AG asks Indiana Supreme Court to hear COVID case against Ball State
The Indiana attorney general wants the Indiana Supreme Court to weigh in on a lawsuit that seeks punitive damages for COVID-related college campus closures.
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Indiana Supreme Court grants transfer to fight over roof repair
A dispute involving a roof repair that led to a breach of contract claim and a counterclaim alleging a violation of the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act is headed for the Indiana Supreme Court after the justices granted transfer to the case.
COA uses Supreme Court’s silence since Wadle in rejecting double jeopardy appeal
In considering the appeal from a woman convicted in the death of her boyfriend, the Court of Appeals of Indiana continued to wrestle with the fallout of Wadle v. State, which overturned the long-used test for resolving substantive double jeopardy claims.
Dean’s Desk: The IU Maurer School of Law and the Indiana Supreme Court
On Nov. 1, my first day as the 17th dean of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, I attended the robing ceremony for Derek Molter, Indiana’s 111th Supreme Court justice.
2 counties piloting framework focused on child welfare
LaPorte and Tippecanoe counties are piloting a National Center for State Courts project called “Upstream,” a framework which aims to prevent child maltreatment and out-of-home placement, reduce court involvement, and support safe and healthy families.
Dollens: 2022 DTCI amicus activity in Indiana appellate courts
This year, the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana participated as amicus in a variety of issues of significant interest to the defense bar.
Angola attorney suspended for noncooperation
An Angola attorney has been suspended from practicing law for not cooperating with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
Justices consider whether woman who won $3.2M negligence judgment can sue more defendants
Indiana Supreme Court justices must decide whether a woman who won $3.24 million in a personal injury case can sue additional defendants for their alleged roles in the same auto accident.
IN justices grant transfer in murder-mental health case
A case concerning a man with serious mental health issues who went to prison after he killed his grandfather and sued the hospital he was getting treatment from will go before the Indiana Supreme Court.
AG urges Indiana Supreme Court to approve state’s abortion ban
Calling the order blocking the state’s new abortion ban a “judicial amendment of the Indiana Constitution,” the state of Indiana is assailing the trial court for ignoring the text and history of the state’s founding document in order to invent a new right.
Rush details status of judiciary in IN Supreme Court annual report
Chief Justice Loretta Rush settled into a chair in the Indiana Supreme Court’s quiet law library Wednesday afternoon to discuss the health and status of the high court.
Supreme Court suspends Carmel, Monticello attorneys
Two Indiana attorneys have been suspended from the practice of law stemming from their respective run-ins with the law, the Indiana Supreme Court has ordered.
IN justices to hear arguments in sewage leak, tractor-trailer injury cases
The Indiana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments later this month concerning a sewage leak and a quadriplegic woman’s personal injury suit.
Attorney suspended for taking the fees but not doing the work
An Indianapolis solo practitioner who was found to have made “no meaningful effort” to represent his client and has refused to refund the client for the “fees he collected but did not earn” has been suspended for one year.
COA affirms for doctors, hospital in negligence suit, seeks guidance from Supreme Court
The Court of Appeals of Indiana entered judgment for two doctors and a hospital Thursday, concluding that a patient’s expert affidavit was insufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact about the standard of care she should have received.
1st amicus brief in Indiana abortion case supports ban
The Thomas More Society, based in Chicago, is the first organization to submit an amicus curiae brief in the fight over the Hoosier State’s new abortion law, which is now pending before the Indiana Supreme Court.
‘Strength under control’: Justice Molter honored during robing ceremony
Hands clasped with a soft smile on his face, Justice Derek R. Molter sat in the front row of a packed courtroom facing his empty seat on the Indiana Supreme Court bench.
Supreme Court won’t consider Lake Michigan beach case
The public will keep the right to use Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline for recreation as the U.S. Supreme Court won’t consider arguments from nearby property owners who claimed they also owned the beach.
Flooding dispute headed to IN Supreme Court
A dispute between a Montgomery County couple, the town of Linden and multiple county departments over whether drainage improvements resulted in a permanent physical invasion of their land will go before the Indiana Supreme Court.
Robing ceremony for Molter set for Tuesday
An official robing ceremony will be conducted for the Indiana Supreme Court’s newest justice next week, tying the bow on the appointee’s journey to the state’s highest court.