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Following his guilty plea to tax fraud in April, former casino executive and state lawmaker John Keeler has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana.
A family of farmers in Marshall County who claimed their fields flooded because of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources’ negligent operation of a nearby dam had their trial court victory washed away when the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled that a state statute grants the agency immunity from negligence claims.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Trent Michael Weaver v. State of Indiana
21A-CR-2424
Criminal. Affirms Trent Weaver’s aggregate eight-year sentence following his convictions of dealing in a narcotic drug and reckless homicide, both as a Level 5 felony. Finds the Pulaski Superior Court did not abuse its discretion when it imposed separate sentences for Weaver’s dealing and reckless homicide convictions, when it imposed consecutive sentences for those convictions or when it imposed enhanced consecutive sentences. Also finds the trial court’s sentencing statement is adequate. Finally, finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it sentenced Weaver.
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A top human resources officer at Eli Lilly and Co.’s factory in New Jersey claims the drugmaker fired her in retaliation for investigating employee complaints about drug manufacturing problems and for refusing to drop the matter.
A local district attorney’s race in Maine wasn’t generating much attention until a political action committee linked to a deep-pocketed liberal donor with international name recognition suddenly took an interest. The cash infusion — a stunning sum for a local race in Maine — shows how national groups are seeking to influence district attorney’s contests across the country.
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection systemically made the case in its second hearing Monday that several of former President Donald Trump’s advisers warned him against making claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election that he lost.
U.S. Supreme Court justices have not been immune to violent crime. But this past week’s late-night incident at Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s suburban Washington home, where authorities said a man armed with a gun and knife threatened to kill the justice, reflects a heightened level of potential danger not just for members of the nation’s highest court, but all judges.
A Wabash couple who had reached a $2.75 million settlement after an Indiana Department of Child Services family case manager was found to have made false allegations of abuse and neglect is now suing the state for not approving the settlement agreement.
The Indiana Supreme Court has decided not to assume jurisdiction and instead reinstated an opinion from the Court of Appeals of Indiana in a dispute between a dentist and her former employer.
The grant of summary judgment to Indiana Wesleyan University on a former employee’s retaliation and age discrimination claims has been upheld, but the issue of whether the employee’s termination was racially motivated has been remanded.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Charles T. Ramey, III and Jordan McHenry v. Ashley D. Ping
21A-CT-2103
Civil tort. Affirms the denial of father Charles Ramey and Jordan McHenry’s joint motion for judgment on the evidence and motion to correct error, filed after a jury ruled in favor of mother Ashley Ping and awarded her damages on her complaint alleging Ramey and McHenry filed a false report of child abuse against her. Finds the Johnson Superior Court did not err when it interpreted the false reporting statute and, as such, did not err when it instructed the jury. Also finds Ping presented sufficient evidence to negate the statutory presumption of good faith and qualified immunity and to support the jury’s award of punitive damages. Finally, finds Ping was not precluded from bringing the instant lawsuit under either the principle of res judicata or under the terms of a release agreement.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of detention while they fight deportation orders.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has upheld a nearly $300,000 judgment in favor of a mother who sued her ex-husband and his new girlfriend for making a false claim of child abuse against her.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Native Americans prosecuted in certain tribal courts can also be prosecuted based on the same incident in federal court, which can result in longer sentences.
A truck driver whose semitrailer crashed into a car in an eastern Indiana road construction zone, killing four siblings, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A Gary woman has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for providing two teenagers with guns and later hiding a gun her boyfriend used to kill them in 2020.
U.S. Senate bargainers on Sunday announced the framework of a bipartisan response to last month’s mass shootings, a noteworthy but limited breakthrough offering modest gun curbs and stepped-up efforts to improve school safety and mental health programs.
The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day before boarding a flight to the United States, ending one of the last remaining government mandates designed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is stepping down as president of Purdue University after 10 years in the role, Purdue announced Friday.