A divided Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed a grant of summary judgment that prohibited three siblings from pursuing a direct action against their brother, finding the rule prohibiting shareholders from bringing direct actions to redress an injury to their family corporation barred their action.
A fired Indiana University-South Bend professor has lost his appeal of a judgment in favor of the university in his racial discrimination case.
A 2015 law meant to prohibit certain sex offenders from entering school property is unconstitutional as it applies to a Howard County man who has already completed his punishment for his 2010 child solicitation conviction, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
A trial court imposed an “inconceivable” sentence for civil contempt on a mother who was in arrears on child support payments to the guardian of two of her three children, their grandmother, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.
A mother and father can continue on their path toward reunification with their children after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined Thursday the Department of Child Services did not sustain its burden of proof to support termination of their parental rights.
A Marion County man convicted of murder and multiple drug charges will receive a new trial after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined the trial court erred by dismissing a juror nearly two hours after deliberations had begun.
A New Castle man unsuccessfully tried to convince the Indiana Court of Appeals that since he had not signed the proper form for his release from prison, his parole had been “turned over” and it could not be revoked.
A speeding truck driver who smashed into a parked vehicle and killed two workers in an Interstate 69 construction zone will receive a lesser sentence after his conviction was partially vacated on appeal.
A Rockville attorney accused of a dozen professional conduct violations for mismanaging his trust account and disobeying a court order has been disbarred.
A Delaware County man’s complaint alleging his stepmother violated her duties as trustee of his deceased father’s trust will continue after the Indiana Supreme Court upheld a finding that the trial court has jurisdiction to hear the case.
More than 30 fraud-related charges will continue against a man accused of running a yearslong investment fraud scheme after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined the state pleaded sufficient facts to prove the man concealed evidence of his actions, thus tolling the statute of limitations.
The Indiana Court of Appeals agreed Wednesday that a condition of a woman’s probation after attacking her neighbor needed further clarification, but the judges disagreed as to whether her felony battery with a deadly weapon conviction should be reversed.
A man accused of murdering a Mitchell woman is entitled to a bifurcated trial — a first phase on the murder-related charges before a second phase in which the state may introduce evidence of a prior conviction to satisfy a charge of possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon.
In affirming the adoption of a child without the father’s consent, the Indiana Court of Appeals found the “plain and ordinary meaning” of the state statute allowed the trial court to take into account the parent’s prior criminal acts.
A divided 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed 20 fraud-related convictions against a man accused of running a fraudulent investment scheme that resulted in a nearly $300,000 in restitution, finding that though the district court did err during trial, those errors did not warrant a new trial.
A former Starke County sheriff’s deputy will not get his job with the Sheriff’s Department back after the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday the sheriff’s merit board considered sufficient evidence under the proper standard to support the deputy’s termination.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has affirmed the three-year advisory sentence imposed on a man convicted of committing incest with his teenage niece and the imposition of sex offender probation conditions against the man, though one appellate judge found one of those conditions to be unduly intrusive.
The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to issue a judicial mandate that would require the Department of Child Services to comply with statutory caseload limits, finding the statute in question does not provide specific compliance guidelines that would warrant issuing a mandate.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the denial of judgment as a matter of law to Volvo Trucks North America in a dispute with an Indiana franchisee Andy Mohr Truck Center, finding Andy Mohr failed to prove Volvo treated it disparately and unfairly compared with other franchisees. However, the court affirmed judgments in favor of both parties on other claims raised in the 5-year-old complaint.
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission must consider the reasonableness of an Avon ordinance seeking to force a utility company to pay for the cost of moving power lines for a road construction project after the Court of Appeals ruled the commission erred in dismissing a complaint challenging the ordinance.