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Andy Sandoval and The Paradise Properties Land Trust v. Willow Lake Estates Home Owners Association, Inc.
24A-MF-309
Mortgage foreclosure. Affirms LaPorte Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Thorne’s grant of summary judgment to the Willow Lake Estates Home Owners Association, Inc. and the trial court’s denial of Andy Sandoval’s motion to correct error. Finds the HOA demonstrated that it was entitled to judgment as a matter of law and that no genuine issues of material fact exist. Also finds the trial court properly granted summary judgment to the HOA and did not abuse its discretion by denying Sandoval’s motion to correct error. Attorney for appellant: Connor Nolan. Attorney for appellee: Bradley Adamsky.
Shawtai Sandifar, as Parent and Natural Guardian of L.D.I., a Minor v. Jeremy Patterson, Jathan Patterson, and the Indiana Department of Child Services
24A-CT-1871
Civil tort. Reverses Delaware Circuit Court Judge Marianne Vorhees’ granting of the Indiana Department of Child Services motion to dismiss Shawtai Sandifar’s lawsuit against the agency. Finds DCS has not established that it is entitled to immunity from negligence claims under the law enforcement immunity provision of the Indiana Tort Claims Act. Also finds the trial court erred by granting DCS’s motion to dismiss. Remands for proceedings consistent with the appellate court’s opinion. Attorneys for appellant: Jonathon Noyes, William Winingham, Kayla Carmosino, Ralph Dowling. Attorneys for appellees: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorneys General David Arthur, John Vastag.
State of Indiana v. Jeremiah Allen Hendricks Sr.
24A-CR-972
Criminal. Affirms Tippecanoe Superior Court Judge Steven Meyer’s order granting the motion to suppress filed by Jeremiah Allen Hendricks Sr. Finds the incursion of Lafayette Police Department Officer Daniel Anthrop and Officer Steven Ceballos-Olieas onto Hendricks’ property at 11:30 p.m. was unreasonable under the Indiana Constitution. Also finds the officers’ degree of suspicion that a suspect or an associate of the suspect was inside the house was low, the degree of intrusion was high, and the level of law enforcement need was low. Judge Elaine Brown dissents with a separate opinion. Attorneys for appellant: Attorney General Todd Rokita, Deputy Attorney General Daylon Welliver. Attorney for appellee: Terrance Kinnard.
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