubt that it considered the Notre Dame Police Department exempt from the Access to Public Records Act when it affirmed dismissal of ESPN’s lawsuit seeking records of the department’s interactions with 275 student athletes. But a bill signed into law this year dealing with access to police body cameras could change that.
IU McKinney dean emeritus dies
William Harvey, dean emeritus of Indiana University Robert H. McKinney and nominee to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals died Nov. 17 after a long illness. He was 84.
Valparaiso Law says it’s fixing school admission policies
Valparaiso University Law School is not in danger of closing or losing its accreditation in wake of the American Bar Association’s public censure of the school for noncompliance with admissions practices, the school’s dean said Thursday.
Justice Alito rallies conservatives in tribute to Scalia
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito issued a rallying cry to conservatives Thursday in the wake of newfound strength following Donald Trump's election.
Conservative Indiana lawmaker proposes state abortion ban
An Indiana Republican lawmaker says he will propose legislation next year that would effectively ban abortion in the state, despite a 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that established a nationwide right to abortion.
Tow company that seized, sold cars loses injunction appeal
An Indianapolis towing company whose owner worked with bankruptcy lawyers to take possession of cars when a buyer defaulted and then resell dozens of them lost its appeal of an injunction blocking the practice and ordering the cars be returned to the lienholder.
Opinions Nov. 17, 2016
Indiana Court of Appeals
Gabriel G. Williams v. State of Indiana
71A03-1604-CR-975
Criminal. Affirms Gabriel Williams’ conviction of Level 5 felony criminal recklessness. Finds the bullet lodged in the side of a house fired from Williams’ gun constitutes “into” the dwelling for purposes of the statute.
Felony conviction affirmed based on ‘into’ definition
A bullet that pierces a home’s siding is considered to be “into” the dwelling, the Indiana Court of Appeals decided Thursday in upholding a South Bend man’s criminal recklessness conviction.
Tow company that seized, sold cars loses injunction appeal
An Indianapolis towing company whose owner worked with bankruptcy lawyers to take possession of cars when a buyer defaulted and then resell dozens of them lost its appeal of an injunction blocking the practice and ordering the cars be returned to the lienholder.