Lawsuit alleges racial and gender discrimination led to an Air Force contractor’s death
The family claims the woman’s trainer subjected her to gender and racial discrimination that ultimately put her in harm’s way and led to her death.
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Parents of 10-year-old who died by suicide sue school corporation, alleging wrongful death
The parents of a 10-year-old fourth grader who died by suicide in May are suing the Greenfield-Central Community School Corporation for wrongful death, alleging the school failed to protect their son from the bullying he experienced.
Lawsuit accuses Indiana casino of causing woman’s death by over-serving alcohol
The lawsuit says the woman was served at least 17 alcoholic drinks from March 27 into the early hours of March 28 at the Caesars Southern Indiana Hotel & Casino in Elizabeth, Indiana, where she died. Casino representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
COA holding oral arguments on wrongful death suit filed against Amazon
The Indiana Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Aug. 20 for a wrongful death lawsuit filed against Amazon, Inc.
‘Where’s Ronald Greene’s justice?’: 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist’s deadly arrest
Half a decade after Ronald Greene’s violent death, the federal investigation remains open and unresolved with no end in sight. And Mona Hardin says she feels ghosted and forgotten by a Justice Department that no longer even returns her calls.
COA affirms dismissal of Lake County wrongful death complaint
A woman that filed a wrongful death action as a special administrator of her late son’s estate did not do so within a statutory two-year filing period, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled in affirming a trial court’s dismissal of the complaint.
Claims filed too late in wrongful death suit, COA affirms
A father’s and grandmother’s wrongful death claims in a lawsuit involving the death of an 11-year-old girl were not filed in a timely manner, the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday.
COA holding oral arguments for appeals involving involuntary manslaughter PCR petition, summary judgment award
The Court of Appeals of Indiana will hear oral arguments in two cases next week, including one in which a man is challenging the denial of his post-conviction relief petition for an involuntary manslaughter conviction.
IN justices: Dram Shop Act modified, not eliminated, liability for businesses serving alcohol
The state’s Dram Shop Act modified, but did not eliminate, common law liability for entities that serve alcohol, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Monday.
IN Supreme Court hears arguments in wrongful death case at Trine University
Indiana Supreme Court justices heard arguments Wednesday at Trine University about whether a state law that allows people who have been injured by an intoxicated person to sue the establishment that served them alcohol excludes a common law cause of action.
2 officials are out at Indiana addiction center after 3 deaths
Two leaders are out at an Indiana addiction treatment center after three recent deaths and calls by police to yank its license.
Indy nursing home resident gets 45 years for murder and rape of 80-year-old invalid
A 61-year-old Indianapolis nursing home resident was sentenced Thursday to 45 years in prison for the murder and rape of an 80-year-old invalid last year.
Indy nursing home resident pleads guilty to murder, rape of 80-year-old invalid
A 61-year-old Indianapolis nursing home resident pleaded guilty to murder and rape Thursday in the death of an 80-year-old invalid last year.
Indy officers indicted for Whitfield’s death secure stay of discovery in federal case
The two Indianapolis police officers who are facing criminal charges related to the death of Herman Whitfield III have secured a partial stay of the proceedings in a related federal civil case.
Whitfield family ‘thankful’ after 2 IMPD officers indicted following son’s death
The family of Herman Whitfield III said they are “thankful” after two of the six police officers involved in his death were charged Thursday.
COA reverses, remands summary judgment denial after explosion death
An Evansville car dealer is entitled to summary judgment in an accidental death case in which a man’s widow claimed negligence, the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled in reversing and remanding the denial of summary judgment.
Indiana State Prison facing $20M lawsuit for inmate’s stabbing death
The family of a man who was stabbed to death by another inmate in the Indiana State Prison has filed a $20 million civil rights lawsuit against prison officials.
COA affirms denial of motion to dismiss in wrongful death case filed after drunken driving crash
The Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed Wednesday a lower court’s decision to deny a motion to dismiss a claim that two restaurants negligently furnished alcohol to a driver who crashed into another vehicle, resulting in the death of another driver.
Lawsuit over man fatally shot by Indianapolis police settled
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a man fatally shot while being chased by a police officer in Indianapolis has been settled for $390,000.
Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse
A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others.