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Gabby Petito’s family files claim alleging police failed her

August 9, 2022 | Associated Press

Nicole Schmidt vividly remembers the pain she felt watching body camera footage of her daughter Gabby Petito sobbing while Utah police officers questioned her about a fight with her boyfriend. The officers’ actions that day are the center of a wrongful death lawsuit that the Petito family announced Monday they plan to file against Moab, arguing the officers’ failed to recognize their daughter was in a life-threatening situation last year and in need of help.

2 nurses sue Hendricks Regional Health for underpayment due to time-clock rules

August 8, 2022 | John Russell, Indianapolis Business Journal

Two nurses who worked at Hendricks Regional Health claim they were required to change into scrubs in locker rooms and travel to their work areas before they could punch in for their shifts, resulting in chronic underpayment.

COA reverses for LaPorte Co. prosecutor in defamation case against Michigan City stemming from former mayor’s comments

August 8, 2022 | Jordan Morey

Michigan City isn’t yet off the hook for the accusatory comments its embattled former mayor made against the LaPorte County prosecutor and his wife following the arrest of the mayor’s stepson.

Former Roncalli teacher turns to advocacy after 7th Circuit loss

August 3, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

After three years of fighting in federal court for her job, Lynn Starkey is shifting her focus.

US sues Idaho over abortion law, cites medical treatment

August 3, 2022 | Associated Press

The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that challenges Idaho’s restrictive abortion law, arguing that it conflicts with a federal law requiring doctors to provide pregnant women medically necessary treatment that could include abortion.

Man paralyzed after being thrown into sheriff’s van can proceed with claims against Indy, council, judge rules

August 2, 2022 | Jordan Morey

A federal judge is allowing two claims against Indianapolis police and the City-County Council to move forward after a man alleged law enforcement left him paralyzed after he was thrown headfirst into the back of a van without safety restraints.

‘Night of terror:’ 28 women allege assaults by male inmates after Clark Co. Jail officer sold access keys

July 27, 2022 | Jordan Morey

More than two dozen female detainees are suing Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel and current and former members of his jail staff, alleging they were attacked by male inmates during “a night of terror” that occurred after a corrections officer sold access keys last fall.

Republican AGs sue US agency over LGBTQ school guidance

July 27, 2022 | IL Staff and Associated Press

More than 20 Republican attorneys general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Joe Biden’s administration over a Department of Agriculture school meal program that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Feds sue poultry producers, alleging unfair worker practices

July 26, 2022 | Associated Press

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday against some of the largest poultry producers in the U.S. along with a proposed settlement seeking to end what it claims have been longstanding deceptive and abusive practices for workers.

Cause of death for man who died during police restraint listed as homicide; IMPD investigations underway

July 20, 2022 | Katie Stancombe

The death of a man who was forcibly restrained by Indianapolis police after his family called for an ambulance has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday.

Inotiv facing shareholder lawsuit over stock drop

July 11, 2022 | Susan Orr, Indianapolis Business Journal

Inotiv Inc., a West Lafayette-based pharmaceutical testing company, has seen its stock price soar — and later plunge — following its announcement last fall that it planned to acquire Indianapolis-based Envigo RMS LLC, which breeds and sells animals used in lab testing.

Families of dead sue Indiana funeral home being investigated

July 8, 2022 | Associated Press

Two families are suing a southern Indiana funeral home where police found more than 30 bodies, including some that were badly decomposed.

Feds settle suit alleging abuse by men detained after 9/11

July 6, 2022 | Associated Press

The Justice Department on Tuesday settled a decades-old lawsuit filed by a group of men who were rounded up by the government in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and held in a federal jail in New York in conditions the department’s own watchdog called abusive and harsh.

The Bail Project loses bid to stop ‘charitable bail’ bill from taking effect Friday

June 30, 2022 | Jordan Morey

The Bail Project has failed to convince a federal judge to prevent a new law from going into effect tomorrow that will limit whom it can bail out of jail.

Simon secures $5.5M ruling over theater chain for absent rent

June 30, 2022 | Mickey Shuey, Indianapolis Business Journal

Indianapolis-based shopping center giant Simon Property Group is in line to recoup about $5.5 million in unpaid rent from a national movie theater chain after a judge ruled the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t excuse the company from its financial obligations.

SCOTUS justices say vet who lost job as Texas trooper can sue state

June 29, 2022 | Associated Press

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a former state trooper to sue Texas over his claim that he was forced out of his job when he returned from Army service in Iraq.

In flurry of court activity, rulings on abortion bans mixed

June 29, 2022 | Associated Press

A federal court Tuesday allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while in Texas — which is already enforcing a similar ban based on an embryo’s cardiac activity — a judge temporarily blocked an even stricter decades-old law from taking effect.

Cook Group sued for ‘unreasonably high fees’ in 401(k) plan

June 27, 2022 | John Russell, Indianapolis Business Journal

Cook Group, the Bloomington-based maker of medical devices, is being sued by a participant of its 401(k) retirement plan, who claims the plan charged unreasonably high fees, cutting the value of the retirement benefits.

Attorneys say death of Herman Whitfield after IMPD use of force was ‘wrong’

June 23, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

The attorneys representing an Indianapolis family whose son died while being forcibly restrained by Indianapolis police say they have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the officers involved to change the way law enforcement handles individuals with mental health issues.

Lawsuit filed on behalf of man who died telling IMPD officers, ‘I can’t breathe’

June 22, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

An Indianapolis family is suing the city of Indianapolis and six of its police officers, claiming the officers used “unreasonable, excessive, and deadly” force against their son as he was handcuffed, lying on the ground and repeatedly telling them, “I can’t breathe.”

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