Although the Indiana Court of Appeals sympathized with a trial court’s effort to reduce the stress on two brothers caused by their feuding divorced parents, the appellate panel still found the lower court overstepped its authority.
A small-claims judge who failed to swear in litigants in a small-change rent lawsuit drew a rebuke and a reversal from the Court of Appeals Friday, who found she not only improperly shifted the burden of proof to the plaintiff, but also belittled and disparaged her.
Though the Indiana Court of Appeals had “significant concerns” about the transfer of trust assets in a dispute between stepsiblings, the appellate panel affirmed the trial court’s decision in favor of the stepbrother after finding his stepsister’s claims were barred by the statute of limitations.
A motorcyclist who sought damages for injuries he sustained while being detained in the Vanderburgh County Jail lost his appeal of his lawsuit, which the trial court tossed for not giving notice of the lawsuit before the statute of limitations expired.
While an Indiana commercial court failed to provide sufficient notice to a worker who was being sued by his former employer that sought to enforce a noncompete agreement, the Indiana Court of Appeals found the worker had waived his argument and affirmed a resulting injunction barring him from a new job at a competing company.
A man who pleaded guilty to felony child molesting pursuant to a plea agreement cannot challenge his requirement to register as a sexually violent predator, which was not a term of the agreement, because an SVP designation is a statutory mandate, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reaffirmed its decision ordering the state to return $30,000 in seized currency after granting rehearing Friday for the limited purpose of withdrawing a footnote.
An automobile consulting company that acquired the name, assets and goodwill of a former staffing company will not have to pay more than $170,000 in liability and delinquent fees after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined the auto company was not a successor to the staffing company.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a man’s felony conviction for molesting his ex-girlfriend’s daughter after determining the man failed to prove that an eight-year delay in the filing of the charges against him violated his due process rights.
In defusing a property battle among neighbors, the Indiana Court of Appeals has instructed the trial court to order a land survey that includes durable markers.
A land redevelopment company can continue to move forward with its purchase of land in Henry County after the Indiana Court of Appeals Thursday reaffirmed its original decision.
The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled against a northern Indiana lakefront town seeking to annex roughly 2,800 acres for “potential” economic development, finding the town failed to prove the annexation was needed and could be used for development.
A northern Indiana bank that took deed of a property in lieu of foreclosure and sold the property to itself was entitled to summary judgment on the owner’s claims of fraud and breach of agreement, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday after finding those claims were “wholly without merit.”
A man whose inheritance from his deceased mother was depleted by more than $60,000 while a bank and his relatives were guardians of his family’s estates can continue in his lawsuit against the bank, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.
A Virginia-based rail company must face the state of Indiana in court in a conflict over whether state-issued citations for blocking grade crossings were proper after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined Tuesday that federal law does not preempt state law governing how long a train can block a crossing.
A judgment in favor of a utility that had an agreement to supply water to another utility serving customers in Clark County was affirmed Tuesday by the Indiana Court of Appeals.
After finding an order granting summary judgment to an Indianapolis law firm facing a legal malpractice claim was not a final order, the Indiana Court of Appeals dismissed an appeal challenging the summary judgment ruling.
A man convicted on eight charges related to an attempted robbery will have his sentencing enhancement vacated and two of his convictions reduced after the Indiana Court of Appeals found multiple errors in the trial court’s handling of the case.
A claim of securities fraud against an Indiana health company must proceed to trial after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined the trial court erred by striking a request for a jury trial without the consent of both parties.
The purported ex-wife of a now-deceased man cannot proceed with her election against the man’s will because the couple failed to resolve the issue of the legal status of their marriage for more than 40 years, thus barring her claim under the doctrine of laches, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.