New JLAP funds to help legal profession
Two new funds have been created to help judges, attorneys, and law students who need assistance in treating mental health or dependency issues, the Indiana Supreme Court announced today.
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Justices dismiss public school funding case
Even if Indiana's public school system falls short of where it should be in providing quality education, courts aren't constitutionally able to set standards or establish a financing formula because that's a task falling solely to the General Assembly.
High court grants transfer Thursday
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer Thursday to a case questioning whether the Indiana Department of Transportation is liable for the death of an employee of an independent contractor working on a highway project.
Transfer granted to judicial review case
The Indiana Supreme Court granted transfer May 14 to a case involving the means for judicial review of final agency actions.
Law students complete diversity program
A program implemented by the state to help minority, low income, or educationally disadvantaged college graduates who will attend law school and plan to practice in Indiana has wrapped up its annual event.
Court rules on transfer to California court
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's decision to relinquish its jurisdiction over child support matters to a California trial court. In its opinion, the high court examined the interplay between the Full Faith and Credit for Child Support Orders Act and the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
High court reverses termination of mom’s rights
The majority of Indiana Supreme Court justices ruled in a parental termination case that the evidence presented didn't clearly show a mother's rights to her son should be terminated. One justice dissented because he believes an appellate court should defer to the lower court in assessing the facts of a case.
High court to give $750,000 for civil legal aid
The Indiana Supreme Court will give a total of $750,000 to 11 civil legal aid groups in January 2010.
Indiana chief justice gets national award
Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard is receiving a national award from the American Judicature Society for his "distinguished judicial service."<
Efforts to aid those facing foreclosure continue
More than 1,000 Indiana attorneys, judges, and mediators have attended CLE trainings since June about mortgage foreclosures.
Report issued in UPL claim on trust mill case
The Indiana Supreme Court has never determined whether the money spent during the prosecution of an Unauthorized Practice of Law claim fits into the "costs and expenses incurred by such a hearing" category, which means that a losing party pays under Administrative Disciplinary Rule 24.
High court to hear insurance, dissolution cases
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear arguments in three cases tomorrow, including two cases involving insurance coverage disputes. At 9 a.m., the high court will hear arguments in Tri-Etch, Inc. v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., No. 49A02-0709-CV-827. At issue in this case were two orders from the trial court. One order granted partial summary judgment in […]
Court denies transfer to gun suit
The Indiana Supreme Court denied transfer Monday to a gun suit out of Gary which has been ongoing since 1999.
Supreme Court grants 3 transfers
The Indiana Supreme Court granted three transfers yesterday in cases involving a resisting law enforcement conviction, denial of benefits from Indiana's Second Injury Fund, and the reversal of a jury award filed by a college student cleared of rape.
Court grants transfer to uninsured motorist case
The Indiana Supreme Court has granted transfer to a case about whether an insurance company's automobile policy violates the state's uninsured motorist statute.
Court rules on tort claims and wrongful death
The Indiana Supreme Court tackled the issue of the interaction of the statute of limitations provision under the state's Wrongful Death Act and the statute of limitations provision for an underlying substantive tort claim in two opinions released Dec. 24.
Court: Rehabilitation evaluation a must
The Indiana Supreme Court says that before any juvenile can be placed on the state's sex offender registry, a trial court must first evaluate whether that minor has been rehabilitated to determine if there's clear and convincing evidence he or she might re-offend.
Court consolidates Lake County voter cases
The Indiana Supreme Court has stepped in to settle conflicting rulings from two Lake County courts regarding early-voting sites in East Chicago, Gary, and Hammond, deciding that consolidating the cases to proceed in Lake Superior Court is the "most orderly approach."
Courts leave election law questions unanswered
In the days leading up to an Election Day where thousands of Hoosier voters had already cast ballots before polls even opened, Indiana's appellate judges issued a pair of election law rulings that leave more questions than answers and will likely lead to further review.
Supreme Court grants 2 transfers
The Indiana Supreme Court granted two transfers Sept. 4, including one involving whether a juvenile court can order probation after a juvenile is ordered to commitment in the Department of Correction.