To refine your search through our archives use our Advanced Search
Derek Molter, leader of Ice Miller’s appellate practice, has been chosen as the newest Indiana Court of Appeals judge, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced in a special ceremony Thursday morning.
Three people including a police officer were wounded and a suspect was dead in a shooting connected to a reported domestic disturbance in Indianapolis, authorities said.
Lawmakers heard more than two hours of testimony Wednesday at the Indiana Statehouse from citizens who spent most of their time asking for a fair redistricting process.
Roncalli High School has won a victory in its legal battle with a former guidance counselor who raised discrimination claims after she was fired for being in a same-sex marriage. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the counselor’s claims against the Indianapolis Catholic high school are barred by the First Amendment’s ministerial exception.
A northwest Indiana businessman who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $300,000 from two medical companies has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Adam Craig Thomas v. Amy Thomas (mem. dec.)
20A-DR-900
Domestic relations. Affirms and reverses in part the Allen Superior Court’s decree of dissolution for Adam and Amy Thomas. Finds the trial court did not err in awarding Amy sole legal custody. Also finds the trial court did not err in the division of marital property, except for considering Adam’s Dupont distributions as both income for purposes of determining his child support payments as set forth in its provisional order and later property for purposes of dividing the marital estate, and remands for reconsideration of distributions from Lithotripsy of Northern Indiana LLC. Finally, finds the trial court abused its discretion by allowing Amy to offset the entirety of the au pair costs but otherwise did not err in its rulings on child support. Remands for the trial court to reconsider the costs related only to child care while Amy works.
The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to consider the question of whether the same liability hospitals hold for independent-contractor physicians can be extended to nonhospital facilities.
The Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County is asking the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to reexamine its recent ruling on the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987, saying the opinion conflicts with the court’s previous decision on the federal statute and “federalize(s) a large swath of state medical malpractice law.”
A northern Indiana attorney and former Portage clerk-treasurer has been placed under an interim suspension after being found guilty of felony conflict of interest.
How can the judiciary better respond to future declared emergencies that impair federal court operations? That’s a question the U.S. Courts are hoping members of the public are willing to offer their opinions on.
Indiana lawmakers are set to take on a final hearing at the Statehouse on Wednesday following a weekend of mostly partisan input from hundreds who attended redistricting listening tours across the state.
A Kokomo man has been sentenced to a month of in-home detention for a 2019 crash that killed a 76-year-old woman in a department store’s parking lot.
Lawyers acting on behalf of the U.S. government on Wednesday challenged a British judge’s decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges in the United States, arguing that assessments of Assange’s mental health should be reviewed.
In an expansive decision detailing the “global assault” on numerous facets of Indiana’s abortion regulation scheme, a federal judge has struck down numerous Indiana abortion limits, such as those restricting telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortions. Other Hoosier abortion regulations, however, have been upheld, including those requiring an 18-hour delay between a patient’s receipt of required materials and her abortion procedure, as well as an ultrasound requirement.
As House Republicans and Democrats continue to tussle over a consultant the GOP has hired to help with the redistricting process, the chair of the Indiana Senate Committee on Elections said he sees no reason for the consultant’s contract not to be made public.
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Beverly Zylstra and Bernard Zylstra v. DRV, LLC
20-1949
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division. Senior Judge William C. Lee.
Civil. Affirms the Indiana Northern District Court’s grant of summary judgment to DRV, LLC against Bernard and Beverly Zylstra on their suit claiming breach of express and implied warranties under state law, violation of the federal Magnuson-Moss Act and violation of state deceptive practices acts. Finds even in the light most favorable to the Zylstras, DRV never had a reasonable opportunity to repair the defects to their RV as required under the warranty. Therefore, the Zylstras’ claims cannot survive.
The Indiana Public Defender Commission is proposing new standards that would significantly cut the caseloads and increase the pay for attorneys who represent adults and juveniles accused of criminal offenses.
A retired couple who did not give the manufacturer of an issue-ridden recreational vehicle a sufficient opportunity to repair a leaking sewage tank cannot succeed in its case against the manufacturer, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
The Indiana State Department of Health reported 2,234 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of new cases since Feb. 6, when 2,855 were reported. The state said more than 2.98 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday at 5 a.m.
A decade-old dispute over the assessment of Indianapolis’ largest hotel is headed for trial after the Indiana Tax Court declined to enter summary judgment for either the owner of the downtown JW Marriott or the Marion County assessor.