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The Indiana Department of Child Services won a judgment from the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Indiana on Friday following allegations from a man who claimed a caseworker entered his home to take photos without permission, resulting in the removal of his children.
A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to charges in a shooting that happened in a northwestern Indiana high school’s parking lot that killed one teenager and injured another.
Freshman Rep. John Jacob spent his first year in the Indiana House of Representatives pushing what he calls “ultra conservative” issues.
Communities across Northwest Indiana are considering humane pet store policies that ban the sale of pets raised at puppy and kitten mills.
Get tested. Wear a mask. Don’t get too close. Not your typical court orders, but that was the word from the Supreme Court to lawyers and reporters who returned to the high court this week for the first in-person arguments in more than a year and a half.
A lawyer for Steve Bannon says the former White House aide won’t comply with a House committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol because former President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege to block demands for testimony and documents.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Lamar Bush v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
21A-CR-00842
Criminal. Affirms Lamar Bush’s convictions for Level 2 felony dealing in a narcotic substance and Level 2 felony dealing in methamphetamine. Finds sufficient evidence to support the dealing convictions.
Explore the life and times of the Hon. Jesse Lynch Holman (1835-1842) and the Hon. David McDonald (1864-1869) through excerpts of their own letters and diaries illuminating their fascinating judicial careers. Southern District of Indiana Court Historian Doria Lynch and Public Outreach Coordinator Mary Giorgio will provide historical context and discuss parallels and contrasts to […]
Former U.S. Attorneys for the Southern District of Indiana will gather to converse about the roles they played in the criminal justice system during their time in office. The Hon. Sarah Evans Barker, herself a former U.S. Attorney, will serve as moderator. Click here for program details. Date: Friday, November 19, 2021 Time (Eastern): 2:00 […]
Indiana Supreme Court justices have granted transfer in a case involving a sibling dispute over their late mother’s trust.
Indiana’s governor said Friday he’s waiting to decide on whether to continue his court fight against a new law giving state legislators more power to intervene during public health emergencies.
More than one-third of Americans aren’t satisfied with the U.S. Supreme Court and would even consider abolishing it, according to a study that shows the country’s distaste of its justice system has sharply increased in recent years.
A Muncie attorney who failed to communicate with an incarcerated client for years before withdrawing representation from the inmate’s case has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana for 120 days with automatic reinstatement.
A hung jury has led to a mistrial in the murder trial of a white man accused of fatally shooting a young Black man in downtown Indianapolis last year during violence that followed protests over George Floyd’s death and police treatment of Black people.
Indiana University has agreed to pay former university President Michael McRobbie an additional $582,000 for agreeing to essentially clear his calendar for six months after his June 30 retirement so he could be available to the school if needed. The additional pay became public this week in blog posts by IU Maurer School of Law professor Steve Sanders.
A judge on Thursday upheld the increased power Indiana legislators gave themselves to intervene during public health emergencies, siding with them in a lawsuit filed by Gov. Eric Holcomb.
John Ryan, longtime head of Indianapolis-based law firm Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, is stepping down Jan. 1 to become CEO of OrthoIndy, one of the region’s largest orthopedic practices.
Indiana Supreme Court
Betty Miller, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of John Allen Miller v. Laxeshkumar Patel, M.D., John Schiltz, M.D., Benjamin Coplan, M.D., Joseph Hill, M.D., Erik Fossum, M.D., Bradford Hale, M.D., Christine Tran, M.D., James Blickendorf, M.D., Robert McAllister, M.D., Sara Koerwitz, M.D., Timothy Held, PA, Community Health Network, Inc., d/b/a Community Howard Regional Health Hospital and Community Howard Behavioral Health, Community Physicians of Indiana, Inc., d/b/a Community Physician Network, Community Howard Regional Health, Inc., St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc., St. Vincent Health, Inc., Ascension Health, Inc., and Medical Associates, LLP
21S-CT-455
Civil tort. Reverses the denial of Betty Miller’s request to amend her complaint against several hospitals that treated her grandson under Indiana Trial Rule 15(C) to allege a violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Finds EMTALA’s statute of limitations does not preempt an amendment under Trial Rule 15(C). Finding the trial court must now consider whether the EMTALA claim arose out of the same conduct set forth or attempted to be set forth in the original complaint, remands for reconsideration of Miller’s motion.
The Indiana Supreme Court has announced several amendments to the rules of professional conduct and rules for admission to the bar and discipline of attorneys, including a new rule and references to the Indiana Office of Admissions and Continuing Education.
Clifford Johnson was sworn in as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana Wednesday morning, making him the first African American to hold the position.