The Indiana Supreme Court has reversed the allocation of fault in a wrongful death action against Ford Motor Co. and other defendants, finding the evidence didn’t support allocating fault to the manufacturer of the seatbelt assembly and a nonparty. The high court was also faced with the challenge of allocating fault among the remaining parties.
The Indiana Supreme Court handed down a private reprimand to a Shelby County attorney who engaged in misconduct by hiring
a nonlawyer inmate to help research and prepare a post-conviction relief petition for another client.
A Shelby Superior judge will preside over a forgery investigation case involving Marion County GOP Chairman Tom John, after
the presiding judge in the state’s largest county recused himself from the matter.
The Indiana Supreme Court has appointed Shelby Circuit Judge Charles O’Connor as the hearing officer in the disciplinary matter
against Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi.