An Indiana woman who won a multimillion-dollar verdict against a trucking company for a 2018 accident that left her quadriplegic cannot sue additional defendants for their alleged roles in the same accident, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
No one ever wants to remove a child from their parents’ household.
When there are allegations of abuse or neglect in a home, child welfare officials, caseworkers and judges have to make tough, complicated decisions about what is ultimately best for the child.
One of the new laws to emerge from the state’s 2023 legislative session could attract new advanced recycling companies to Indiana, something industry advocates and lawmakers hope results in less plastic going to landfills and more jobs coming into the state.
An Evansville couple weren’t responsible under the state’s dog bite statute for a tenant’s terrier that bit a United States Postal Service mail carrier, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Friday in upholding a trial court’s granting of summary judgment.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed a trial court’s declaratory judgment in a case involving Clinton County’s sheriff and his wife.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana denied a man’s post-conviction appeal Wednesday of his conviction and sentence for sexual misconduct with a minor, affirming that he received effective assistance from counsel and knowingly pleaded guilty in the case.
The Court of Appeals of Indiana granted a rehearing Tuesday and corrected a factual error in an opinion issued in April, but the court otherwise reaffirmed its ruling that there was sufficient evidence to support a conspiracy to commit murder conviction.
A trial court didn’t abuse its discretion when it did not find a man’s autism spectrum disorder diagnosis to be a mitigating circumstance in his 2022 sentencing for sex crimes against a minor, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Monday.
A northern Indiana high school student and her mother who alleged a school bus driver acted in a racist manner when the student was told to go to the back of the boarding line after jumping the line have failed to prove their discrimination claims.
A pair of Indianapolis attorneys were recognized with two of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association’s highest honors at the association’s annual meeting and awards ceremony in May.
Longtime Indianapolis trial lawyer Don Ward broke ground in a new area with the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, appearing as the initial guest on the association’s new podcast, “Legal Legends of the Hoosier State.” The podcast debuted in May.
A father challenging a parenting time order and the division of marital assets has failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana to overturn the final order in his divorce case.
A man’s repeated letters to his ex-wife violated a no-contact order but did not warrant an aggregate sentence of 3,000 days for misdemeanor invasion of privacy, a split Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Thursday.
Blaine Timonera is part of an increasingly shrinking group of new lawyers who choose to practice in smaller cities and rural communities across Indiana.
Law firms of every size are increasingly relying on legal technology tools to help them do their work. Depending on the firms’ needs, they may also contract with legal technology service providers.
Signed into law earlier this month, HEA 1006 is designed to allow Hoosiers experiencing a mental health crisis to get treatment in a local hospital, rather than in prison or jail.
A woman convicted of multiple drug-related crimes received the correct amount of educational credit time and did not have the right to immediate discharge from prison, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Monday.
A man’s convictions for felony neglect and battery in an incident that ultimately resulted in the death of his son did not constitute a double jeopardy violation, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Thursday.
A Gibson County property was already under a valid lease for oil and gas production and could not be leased for development to an energy company, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled Wednesday in affirming a lower court’s summary judgment decision.
Despite an error in wording in an attempted sexual misconduct guilty plea, the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed that an Indianapolis man was adequately made aware of what he was pleading guilty to and did not receive ineffective assistance of counsel.