Judge upholds ex-Ball State prof’s child porn conviction
A judge has ruled that a former Ball State University professor who accessed child pornography on his campus computer for at least three years will remain a convicted felon.
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Attorneys: Suspect in Terre Haute officer’s slaying mentally ill
A man accused of fatally shooting a western Indiana police officer during an ambush outside an FBI field office has a history of mental health conditions, his attorneys said in court Friday.
Judge upholds bribery conviction against ex-Portage mayor
A federal judge has upheld the conviction of a former northwestern Indiana mayor that he solicited and accepted a $13,000 bribe from a trucking company.
Ethics: The Latest Issues You Need to Know 2021
Presented in Partnership with ♦ Program Chair & Moderator: James Bell, Paganelli Law Group Presenters: Adrienne Meiring, Executive Director, Indiana Disciplinary Commission Confidentiality in Settlement Negotiations Changes at the Disciplinary Commission How to Make the Best of a Bad Situation: Responding to Disciplinary Investigations ♦ Cari Sheehan, Barnes & Thornburg How to Avoid Mistakes/Internal […]
Federal judge leaves CDC evictions moratorium in place
A federal judge is refusing landlords’ request to put the Biden administration’s new eviction moratorium on hold, though she made clear she thinks it’s illegal.
Opinions Aug. 13, 2021
Opinions Aug. 13, 2021
Indiana Court of Appeals
In re the Matter of the Adoption of Minor Children, C.M.L. and C.T.L., K.C. and F.M., Paternal Aunt and Uncle v. Indiana Department of Child Services
21A-AD-714
Adoption. Affirms the Madison Circuit Court’s denial of paternal aunt and uncle K.C. and F.M’s motion requesting relief from judgment pursuant to Indiana Trial Rule 60(B). Finds the trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the motion.
Young women appointed to Children’s Commission to serve as voice for youth
| IL Staff
Two young women have been selected to serve as the voice of Indiana’s youth in foster care and social services and will be the newest — and youngest — members of the Commission on Improving the Status of Children Indiana.
New York relatives lose appeal to adopt Madison Co. kids
Two Madison County minors will remain in the custody of their grandparents after out-of-state relatives failed in their appeal of an adverse judgment in their adoption case.
Resisting convictions overturned for evidentiary errors
A man convicted of two counts of resisting law enforcement has won a reversal after the Indiana Court of Appeals found that certain evidence admitted at trial constituted reversible error.
COA affirms criminal recklessness conviction after woman shot neighbor’s home
An Evansville woman who took several shots at her ex-friend’s home in the middle of the night could not convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that her conduct wasn’t criminal recklessness.
Supreme Court justice won’t block college vaccine mandate
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday refused to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Census data sets up redistricting fight over growing suburbs
The once-a-decade battle over redistricting is set to be a showdown over the suburbs, as new census data released Thursday showed rapid growth around the some of the nation’s largest cities and shrinking population in many rural counties.
Census shows many rural Indiana counties lost population
More than half of Indiana’s counties lost population during the last decade, according to U.S. Census figures released Thursday showing the state’s growth around Indianapolis and its other largest cities.
Former Roncalli counselor to appeal ruling for Archdiocese to 7th Circuit
Lynn Starkey, the Roncalli High School counselor who was fired for being in a same-sex marriage, is planning to appeal Wednesday’s ruling in federal court that found the ministerial exception barred her discrimination claims.
Opinions Aug. 12, 2021
The following 7th Circuit Court of Appeals opinion was posted after IL Deadline on Wednesday:
Reid Hospital and Health Care Services, Inc. v. Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions, LLC
20-1735
Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Judge James Patrick Hanlon.
Civil. Reserves grant of summary judgment to Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions. Finds Conifer’s arguments are in conflict with the tailored language of the contract with Reid Hospital, which includes a glossary of 66 contract-specific terms. Rules the contract does not define all lost revenue as indirect or consequential so Reid Hospital can seek to recover damages. Holds whatever the parties meant by “willful misconduct,” a jury could find that at least some of Conifer’s assumed breaches amounted to willful misconduct.
COA: No error in detaining teen during competency restoration after attacks on mom
A Marion County court wasn’t in the wrong when it ordered a teenage girl to be detained while she received competency restoration services following numerous acts of domestic battery and criminal recklessness against her mom, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
7th Circuit revives Reid Hospital’s breach of contract dispute
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned summary judgment against Reid Hospital, finding the custom-tailored language in a contract the health care provider signed with an outside vendor for billing and collection services makes clear the parties did not intend insulate the vendor entirely from damages.
COA: Search warrant not defective, but drug possession conviction reversed on double jeopardy
A search warrant that led to dealing and methamphetamine use convictions for a DeKalb County man was not defective, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled. But one of his convictions was reversed on double jeopardy grounds.
Indiana man gets 45 years in teen’s attempted robbery death
A northern Indiana man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for an attempted robbery in which a 16-year-old boy who was his accomplice was fatally shot by their intended victim.
Indiana officials appealing decision against abortion laws
The Indiana attorney general’s office has started an appeal of a federal judge’s ruling that several state laws restricting abortion are unconstitutional, including the state’s ban on telemedicine consultations between doctors and women seeking abortions.