Two of three judges on an Indiana Court of Appeals panel urged lawmakers to revisit a requirement that trial courts advise convicts of their earliest and latest possible release dates, but a third judge dismissed the majority’s position that the requirement “imposes an impracticable burden on our trial courts.
A memorial service and moment of silence are planned today to mark the two-year anniversary of Michael Brown's fatal shooting by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown’s death was a catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement.
A former southern Indiana church employee has pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors after being accused of paddling children at the church's boarding school.
A man charged with murder for his role in a deadly Indianapolis house explosion has reached a plea deal weeks before his scheduled trial.
Must a physical injury occur before a plaintiff may recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress? Perhaps not.
Nearly 11 years after the survivors of Hurricane Katrina began blaming their FEMA trailers for their health problems, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a new rule addressing what is believed to have been the main cause of their suffering — formaldehyde.
The Indiana Court of Appeals holds the Legislature didn’t intend feticide charges for pregnant women.
The law surrounding the information is still evolving, particularly in the area of privacy and Fourth Amendment rights. Civil, but more likely criminal, attorneys will be handling digital evidence more and more especially as law enforcement increasingly relies on technology to track suspects and link them to crimes.
Hearing arguments about a case that resulted in what may be among the largest awards for loss of consortium, the Indiana Court of Appeals repeatedly questioned what amount of damages is too much and when a jury’s decision should be overturned.
Court officials are recommending lawyers be cautious when submitting e-filed documents, because those submissions may carry metadata revealing more than an attorney might intend.
Indiana's voter identification law differs from recently overturned laws in other states that legal experts say have caused disenfranchisement among minorities.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association must face claims by tens of thousands of current and former students testing the limits on how much compensation they can get for years of playing basketball and football.
Whirlpool Corp. has filed 40 lawsuits to protect one replacement part: a $50 refrigerator water filter.
State agencies hosting a September forum to raise awareness of mental illness and addiction are seeking professionals to discuss solutions at the eighth annual Indiana Annual Recovery Month Symposium Sept. 26-27.
The judge overseeing two U.S. cases challenging mergers among four of the biggest health insurers gave up one case, improving the odds for rulings on both tie-ups by the end of the year and reducing the chance they fall apart beforehand.
The trial of a southern Indiana man accused of abducting and killing a 1-year-old girl has been delayed.
The Indiana Supreme Court’s newest justice will have his investiture ceremony Thursday.
Seven men who took Cialis pills to treat erectile dysfunction sued Indianapolis drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. this week, claiming they later suffered from skin cancer that was related to the medicine.
An Indianapolis suburb has settled a lawsuit accusing it of violating free speech rights when it removed two women's critical comments on its Facebook page.