‘Wholly indefensible system’ owes nothing to victims
Lawyer calls the ruling against Clark County drug court plaintiffs jailed without hearings or legal representation ‘manifestly unjust.’
Dave Stafford
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Plaintiffs to appeal loss in bid to restrict use of license info
Lawyers and the public may continue to buy crash report information online after an Indiana judge ruled against plaintiffs who argued information gathered from their driver’s licenses was protected from disclosure by federal law. But that won’t be the last word on the matter.
Lawyers help 99-year-old man remove suicide as cause of son’s 1960 death
Michael Plume’s body was found slumped a the base of a scaffold, with a noose around his neck, at IU’s Memorial Stadium while it was under construction.
UPDATE: IBM to appeal $78M breach of contract award to state
IBM said Monday it will appeal a judge’s ruling that the computer services giant owes Indiana a net of nearly $78.2 million in damages for breaching a contract to modernize and privatize the state’s welfare systems.
Judge: IBM owes Indiana $78M for contract breach
IBM owes Indiana a net of nearly $78.2 million in damages for breaching a contract to modernize the state’s welfare privatization efforts, a Marion County judge has determined.
7th Circuit orders hearing on competency, assistance of counsel
A federal court erred in denying a hearing for a man who claimed he was mentally incompetent to plead guilty to a firearm charge and received ineffective assistance of counsel.
7th Circuit affirms murder conviction but chastises Indiana
A man twice convicted of murder failed to convince the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals that he should be allowed to pursue habeas relief, despite delays that the court said Indiana “tries to trivialize.”
Religious group wins injunction against Pike schools
An Indianapolis township school district may not charge a religious group a fee to rent its facilities for a Bible-based after-school program for elementary students, a federal judge has ruled.
Appellate court rules in favor of man’s estate on uninsured motorist claim
The Elkhart Superior Court properly found a Goshen man’s estate was entitled to recover under the uninsured motorist policy held by his employer, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday. The court interpreted the ambiguous language of the policy in favor of the estate.
Justices let stand $500k default judgment against Menards
A default judgment awarding a plaintiff $500,000 in damages in a personal injury suit against a Gary Menards store will stand after a divided Indiana Supreme Court declined to hear the home-improvement chain’s appeal.
COA reverses delinquent adjudication based on warrantless search
A teenager who was adjudicated as a juvenile delinquent after an officer conducted a warrantless search and found him in possession of a handgun and drug paraphernalia will have his adjudication reversed after the Indiana Court of Appeals determined the officer did not have reasonable suspicion to conduct the search without a warrant.
Wrongly jailed drug court plaintiffs lose in federal court
Plaintiffs who were jailed for months without due process in a southern Indiana drug court will take nothing in their federal lawsuit against drug court staff members and county sheriff who they say were responsible for violating their constitutional rights, a judge has ruled.
Appellate court affirms ruling for landowner denied easement use
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling Thursday in favor of a Steuben County landowner who claimed he was wrongly denied access and use of a recorded easement.
Jury rules against ex-WellPoint VP in suit over firing
A Marion County jury deliberated less than an hour before finding for the defense in former WellPoint Vice President Dr. Randall C. Axelrod’s long-running lawsuit alleging he was wrongly fired after testifying in a case concerning pharmaceutical pricing.
Ruling: RV supplier must face patent-infringement suit
A northern Indiana judge ruled that a recreational vehicle supplier’s patent-infringement suit against a competitor will move forward, in part because former employees of the plaintiff company are alleged to have encouraged infringement.
We’re No. 4 in attorney growth! (Or are we?)
On paper, Indiana’s legal community appears to be among the healthiest in the nation. On paper, Indiana’s legal community also appears to be the weakest in the nation.
Damages in DCS abuse cases piling up
Indiana officials expect to settle a federal damages lawsuit in a second case where a court has found a Department of Child Services case manager violated the constitutional rights of a parent.
New law gives grandparents notice about adoptions
A new law requiring grandparents be notified of adoption petitions passed the General Assembly this year without a single vote in opposition and was signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb. That’s when the confusion began.
Love of football, coaching puts attorney Doyle in charge at Chatard
Veteran Indianapolis attorney Rob Doyle sees no end of 70-hour workweeks, but now less of that time will be at his law office and more will be on the sidelines at Bishop Chatard High School.
Ruling casts doubt on lawyer’s Indy photo copyright
The copyright on a photo of the Indianapolis skyline that a lawyer has used to sue hundreds of people might not be valid, a judge ruled, because the photo was first used on a website of the law firm where the attorney was once employed.