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The FBI has reached out to attorneys representing Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and other women who were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar to begin settlement talks in the $1 billion claim they brought against the federal government, according to three people familiar with the matter.
The Indianapolis lawyer representing the Hoosier doctor who performed an abortion for a 10-year-old Ohio girl is claiming that the office of Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita sent her client six bogus consumer complaints and that the state’s top legal official is trying to intimidate the physician via his office.
A federal court has lifted an injunction against an Indiana abortion law requiring “mature minors” to notify their parents before getting an abortion — a decision that comes as the Indiana General Assembly is considering legislation that would enact a near-total ban on abortions statewide.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush has been appointed to top leadership positions at two national judicial organizations.
The owner of a firearm accessories manufacturing facility in southern Indiana who claimed his rights against search and seizure were violated when federal agents raided his business got a lesson on the Federal Rules of Evidence and the importance of precedent from the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Khaldoun E. Haddad and Issa E. Haddad v. Properplates, Inc., Manjeet Singh Bhattal, and Jaipal Atwal
21A-PL-2560
Civil plenary. Reverses the Lake Superior Court’s order for arbitration regarding the complaint made by Khaldoun and Issa Haddad against construction contractors Properplates Inc. and the dismissal of the case. Affirms arbitration for Properplates’ counterclaims. Finds the contract between the parties does not compel the Haddads’ claims to arbitration. Remands for the trial court to consider whether to delay arbitration pending the resolution of the Haddads’ claims.
The owners of a construction project will not be forced to take their complaint against their project’s general contractor to arbitration, but the contractor will need to arbitrate its counterclaims if the claims aren’t resolved, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
A 6-year-old boy fatally shot his 5-year-old sister in their home in eastern Indiana and their parents have been arrested in the killing, police said.
A former U.S. congressman from Indiana can remain free on $250,000 bail as he awaits trial in a federal insider trading case, a judge said Wednesday.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has backed out of teaching a seminar at George Washington University’s law school in the nation’s capital following student protests and the university’s statement of support for the conservative justice’s role on campus.
The man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago has been indicted by a grand jury on 21 first-degree murder counts, 48 counts of attempted murder and 48 counts of aggravated battery, representing the seven people killed and dozens wounded in the attack on a beloved holiday event.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has informed a Hoosier doctor who performed an abortion for a 10-year-old Ohio girl that his office is still investigating the physician’s reporting actions.
More than two dozen female detainees are suing Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel and current and former members of his jail staff, alleging they were attacked by male inmates during “a night of terror” that occurred after a corrections officer sold access keys last fall.
A woman injured in a car crash timely filed her complaint against the other driver, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled, pointing to Indiana Supreme Court orders that tolled statutes of limitation to ease the burden on Hoosier litigants at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
William F. Braun Milk Hauling, Inc., and Joseph Daugherty v. Peggy Malanoski
22A-CT-333
Civil tort. Affirms the denial of William F. Braun Milk Hauling Inc. and Joseph Daugherty’s motion to dismiss a complaint filed by Peggy Malanoski following a car accident involving Malanoski and a semi-tractor and trailer driven by Daugherty. Finds Malanoski timely filed her complaint in light of the Indiana Supreme Court’s March 13 and 23, 2020, orders that tolled the statutes of limitations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An Indiana man who wanted the jury to know about a trial court’s order tossing a CHINS petition has been told by the Court of Appeals of Indiana to come back after his case has been tried.
Indiana Sen. Mike Young has resigned from the Republican caucus amid disagreements over the GOP approach to abortion-restricting legislation.
The Indiana Supreme Court has brought the curtain down on the Indiana Repertory Theatre’s push to get its insurance company to cover losses incurred when the pandemic forced the show to close in the spring of 2020.
The Indiana Supreme Court has terminated the suspension of now-former Crawford Circuit Court Judge Sabrina R. Bell after she recently resigned from her position and agreed to not hold judicial office ever again.
House and Senate Republicans in the Indiana General Assembly remain on a collision course over how to provide inflation relief for Hoosiers after committees from both chambers passed bills that take vastly different approaches.