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Now more than ever, it is easy to participate in Dry January without feeling like you are being deprived.
Robert Hammerle’s take on “C’mon C’mon,” “Nightmare Alley” and “West Side Story.”
At the November annual meeting of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, the following officers and directors were elected. They assumed office Jan. 1, 2022.
Indiana Court decisions – Dec. 16-Dec. 29, 2021
Amendments have been made to the Indiana Rules for Admission to the Bar and Discipline of Attorneys, the Indiana Supreme Court has announced.
Despite having concerns about the continued viability of a 1985 Indiana Supreme Court decision, the Court of Appeals of Indiana upheld the denial of a defendant’s motion to compel evidence of unredacted copies of police reports based on that precedent.
A Northern Indiana District Court judge who sentenced a defendant to the maximum will have to go back for a do-over after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the prison term because of procedural errors that could not be deemed harmless.
Despite the “dire” financial downturn caused by COVID-related business closures, the Indiana Repertory Theatre cannot claim loss-of-use coverage under its insurance policy because the theater was not physically damaged, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has affirmed.
The Indiana Department of Health on Tuesday said it was putting restrictions on the availability of rapid tests for COVID-19 at state and local health department testing sites “due to high demand and a national shortage of rapid test kits.”
Court of Appeals of Indiana
Frank E. Minges, III v. State of Indiana
21A-CR-216
Criminal. Affirms the denial of Frank E. Minges III’s motion to compel discovery of a complete and accurate copy of the police report that outlined the events resulting in Minges being charged with two counts of misdemeanor operating while intoxicated. Finds that under Keaton v. Circuit Court of Rush County, 475 N.E.2d 1146 (Ind. 1985), the Dearborn Superior Court did not err in declining Minges’ request for unredacted copies of the police reports, but urges the Indiana Supreme Court to revisit Keaton. Judge L. Mark Bailey concurs with separate opinion.
Reducing the business tax on equipment and modernizing tax incentives to attract more businesses to Indiana are among the top items on Gov. Eric Holcomb’s 2022 legislative agenda.
Greg Pence watched the Jan. 6 insurrection unfold from an extraordinary perch.
Days before the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the Senate will vote soon on easing filibuster rules in an effort to advance stalled voting legislation that Democrats say is needed to protect America’s democracy.
A man found dead in his Fort Wayne home after a standoff with police killed himself, the Allen County Coroner’s Office said Monday.
The United States is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb proposed a tax cut for some businesses Monday that is decidedly less ambitious than what many of his fellow Republicans want to seek during the new legislative session.
In his year-end report, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts highlighted the need for “more rigorous” ethics training for the federal judiciary and possibly additional funding from Congress to prevent judges from presiding over cases in which they have a conflict of interest.
More than 50 years after the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, Marion County, Indiana’s highest populated and most racially diverse county, not only has a lower rate of homeownership than the rest of the state but has been experiencing a decline in homeownership driven by a drop in Blacks and Hispanics buying houses of their own, according to a report by the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana.
Court of Appeals of Indiana
W.A. Griffin, M.D. v. International Medical Group (mem. dec.)
21A-CC-1511
Civil collections. Affirms the dismissal of Dr. W.A. Griffin’s complaint against International Medical Group Inc. for breach of contract and bad faith after IMG refused to pay for medical services Griffin provided to a patient. Finds IMG was not the patient’s insurer. Also finds that Griffin’s claims are based on the patient’s invalid assessment of her health insurance benefits.