Appeals court affirms conviction in 2024 road-rage shooting on I-65
After a road-rage incident in 2024 left one truck driver seriously injured, the Indiana Court of Appeals recently affirmed convictions against the Indianapolis shooter and his wife.
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Indiana Supreme Court declines to review Planned Parenthood’s challenge to state’s abortion law
The Indiana Supreme Court on Thursday denied Planned Parenthood’s request to transfer a case challenging the state’s near-total abortion ban, nine months after the Indiana Court of Appeals denied the organization’s challenge to the ban.
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Green fees, fishing sponsorships among gifts to Indiana’s top judges, disclosure forms show
Some judges also reported earning outside compensation for everything from working as a stagehand at Pink and Taylor Swift concerts to serving as a board member for the Indianapolis Indians baseball team.
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Was Judge Terry Crone’s biggest contribution unlinking judge pay from the Legislature?
The retiring judge reflects on his 20 years on the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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Riley reflects on three decades in legal field
Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Riley has more than 30 years of institutional knowledge on the appellate bench
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Court of Appeals reverses trial court’s ruling that city of South Bend is not liable for pothole injury
The lawsuit stems from an incident in which the St. Joseph County auditor sued the city of South Bend after he stepped into a pothole during the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and broke his leg.
Court of Appeals to decide whether South Bend is liable for pothole injury
John Murphy sued the city of South Bend in 2024 after he stepped into a pothole and suffered a leg injury. Murphy accused the city of negligent failure to maintain its streets.
Indiana appeals court upholds trial court’s ruling in favor of NCAA over football head injury case
The case debated whether the NCAA had a duty to warn individual student athletes about the risks of football-related head trauma, which can lead to death.
COA to hear case examining Indiana’s driver responsibilities law
Judges Robert Altice, Dana Kenworthy and Mary DeBoer will hear the arguments at KIPP Indy Legacy High School in Decatur County on April 9.
Indiana appeals court rules against former state Sen. Brent Waltz in long-simmering business dispute
The court’s opinion was issued days after Waltz lost an appeal of his federal prison sentence related to a 2016 campaign finance scandal.
Appeals court to hear arguments over accidental release of depositional evidence to jury
The Court of Appeals will hear arguments in a murder case in which a defendant was denied a mistrial after a trial court admitted testimony indicating a history of domestic violence – something the court had partly prohibited the state from presenting.
Some federal, state courts and clerk’s offices closed Monday due to winter storm
As of late Monday morning, more than half the state remained under a travel warning, the highest level of local travel advisory which restricts travel to emergency management workers only.
Appeals court to travel to IU Northwest to hear arguments over warrantless entry
A Jay County woman claims police unlawfully entered her home and arrested her for drug possession in early 2023.
Indiana Supreme Court to hear arguments in Greenwood Park Mall shooting case
The court will hear arguments on whether Greenwood Park Mall’s owner and its contracted security company can be sued for negligence in the mass shooting.
Indiana Court of Appeals elects Elizabeth Tavitas as chief judge
She succeeds Robert Altice Jr., who served as chief judge from January 2023 through December 2025.
Monroe Circuit Court must grant summary judgment to IU in sports injury lawsuit, appellate court rules
Plaintiff Chris Bradberry was an offensive lineman for IU’s football team in January 2022 and was working out with an athletic trainer during a voluntary pre-season workout at an IU gym when his injury occurred.
State’s high court blocks revival of Olympian’s lawsuit against USA Track & Field
Heptathlete Taliyah Brooks originally filed the lawsuit after she collapsed from heat-related injuries at the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials, where track surface temperatures exceeded 140 degrees.
Appeals court to hear challenge to Gary’s longstanding lawsuit against the gun industry
The new dispute centers on a law that the Indiana General Assembly passed in 2024 that attempted to retroactively bar cities and counties from suing firearm manufacturers, sellers, dealers or trade associations.
Appeals court upholds order blocking Indiana’s release of abortion records
The ruling upholds a preliminary injunction won by OB-GYNs Caitlin Bernard and Caroline Rouse, who sued after the state agreed to release unredacted terminated pregnancy reports — or TPRs — to an anti-abortion organization.
Appellate court to hear arguments in Munster officials/state dispute over alleged overpayments
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments next week for a case involving a longstanding dispute between a pair of former Munster school administrators and the state over alleged overpayments to the two men.
State supreme court to hear arguments over whether jailed man ‘voluntarily’ possessed dangerous contraband
The Indiana Court of Appeals earlier ruled that the man did not choose to enter the jail while possessing prohibited items, but the state is appealing that ruling.
State appeals court to hear Kokomo man’s challenge to police search of U-Haul truck
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments for a case where a Kokomo man is appealing the legality of a police search of a U-Haul truck that resulted in his January convictions on felony drug possession and auto theft charges.
Courthouse library project grows throughout Indiana
What started as a book club has now grown into a book community, with legal professionals, children and court visitors alike finding different things to read while they wait their turn in Indiana’s courtrooms.
IN Court of Appeals to hear Tesla appeal of $42M+ award to Avon man injured in crash
The hearing is scheduled for Nov. 10, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m., the University of Notre Dame’s Eck Hall of Law, with Judges Melissa May, Nancy Vaidik and Elizabeth Tavitas serving as panelists.