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The nation’s highest court reversed the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals today on an Indiana case, holding that that a federal
sex offender registry law does not apply to those convicts whose interstate travel happened before the 2006 statute took effect.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals won’t stay its ruling that allows an independent state agency access to records about
mentally ill inmates’ treatment, even though the Indiana government agency being sued is appealing to the Supreme Court
of the United States.
An Indiana Court of Appeals ruling today sets requirements for drug court terminations after a man’s participation was
terminated without minimum due process.
For the first time since the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2009 ruling that found a defendant had a Sixth Amendment
right to confront the analysts who prepared lab certificates certifying the defendant had cocaine, the Indiana Court of Appeals
ruled that a trial court did not violate the defendant’s right to confrontation by allowing the inspection certificate
for a breathalyzer into evidence, even though the certifier of the equipment did not testify at trial.
The Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic receives accreditation from national group.
A trial court's determination to discharge a jury at a defendant's second trial wasn't an abuse of discretion,
the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic in Indianapolis raised more than $40,000 at its annual “Justice for all”
event.
Aviation Professionals Institute, LLC v. Gary/ Chicago International Airport Authority
Steven and Jessica Russell, as parent of Caroline Russell, a minor v. Charles and Sherry Baughman
The Indiana Supreme Court has decided to not consider a case that justices had granted transfer on late last year, reinstating
a lower appellate court’s ruling that a trial judge had abused her discretion in admitting a blood test in a drunken
driving case.
A Dearborn County commissioner is accusing the county attorney of wrongly accusing two officials of violating federal law
and wants the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission to launch an investigation of its soon-to-be leader who starts
in that office in mid-June.
Upholding a trial court ruling in a case stemming from a construction site accident, the Indiana Supreme Court has offered
guidance for future trials about how juries should calculate a plaintiff’s already-paid compensation benefits when determining
punitive damage awards.
Two former Marion County deputy prosecutors have received public reprimands from the state’s highest court for drunken
driving incidents.
The Indiana Supreme Court has accepted the resignation of an Anderson attorney who faces federal criminal charges for possession
and distribution of child pornography.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has rejected an argument that evidence found in a trash search was stale because no other garbage
had been collected in the past two weeks and that seized material could have been too old.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Tracey Wallace
and Eric Wallace v. Jonathan S. McGlothan
07-4059
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Terre Haute Division, Judge Larry J. McKinney
Civil. Affirms jury verdict in favor of and damages in the amount of $700,000 to the Wallaces following their diversity suit
against Dr. McGlothan. The Wallaces sued Dr. McGlothan for medical malpractice following surgery he performed on Tracey Wallace
to correct her vision problems. The procedure ended up causing more harm than good.
Lawmakers have passed a bill that allows the Indiana Department of Child Services to more efficiently collect delinquent child
support, including a gaming intercept requiring casinos to check whether gamers are on a state delinquency list before releasing
large jackpots to them.