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10/8 – Magistrate Judge Mario Garcia Presents: Introduction to the Southern District of Indiana’s Recruited Counsel Program (Indianapolis)

The program will focus on Local Rule 87 of the Southern District of Indiana – Representation of Indigent Litigants. Attorneys will gain an overview of the Southern District of Indiana’s voluntary attorney panel program, along with the roles and responsibilities of attorneys. The course will include relevant considerations from the Indiana ethics rules including competence […]

Opinions Sept. 1, 2021

The following Indiana Supreme Court opinion was posted after IL deadline Tuesday:
Sydney Renner v. Trevor J. Shepard-Bazant
21S-CT-138
Civil tort. Affirms the Lake Superior Court’s decision to reduces its damages award for Sydney Renner based on Renner’s failure to mitigate her damages and failure to show that an accident involving Trevor Shepard-Bazant cause all of her damages. Finds that the trial court permissibly weighed the evidence before it to determine that Renner’s post-accident conduct did cause her harm. Also finds the trial court inadequately addressed the eggshell-skill rule and treated Renner’s prior injuries as separate incidents. Finally, finds the trial court abused its discretion in calculating damages. Remands to the trial court to take the eggshell-skull rule into account and recalculate damages.

Coal to diesel project fuels evidentiary standard argument

| Marilyn Odendahl

A plan to build the country’s first direct coal-hydrogenation refinery in southern Indiana has spawned a crop of flimsy yard signs proclaiming either support for or opposition to the project and has caused a legal argument to flourish over how much ordinary Hoosiers need to do to get their day in court.

Prosecutor hesitant but other agencies see benefit in relocating to new Marion County Community Justice Campus

| Marilyn Odendahl

Detailed plans that carefully choreograph the movement of each box and piece of furniture are being set into motion as the Marion County courts and jails begin the process of relocating from downtown Indianapolis to the new Community Justice Campus on the east side of the city. The move-in dates are now just months away for the $567 million justice campus campus that broke ground in 2018.