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Speaker: Dr. Modupe Labode, curator at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Dr. Labode will examine how Washington’s visits to Indiana put a spotlight on the concerns of African American political activists at the beginning of the twentieth century. Many of these issues that African Americans then faced — including opposition to […]
The importance of community collaboration in the criminal justice system was the key message of Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush’s 2020 State of the Judiciary address.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Kroger Limited Partnership I v. Ruth Lomax
19A-CT-1201
Civil tort. Affirms the Marion Superior Court’s denial of Kroger Limited Partnership I’s motion for summary judgment against Ruth Lomax based on now-withdrawn admissions in a negligence case case. Finds, sua sponte, that Kroger failed to timely obtain certification of the trial court’s orders granting Lomax additional time to respond to Kroger’s request for admissions and deeming her subsequently filed response as timely. Also finds the trial court properly denied Kroger’s motion for summary judgment.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed the denial of a Kroger store’s request for summary judgment against a woman who sued it for negligence after she injured herself in a slip-and-fall accident.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis’ mock trial team is seeking volunteers to serve as judges at a mock trial invitational next month.
Hoosiers with cases pending before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana are being advised to steer clear of scam callers posing as court employees and requesting personal information.
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon Inc. did not persuade the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse a multi-million-dollar verdict for a northern Indiana woman who was injured by a transvaginal mesh implant produced by the company.
An appellate judge concurring with a one-paragraph opinion in a post-conviction case proposed reordering the way Indiana treats those who are arrested. But Judge Paul Mathias joined with judges Margret Robb and Rudolph Pyle III to affirm the denial of post-conviction relief in Charles E. Barber v. State of Indiana, 19A-PC-1234.
A longtime Indianapolis attorney and public servant whose career included stints as a federal prosecutor as well as leading the state agency that awarded Indiana’s first riverboat gambling licenses has died. John “Jack” James Thar, 71, died Jan. 8, surrounded by loved ones after a battle with heart disease.
The Indiana House has voted to eliminate the last remaining township assessor offices around the state.
A man who shot and wounded two police officers at a northwestern Indiana apartment complex before being fatally shot by police was a suspect in the strangulation death of a woman he had been dating, police said Tuesday.
Indiana’s governor on Tuesday outlined to state legislators how to free up tens of millions of dollars to boost teacher pay but said he didn’t want them to act on it until next year.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that two House chairmen who led President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry will be among the House prosecutors for Trump’s Senate trial.
Date: February through December, 2020 Time (local time): noon – 1:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 General CLE / 11 Total CLE available Cost: Sign up for the series and save! (See monthly program schedule below) Visit www.indybar.org for program costs Locations: TBD Provider: Indianapolis Bar Association Contact information: Indianapolis Bar Association 317-269-2000 [email protected] www.indybar.org and […]
Program chairs for APABA-IN: • G. Michael Witte, Indiana Disciplinary Commission • Magistrate Tiffany Vivo, Marion Circuit Court Topics & Speakers: Working with Confidential Informants • Raquel Ramirez, Marion County Prosecutor’s Office • Kassi Rigney, Rigney Law LLC Fertility, Family and a Little Fun • Michele L. Jackson, Harden Jackson LLC Ethical Rules from The […]
Cryptocurrency: Practice Pointers from the U.S. Trustee (original program date: 11/20/19) Date: Friday, February 7, 2020 Time (local time): noon – 1:00 pm Credit hours: 1.0 General CLE Cost: Visit www.indybar.org for program costs Location: Northside: Haverstick II Conference Room, 8250 Haverstick Rd. Downtown: BMO Conference Center, 135 N Pensylvania St, 7th Floor Provider: Indianapolis […]
Indiana’s largest organization that advocates for the interests of child victims of abuse has received the largest donation in its history — a $5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment. “They call it a transformational gift, and it certainly is for us,” Child Advocates CEO Cindy Booth said of the award.
SmithAmundsen and the Indianapolis intellectual property firm of Brannon Sowers & Cracraft have agreed to a strategic alliance which will allow each firm to retain its identity while having access to the other’s attorneys and resources.
A mother who made threatening statements toward law enforcement on Facebook after the death of her son will not have her case heard by the Indiana Supreme Court, although two justices voted to grant transfer in the case. Justices also rejected two other appeals on a 3-2 vote.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Malik Gardner v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
19A-CR-798
Criminal. Affirms Malik Gardner’s convictions in St. Joseph Superior Court of Level 6 felony counterfeiting and Class A misdemeanor resisting law enforcement. Finds the evidence was sufficient to support his conviction.