Ex-Indiana DCS case manager allegedly falsified records
A former family case manager for Indiana’s child welfare agency allegedly falsified records involving child abuse or neglect and falsely documented contact with four families.
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Justice Department asks high court to allow vaccine mandate
The Biden administration late Thursday asked the Supreme Court to block lower court orders that are keeping President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers from going into effect in about half of the states.
CDC recommends Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 shots over J&J’s
Most Americans should be given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot that can cause rare but serious blood clots, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
Supreme Court appoints senior judges, sets minimum service days
The Indiana Supreme Court has reverted the numbers of days state courts may utilize senior judges back to pre-pandemic levels, but jurisdictions are allowed to seek additional days to help with case backlogs.
Indiana Supreme Court: Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District is a political subdivision, employee’s injury lawsuit untimely
Indiana Supreme Court justices have affirmed judgment for a commuter transportation district that operates a government-owned railroad against a man who was allegedly injured while working on the tracks, concluding that the district is a “political subdivision” under the Indiana Tort Claims Act.
Judge pro tem appointed in Lake Superior Court
A judge pro tempore has been ordered to fill a vacancy in Lake Superior Court, the Indiana Supreme Court has announced.
Indiana taxpayers to get $125 refunds as state gives back $545M in surplus
Indiana taxpayers will get a $125 refund after they pay their 2021 state income taxes, the governor’s office announced Wednesday afternoon.
Magistrate denies bail for 2 Indiana women in boy’s killing
A magistrate has denied bail for two northwest Indiana women charged with murdering a 10-year-old boy whose body had so many injuries a prosecutor said he was the defendants’ “punching bag.”
Indiana man gets 19 years for role in plot to kill informant
An eastern Indiana man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in a failed plot that aimed to kill a police informant.
St. Joseph County judges require masks in courthouses
A northern Indiana county’s judges have reinstated an order requiring people to wear masks in four courthouses because of the county’s rising COVID-19 infection rates.
Health worker vaccine mandate blocked in half the states
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday lifted a nationwide ban against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health care workers, instead blocking the requirement in only certain states and creating the potential for patchwork enforcement across the country.
Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charge in Floyd’s death
Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, admitting for the first time that he kept his knee on Floyd’s neck — even after he became unresponsive — resulting in the Black man’s death.
Supreme Court certifies senior judges in St. Joseph and Noble counties
The Indiana Supreme Court granted senior judge certification to a pair of retired superior court judges last week.
Trial court abused discretion in granting grandparent visitation, COA rules
The Court of Appeals of Indiana has tossed a postadoption visitation order for a maternal grandmother, finding the Jennings Superior Court abused its discretion by ignoring the requirements and, in part, ordering contact four years after the adoption was completed.
Appellate court reinstates med-mal case against doctor who wasn’t served for 1 year
A doctor who wasn’t notified of a lawsuit against him until one year after it was filed must face the lawsuit after the Court of Appeals of Indiana reversed its dismissal.
COA: Trust invalid due to unclear beneficiaries
A man serving as personal representative of his brother’s estate has failed to convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that the language in a will left by his deceased brother created a valid trust in his name.
COA affirms $3K judgment against fence installation company, declines to pierce corporate veil
An Indianapolis man who was awarded $3,000 in a small claims dispute with a fence installation company has failed in convince the Court of Appeals of Indiana that the corporate veil should have been pierced in his case.
$500M in READI grant funding dished out to all 17 applicants
Seventeen regions representing all corners of Indiana will each get a slice of $500 million in state-funded regional grants, with $65 million going to regions in the Indianapolis metro area.
Justices asked to let Arizona enforce ban on some abortions
Arizona asked the Supreme Court Tuesday to allow enforcement of a ban on abortions performed solely because of Down syndrome and other genetic abnormalities.
Cities wracked by opioids close to getting $26B settlement
Thousands of towns across the United States are on the precipice of receiving billions of dollars in the second-biggest legal settlement in U.S. history. The $26 billion from three drug distributors and a pharmaceutical manufacturer would address damage wrought by opioids.