The state presented sufficient evidence to prove a defendant delivered and possessed methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of
a family housing complex, so the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed elevating his convictions to a higher felony level.
Because claims for emotional distress aren’t allowed under the Adult Wrongful Death Statute, a father can’t bring
this type of derivative claim under the Medical Malpractice Act, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled today.
A trial court didn’t abuse its discretion when it admitted transcripts translated into English of drug transactions
recorded in Spanish because the jury wouldn’t be able to understand the recording, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
There are a lot of people who want to become attorneys. So many people, in fact, that the Indiana Board of Law Examiners has
had to find a second location to administer the July test.
The attorney accused of attacking another lawyer last year has been suspended from practice.
The use of sobriety checkpoints does not violate the separation of powers provision in the state’s constitution, the
Indiana Court of Appeals ruled today.
The Marion Superior Court was wrong to grant summary judgment for a company in a home builder’s claims of negligence
following the discovery of contaminants on lots in a subdivision, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled.
The Indiana Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment in favor of a company and its employee in a defamation suit because qualified
privilege precludes the defamation action.
The Indiana Court of Appeals found the stop by police of a teen at a summer expo in Indianapolis who had a loaded gun in his
waistband didn’t violate the teen’s state or federal constitutional rights. The appellate court also concluded
the juvenile court’s comments to the teen’s father don’t require a remand.
A gaming agent of the Indiana Gaming Commission constitutes a “law enforcement officer” for purposes of the offense
of resisting law enforcement, the Indiana Court of Appeals decided today.
The Indiana Department of State Revenue erred in concluding that a natural gas-fired power plant in Terre Haute was subject
to the Utility Services Use Tax, ruled the Indiana Tax Court Wednesday.
The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the order to send a juvenile to prison because the state didn’t present any evidence
to support alleged probation violations to justify the placement modification.
Attorney and Democratic candidate for Gibson County Prosecutor William R. Wallace III was indicted Tuesday on charges of obstruction
of justice, possession of child pornography, patronizing a prostitute, and false informing.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a defendant’s various drug convictions and sentence, finding the police officer
didn’t violate the man’s Fourth Amendment rights by looking in the defendant’s car when trying to serve
a warrant.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed that an arrestee brought to the hospital by police who was forced to have a catheter
to obtain a urine sample can’t sue the health-care providers under the Medical Malpractice Act. The appellate judges
also ruled the health-care providers weren’t entitled to blanket immunity.
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed the defendant’s sentence that they had increased on appeal in March in an opinion
on rehearing today and addressed the characteristics of an Indiana Appellate Rule 7(B) review.
The Indiana Court of Appeals agreed a Logansport resident has standing to sue his city over the operation and management of
a city park, but that his suit is barred by statutes of limitations.
The inquiry by a police officer to a driver stopped for a seat belt violation about the "large, unusual bulge"
in his pants went beyond the state's Seatbelt Enforcement Act, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The owners of the rights to Normal Rockwell art are suing a Michigan-based pizza company for re-creating a famous painting to sell pizzas during the holidays.
Two Indiana Supreme Court justices objected to affirming a man’s drug sentence for possession within 1,000 feet of a
“youth program center” because the church that ran the programs wasn’t easily identifiable as regularly
running programs for kids.