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Jason Cole Sr., as Personal Representative of the Estates of Patricia Harris Cole and Baby Jason Cole Jr. v. Joseph M. Smith, M.D.
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Jason Cole Sr., as Personal Representative of the Estates of Patricia Harris Cole and Baby Jason Cole Jr. v. Joseph M. Smith, M.D.
The next issue of the Indiana Civil Litigation Review will be on members’ desks in a few weeks.
The Seventh Circuit and the Indiana district courts have disallowed the “take home exam” theory of errata sheets, which can be particularly troublesome at the summary judgment stage.
Shelice R. Tolbert, a partner at the Crown Point office of Kopka Pinkus Dolin & Eads, was sworn in as president of the James C. Kimbrough Bar Association by a longtime bar association supporter and member, Indiana Supreme Court Justice Robert D. Rucker, who has personal and professional ties to northwest Indiana.
Those of us on staff here at the newspaper that grew up in Indiana and were of a certain age to pay attention to the news
can likely recall when Judge Sarah Evans Barker was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Defense attorneys for the former state trooper facing a third triple-murder trial want the Indiana Supreme Court to name a special judge because of what they say are delays from the current presiding judge.
Within a year, the federal court system that covers the southern half of Indiana could have two new full-time magistrates, one being a newly created position that would be the first creation of its kind in almost three decades.
Stephen Bour purchased a new piece of office technology recently: a high-quality conference phone with impressive features.
History has been written within the state’s legal community, thanks to a pair of new federal judges who within days
of each other joined the Southern District of Indiana.
Delivering pizzas and moving furniture isn’t what Greenwood attorney Justin Cook thought he’d be doing once he
earned a law degree.
A federal plan to boost green technology innovation by dramatically cutting the patent processing time is drawing mixed reaction from intellectual property attorneys in Indiana as they wonder whether the pilot program will help or hurt their clients.
A line of litigation has been playing out in state and federal courts involving what is and isn’t allowed under the Automatic
Dialing Machines Statute.
The ninth conference aimed at solo and small firm attorneys in Indiana was a success according to organizers and those who attended, especially going by the number of law school students in attendance compared to previous years.
Practitioners involved with the state’s first medical-legal partnership are excited about the cases they’ve taken
on, as they help patients who have unmet legal needs that can make medical conditions persist, if not worsen.
A House bill looking to ban texting while driving in Indiana on its own may not be very effective in preventing drivers from
using their cell phones in the car, according to a policy brief from an Indiana University research center.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals’ website was unavailable at IL deadline.
Indiana Supreme Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Leo
D. Youngblood v. State of Indiana (NFP)
48A02-0911-CR-1114
Criminal. Affirms sentence following guilty plea to Class B felony dealing in cocaine.
Randolph
Bishop v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-0911-CR-653
Criminal. Affirms convictions of Class C felony battery and Class A misdemeanor domestic battery.
Cherrice
Avant v. State of Indiana (NFP)
29A05-1002-CR-64
Criminal. Affirms Class D felony theft conviction.
Bradley
Baker v. State of Indiana (NFP)
49A04-0910-CR-611
Criminal. Affirms convictions of two counts of Class C felony failure to register as a sex offender.
Guardianship
of Carrie Etta McGoffney, an Incapacitated Adult (NFP)
84A01-0906-CV-266
Civil. Affirms appointment of Ivy McGoffney as guardian over her mother, Carrie Etta McGoffney.
Kassahun T. Metaferia v. John Ancelet (NFP)
49A02-0908-CV-813
Civil. Affirms jury verdict in favor of Ancelet that concluded Metaferia was 65 percent at fault for the car accident. Metaferia
isn’t entitled to a new trial.
Marcel
Roundtree v. State of Indiana (NFP)
18A04-0910-CR-577
Criminal. Affirms convictions of theft and possession of a controlled substance as Class D felonies.
Richard A. Brown v. Mary Brown Whitledge (NFP)
82A01-0912-CV-608
Civil. Affirms grant of petition to modify child custody filed by Whitledge.
Indiana Tax Court had posted no opinions at IL deadline.
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Indiana revised Local Rule B-5071-1 on continuances.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Philip
Cleer v. State of Indiana
49A02-0912-CR-1193
Criminal. Affirms conviction of Class C misdemeanor operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content between 0.08 and 0.15.
Cleer didn’t establish that the operation of a sobriety checkpoint violates the separation of powers provision of the
Indiana Constitution.