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Attorneys and the entities they represent who are interested in being listed in the 2022 Indiana Lawyer Corporate Counsel Guide still have time to secure a spot before the June 17 deadline.
The Allen County Bar Association and the Allen County Bar Foundation will be hosting a free community discussion to foster a deeper understanding of diversity and inclusion.
A man characterized as “compassionate” and “forward thinking” with “a brilliant legal mind” has been tapped to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Indiana Supreme Court.
The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.
A judge on Thursday accepted a plea agreement calling for a suspended sentence for a retired northern Indiana teacher accused of grabbing a 15-year-old student and slapping him across the face.
After Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita used the announcement of the landmark $507 million opioid settlement to take a swipe at trial lawyers, one plaintiff’s attorney is hitting back, accusing the state’s top lawyer of nearly scuttling the deal that will be bringing much-needed funds to local Hoosier communities.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed summary judgment, damages and attorney fees for a roofing company after its relationship with a subcontractor turned sour. However, the court reversed to determine the appropriate award of prejudgment interest.
A total of 246 lawyers face suspension from practicing law in Indiana for unpaid dues, violations of Interest on Lawyer Trust Account rules or failure to comply with continuing legal education requirements, the Indiana Supreme Court announced Tuesday.
Thursday’s opinions
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Five Star Roofing Systems, Inc. D/B/A Five Star Commercial Roofing Systems Inc. v. Armored Guard Window & Door Group, Inc. D/B/A Pendleton Enterprises, Inc.
21A-PL-1964
Civil plenary. Affirms the grant of summary judgment, damages, and attorney fees in favor of Armored Guard Window & Door Group, Inc., doing business as Pendleton Enterprises, Inc. against Five Star Roofing Systems, Inc. Reverses the award of prejudgment interest with respect to the date the prejudgment interest began to accrue. Remands with instructions for the court to determine the appropriate amount of interest from Feb. 9, 2016.
Days after a Muncie man was arrested for threatening to shoot Delaware County judges, a different Muncie man was sentenced for intimidation after saying he would “blow up” a juvenile magistrate judge’s house if she didn’t rule in his favor.
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced a plan on Thursday to call a special legislative session at the end of June and propose that $1 billion in state reserves be returned to Indiana taxpayers.
With never-seen video, new audio and a mass of evidence, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will attempt to show the “harrowing story” not only of the day’s deadly violence that erupted that day but also the chilling backstory as the defeated president, Donald Trump, tried to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory. Thursday’s prime-time hearing will open with eyewitness testimony from the […]
The House passed a wide-ranging gun control bill Wednesday in response to recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, that would raise the age limit for purchasing a semi-automatic rifle and prohibit the sale of ammunition magazines with a capacity of more than 15 rounds.
A grand jury has indicted a federal inmate in the 2019 stabbing death of an inmate at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute.
The death of a 1-year-old Fort Wayne girl from a fentanyl overdose last year has been ruled a homicide, a coroner said Wednesday.
A family of jail birds has left behind a nearly $3,000 mess at the historic Steuben County Jail in northeastern Indiana.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Geist Lake Forest Property Owners’ Association, Inc. v. Taso’s Toys, LLC; Taso’s Toys, LLC v. Geist Lake Forest Property Owners’ Association, Inc., and RREF II RB-IN VM, LLC
21A-PL-2021
Civil Plenary. Affirms the Hamilton Superior Court’s finding that 2007 declaration of covenants, conditions and restrictions of Geist Lake Forest Subdivision was valid. Finds the Geist Lake Forest Property Owners’ Association and RREF II RB-IN VM LLC, were entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law that the association was validly formed. Holds the first amendment to the declaration did not exempt the lot owned by TT, an Indiana limited liability company, from the declaration’s requirements and that the non-residential building on TT’s property violated the declaration.
A group of homeowners argued that their feud with the developer of their subdivision put an issue of first impression before the Court of Appeals of Indiana, but the appellate panel ruled it did not have to rule on the larger issue because of the “clear and unambiguous language” of the declaration governing the use of the homeowners’ properties.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed the denial of summary judgment requests from both an Indiana roof contractor and a certified class over disputes stemming from a breach of contract case, finding genuine issues of material fact exist as to whether their contract is null and void.
A couple who constructed a pole barn on their property without first getting approval from their homeowners association failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that the trial court erred in granting the HOA summary judgment.