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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The retiring judge reflects on his 20 years on the Indiana Court of Appeals.
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Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Patricia Riley has more than 30 years of institutional knowledge on the appellate bench
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Many say the state’s merit selection process tends to produce a pool of centrist judicial candidates for the governor to choose from and appoint to the Indiana Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
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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.
A Jay County woman claims police unlawfully entered her home and arrested her for drug possession in early 2023.
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.
She succeeds Robert Altice Jr., who served as chief judge from January 2023 through December 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Indiana Court of Appeals Judge Elizabeth Tavitas and Marion County Superior Court Judge Helen Marchal spoke to students as part of an initiative aimed at exposing high school students to different opportunities in the legal profession.
The estate of Christopher Riggs, a former Texas A&M football player who died in 2020 and was later diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, contends that the Indianapolis-based NCAA failed to warn athletes of known risks tied to repetitive head impacts.
The attorney general’s office argues that numerous undocumented immigrants have been released into St. Joseph County, jeopardizing public safety, because of the sheriff’s refusal to cooperate with federal immigration officials.
Judges, mentors, legal professionals, and loved ones gathered at the Indiana Convention Center Friday morning to celebrate the admission of around 300 new attorneys into the Indiana bar.
The case stems from the 2020 death of former college football player Christopher Riggs, who played at Texas A&M University from 1965 to 1968 and after death was diagnosed with Stage III/IV chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
The Indiana Court of Appeals denied a former state trooper’s arguments that the Indiana State Police violated his contractual rights to his disability benefits when it ended his employment in 2018.
The appellate court’s ruling reversed an earlier decision by the Franklin Circuit Court that favored the driver in the 2022 accident.