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The flood of Indiana voters choosing mail-in ballots or heading to early voting sites has kept up as the final votes are being cast in this year’s election. The volume could delay final results on Election Night.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is expected to join her Supreme Court colleagues on Monday to hear arguments for the first time. Participating in oral arguments will be among the first things Barrett, a former University of Notre Dame law professor, will do after being confirmed last week in a 52-48 virtual party-line vote.
A 68-year-old from southwest Indiana man is dead after being struck by a Knox County Sheriff’s deputy’s vehicle, according to Indiana State Police.
A northwest Indiana man who pleaded guilty to the 2018 murder of his wife has been sentenced to 53 years in prison.
A judge has issued an arrest warrant for former University of Evansville basketball coach Walter McCarty after he missed a court hearing in a civil lawsuit filed on behalf of a bank.
In a dispute between a property owner and an association of property owners over a sewage mishap, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled that the even though the association was not negligent, it still breached its contract.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Nathan Kluger and Laura Kluger v J.J.P. Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a SERVPRO of North Lexington
20A-PL-235
Civil plenary. Reverses the grant of partial summary judgment in favor of J.J.P. Enterprises Inc. d/b/a Servpro of North Lexington and against Nathan and Laura Kluger. Finds that the $150 contract-price threshold under Indiana’s Home Improvement Contracts Act has been satisfied as a matter of law in this instance, so the Posey Circuit Court erred in granting Servpro’s motion for partial summary judgment. Remands with instructions that the trial court enter partial summary judgment in the Klugers’ favor and to conduct further proceedings consistent with the opinion.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed for a Posey County couple whose home sustained damage following a tornado, finding that partial summary judgment was incorrectly awarded to a restoration company the couple hired to fix the roof.
Democratic Indiana attorney general candidate Jonathan Weinzapfel is calling for the full legalization of marijuana in Indiana, saying the time has come for the state to take a “common sense” approach to the substance.
Despite continued high unemployment related to the coronavirus pandemic, personal and business bankruptcy filings in the United States continued a sharp decline for the second straight quarter.
Volunteers are being sought from the Indiana legal community to serve as judges at the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Mock Trial Team invitational next month.
Friday is the last day corporate counsel, general counsel and attorneys representing entities of all kinds can submit their information for the 2021 Corporate Counsel Guide, Indiana Lawyer’s exclusive annual directory of attorneys representing corporations, small businesses, nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations.
A major political analyst has changed the outlook for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District from toss-up to “tilt Democrat.” Inside Elections made the rating change this week for the tight race between Republican state Sen. Victoria Spartz and former Democratic state lawmaker Christina Hale.
An arbitration panel has denied J.P. Morgan Securities LLC’s request to collect more than $1.5 million in damages and fees from three former Carmel employees who left the firm to join Raymond James & Associates in 2018.
Three people have been charged with two counts of murder each in the shooting deaths of two brothers in their northwestern Indiana home.
An 8-year-old northwest Indiana girl has died days after she was shot in the head by stray gunfire as she did her homework, authorities said. No suspects are in custody and anyone that might have information about the shooting should contact the authorities.
At first blush, the difference in outcomes at the U.S. Supreme Court in cases regarding the counting of absentee ballots seems odd because the high court typically takes up issues to harmonize the rules across the country. But elections are largely governed by states, and the rules differ from one state to the next.
Four students at Indiana University Bloomington who were part of an investigation into allegations of hazing at a fraternity have filed a federal lawsuit and are trying to block the school from accessing the swipe data from students’ ID cards without a warrant.
Indianapolis police officers will not deploy tear gas or use similar acts of force against peaceful protestors or those engaging in passive resistance during a protest, pursuant to a new settlement between the police and a local Black Lives Matter organization.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Jerome W. Gibbs v. State of Indiana
20A-CR-770
Criminal. Reverses Jerome Gibbs’ Level 5 felony conviction and remands the matter to the Marion Superior Court with instructions to enter a conviction and sentence for Class A misdemeanor domestic battery. Finds that the evidence that Gibbs was Tonja Smith’s boyfriend and that he was with her while she was on her scooter was an insufficient basis on which to conclude Gibbs voluntarily assumed care of Smith.