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The Indiana legal profession recognized select members of the legal profession and educators, honoring them for their work in either civil legal aid or civic education at the Indiana Bar Foundation’s 2019 Awards Dinner.
The family of a 14-year-old Lake County boy who died after being found unresponsive in a northwestern Indiana high school’s swimming pool has reached a legal settlement with the school’s district, the family’s attorney said Monday.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by Arizona’s attorney general to force the Sackler family, which owns OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma, to return billions of dollars they took out of the company.
House Democrats have announced two articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Scott Shields v. Town of Perrysville
19A-MI-00979
Miscellaneous. Affirms the Vermillion Circuit Court’s judgment in favor of the Town of Perrysville on its quiet title action against Scott Shields. Finds the trial court did not clearly err in rejecting Shield’s claim of abandonment. Declines to reweigh evidence and reassess witness credibility regarding an expert survey.
The Notre Dame Law School has announced an international paid internship opportunity for select 2L students beginning in the summer of 2020.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a snow removal company sued by a woman in a slip-and-fall case was not required to apply salt to an apartment complex’s premises absent a specific request that it do so.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed a man’s murder conviction stemming from a trailer fire. The appellate court concluded the man was incorrectly denied his motions to suppress incriminating statements made to police after he indicated he was done talking to them.
The House Judiciary Committee received a detailed summary of the impeachment case against President Donald Trump on Monday as Democrats prepare formal charges against him. Trump and his allies lobbed fresh assaults on the proceedings they dismiss as a hoax and a sham.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision ordering a man to tear down a fence he installed outside of his property line that enabled him to block an alleyway with his vehicle.
The Indiana driver’s manual will be translated into four more languages in order to settle a federal lawsuit.
The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions. The decision comes as a ruling is expected from the high court on a more restrictive Indiana abortion ultrasound law that was struck down last year.
The US Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from restarting federal executions this week after a 16-year break. Executions had been scheduled to resume today at the federal prison in Terre Haute.
An Indianapolis-based trucking company with nearly 4,000 employees said Monday it filed for bankruptcy and will shut down all operations, just days after two former officials were charged in a fraud scheme.
The oral arguments scheduled for Dec. 12 in the case involving the Cathedral High School teacher fired by the Archdiocese of Indianapolis for being in a same-sex marriage have been postponed, but the judge presiding over the matter is hopeful the parties will reach a settlement in the interim.
Despite the attention the Statehouse has given to the Indiana Department of Child Services in the past two years – hiring outside consultants to review the agency and passing numerous laws regarding policies and practices within the department – an arrest of a former caseworker on neglect charges is bringing another call for more changes.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Daniel Tanoos v. State of Indiana
19A-CR-1086
Criminal. Affirms the denial of former Vigo County School Corporation Superintendent Daniel Tanoos’ motion to dismiss charges of one count of Class C felony bribery and two counts of Level 5 felony bribery. Finds the Marion Superior Court did not abuse its discretion when it did not dismiss his charges.
Three lakefront property owners in a northwestern Indiana town are challenging a state Supreme Court ruling that guaranteed public access to Lake Michigan beaches.
An Indianapolis attorney has been publicly reprimanded by the Supreme Court for failing to adequately respond to and advise a client.
A former school superintendent facing multiple bribery charges failed to persuade the Indiana Court of Appeals that the charges should be dismissed.