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Indiana Supreme Court
Automotive Finance Corporation v. Meng Liu
24S-CC-223
Civil collections. Reverses Marion Superior Court Judge Cynthia Ayers’ order to grant Meng Liu relief from judgment under Trial Rule 60(B)(3). Finds the trial court misinterpreted the law in granting Liu relief under Trial Rule 60(B)(3) and abused its discretion. Also finds Liu did not follow the legal avenues available either to oppose Automotive Finance Corporation’s motion for summary judgment or to raise Ning Ao’s alleged fraud in a motion to correct error once final judgment was entered. Remands for the trial court to reinstate summary judgment for Automotive Finance Corporation. Justice Christopher Goff dissents with a separate opinion. Attorney for appellant: Joshua Casselman. Attorney for appellee: Randall Shouse.

7^th Circuit Court of Appeals
Kevin Johnson v. Martin Purdue, et al.
23-2478
Prisoner. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division. Senior Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson. Affirms the district court’s granting of summary judgment for Pendleton Correctional Facility medical personnel, prison officials, and Wexford of Indiana, the prison’s contracted medical provider. Finds Kevin Johnson’s claim fails because he had sufficient constructive notice of the summary judgment motions and has never challenged the merits of the district court’s decision. Also finds that he failed to take any action in this case despite being put on notice that the defendants’ motions would shortly be refiled, that the district court instructed defendants to notify the court of any issues with service, and that Johnson has offered no argument that the district court’s decision was wrong on the merits of the summary judgment motions. Attorneys for appellant: D. Dangaran, Samuel Weiss. Attorneys for appellees: Benjamin Jones, Abigail Recker, Douglass Bitner, Rachel Johnson, Erica Sawyer.

Indiana Court of Appeals
Shawn Senter v. Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals
24A-MI-1863
Miscellaneous. Reverses a Kosciusko Superior Court Judge Karin McGrath’s denial of Shawn Senter’s petition for judicial review of the decision of the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals, which denied Senter’s request to conduct retail sales of gasoline on his property. Finds that because the zoning ordinance explicitly allows a retail business to be operated on Senter’s property and the ordinance’s exceptions are inapplicable, the BZA’s decision restricting Senter’s retail sale of gasoline on his property was improper. Remands with instructions to grant Senter’s petition for judicial review. Attorneys for appellant: William Ramsey, Caleb Peery. Attorney for appellee: Adam Turner.