Dave Stafford - The Indiana Lawyer

Mediating Justices: Former justices find that ADR is often a fertile field for life after the court

September 23, 2013

After years deciding disputes in the state’s highest court, two former justices now devote at least part of their practices to helping feuding parties find their own resolutions.

Former Indiana Supreme Court Justices Ted Boehm and Myra Selby each count corporate clients in their mediation and alternative dispute resolution portfolios, Boehm with Van Winkle Baten Dispute Resolution and Selby with Ice Miller LLP.

Gun seizure case presents first impression issue

September 23, 2013

A man whose 51 guns were ordered seized by a judge who determined him dangerous after his behavior alarmed Bloomington police near the site where missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer was last seen is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to return his firearms.

Volokh: Case will have ramifications beyond Indiana

September 23, 2013

First Amendment scholar and UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh knows a thing or two about blogging and free speech, as namesake of the popular legal blog, The Volokh Conspiracy.

Brewington case focuses First Amendment attention on Indiana

September 23, 2013

Daniel Brewington is either a poster child for the wrongful prosecution of free speech or a man whose online rants about a judge constituted criminal threats. It all depends on your point of view.

Longest-serving Lake Superior judge takes leave

September 23, 2013

The longest-serving Lake Superior judge is stepping aside, at least temporarily, effective today, according to an order of the Indiana Supreme Court.

Stable owner liable for unemployment tax, appeals court affirms

September 23, 2013

The owner of a Zionsville horse stable lost her appeal of a determination that she owed unemployment insurance tax for employees because they performed non-agricultural work.

Court cites 1827 case to affirm mortgage trumps land contract

September 20, 2013

A bank that issued a mortgage to a person selling a property on a land contract has the right to foreclose on the loan, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled, citing caselaw nearly 200 years old.

Court reporters make push for licensing

September 19, 2013

Court reporters will make a case to a legislative commission this week that the state should set minimum standards and licensing criteria for professionals who record and compile the transcripts of judicial proceedings.

Dismissed foreclosure involving merged lender reinstated

September 19, 2013

A mortgage foreclosure dismissed by a Lake Superior judge was reinstated Thursday by a panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals.

Conour victims number 33, court filing reveals

September 18, 2013

A defense request for more time to object to a presentence investigation report discloses that the number of victims of former leading personal-injury attorney William Conour is 33, more than the number the government has previously alleged.

Justices seek amicus briefs in partial consecutive sentence case

September 18, 2013

The Indiana Supreme Court wants to hear from the legal community: Are partial consecutive sentences allowable?

Workers’ comp not sole remedy against AT&T entity for fall causing injury

September 18, 2013

A worker injured in a fall when she tripped on snow-covered legs of a construction sign placed near the AT&T building where she worked may proceed with a claim against one of the company’s corporate entities.

Lack of transcript limits review of fire damages award on appeal

September 18, 2013

A panel of the Indiana Court of Appeals rejected an appeal seeking full compensation after an Allen County fire in large part because the appealing party included no transcript of the trial court proceedings.

Justices: Meth arrest of man at rental storage unit violated Fourth Amendment

September 18, 2013

A man’s conviction and 45-year sentence on a meth charge cannot stand because the police search at a rental storage unit that led to his arrest violated his Fourth Amendment protections, a majority of the Indiana Supreme Court ruled.

Murder confession after racially charged interrogation heads to Supreme Court

September 17, 2013

Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court agreed to review whether the confession of a man charged with murder can be used against him because it was gained during a racially charged interrogation.

Tax Court rules against UPS reinsurer on case justices reversed, remanded

September 17, 2013

United Parcel Service and its reinsurance affiliates are obligated to pay about $650,000 in taxes from the years 2000 and 2001, the Indiana Tax Court held. The court previously ruled in UPS’s favor, but this opinion comes on remand from an Indiana Supreme Court reversal.

Appeals court affirms judgment in family land-contract dispute

September 17, 2013

A trial court properly ruled that an insurance company owed no duty to a mother who sold property on contract to her son and daughter-in-law, but the son and daughter-in-law who collected proceeds from the policy do.

Attorney fees affirmed in trucking dispute; COA declines to bar such awards

September 17, 2013

An appellate panel Tuesday affirmed an award of attorney fees under a standard industry agreement and declined an invitation to strip Indiana trial courts of the ability to enter such judgments.

‘Illegal alien’ remark leads to attorney’s suspension; case involves embattled judge

September 13, 2013

Representing a father in a child visitation dispute, a Martinsville lawyer’s letter to opposing counsel alleging the mother was an illegal alien resulted in a 30-day suspension.

Judge: Suit challenging Marion County judicial slating may proceed

September 13, 2013

A federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a state law that has given rise to the Democratic and Republican slating system under which Marion Superior judges are elected will go forward.

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