A magistrate judge who granted a litigant’s motion to transfer a PCR case to an elected judge but then failed to do so was protected from the litigant’s subsequent lawsuit against her by absolute judicial immunity, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
Health care advocates and members of the Indianapolis City-County Council urged a city entity Thursday to drop a Medicaid lawsuit set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court next month.
Foster parents whose efforts to adopt two foster children fell through can proceed with their negligence and defamation claims against the Indiana Department of Child Services, but not against a DCS caseworker, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears and Republican challenger Cyndi Carrasco Sharp sparred over his decision not to prosecute low-level marijuana possession and policies related to Indiana’s near-total abortion ban.
Criminal justice leaders in Indianapolis have looked at the disparities our system struggles with and are working to rebalance it.
With the highly lethal synthetic substance fentanyl being trafficked across state and country borders, often laced with other drugs on the black market, law enforcement and public health experts are trying to keep up with its increased use and distribution.
Joshua Payne-Elliott, the former Cathedral High School teacher who sued the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis after he lost his job for being in a same-sex marriage, has decided to end his litigation.
A West Virginia mother whose children were taken into emergency custody in Indiana could not convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that the adjudication of her kids as children in need of services was the wrong decision.
A student’s class-action lawsuit filed against Ball State University for COVID-related closures can proceed, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
A construction worker who slipped and fell while trying to step from a ladder onto a scaffolding platform was unable to regain his footing before the Court of Appeals of Indiana, which found the contractor’s focus on safety did not indicate a duty of care.
A Marion County father who mistakenly tried to attend a child in need of services hearing in person instead of online shouldn’t have been denied a new factfinding hearing, the Court of Appeals of Indiana has ruled.
The ruling that blocked Indiana’s new abortion law brought a mix of reactions, the reopening of abortion clinics, a pledge to appeal and an indication that the fight over reproductive rights could be long and messy. In a Sept. 22 order, Special Judge Kelsey Hanlon enjoined enforcement of Senate Enrolled Act 1, finding the state’s […]
An Indianapolis electricity company had its appeal zapped Monday by the Court of Appeals of Indiana after being denied a request for declaratory judgment in a coverage dispute against its former insurer.
A nine-year battle between the city of Indianapolis and the not-for-profit homeowners association that oversees a troubled housing complex might be heading toward a resolution in the form of a $200,000 agreement.
A longtime legal battle between siblings over their mother’s trust recently made its way back to the Court of Appeals of Indiana, where the sister lost yet again. The appellate court’s ruling also included a warning for the sister’s longtime counsel.
In a political panel at Castleton United Methodist Church on Tuesday evening, the two candidates for Marion County prosecutor clashed over how the office should be run.
In bloody, emotional, and never-before-seen or heard detail, Indiana judges involved in the 2019 shooting at an Indianapolis White Castle testified on Monday and Tuesday in Marion Superior Judge Shatrese Flowers’ courtroom.
Less than a month after Indiana’s near-total abortion ban was signed into law, the battle for reproductive rights has moved to the state courts with two lawsuits challenging the new statute on constitutional and religious freedom grounds.
An Indiana judge won’t hear arguments until next week on a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s abortion ban, leaving that new law set to take effect on Thursday.
Renters in Marion County have seen rent increases, on average, of $200 to $300 per month since the beginning of the pandemic, squeezing tenants while wages have increased at a much slower pace, according to a new study from the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana.