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── Lake of the Four Seasons Property Owners Association, Inc. v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-02393 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 15, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur LOFS, an Indiana nonprofit corporation, is a homeowners’ association (“HOA”) for the …
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── Brian Keith Dorman v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02243 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 19, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Orange Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur K.F. was a criminal informant who assisted the Indiana State Police in making controlled buys of illegal substances. On August …
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── John Matthew Ford v. Britani L Ford ── Case No.: 23A-DR-01903 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 19, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur [3] Father and Mother divorced in June 2015. During their marriage, two children were born: B.F., born in November 2009, …
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── Tyron Johnson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-02556 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 22, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur The relevant facts as recited in Johnson’s direct appeal are as follows: During the morning of June 12, 2015, Johnson …
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── J B v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-JV-02940 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On August 17, 2023, J.K.B. was adjudicated a delinquent for unlawfully carrying a handgun. At that time, J.K.B. had prior referrals for truancy and informal …
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── David Allen Hampton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02617 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On October 22, 2022, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Jessica Hickey (“Jessica”) was sitting on her front porch with her husband, …
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── Termination: Z Z v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-01621 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 27, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur 1 Father and C.S. (“Mother”) are the biological parents of the Children. DCS became involved with Father and Mother in April 2017. …
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── Jerry Lee White v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01272 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: March 28, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur From approximately 2016 to 2018, White lived with his girlfriend, D.W., and her three daughters at various residences in Indianapolis. …
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── Michelle Lynn Kooistra v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02743 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 05, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: DeKalb Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On August 3, 2021, while on probation, Kooistra provided alleged medical paperwork from Saint Joseph Hospital to the Dekalb County …
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── Commitment of K S ── Case No.: 23A-MH-02712 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur K.S. was forty-one years old at the time the commitment hearing took place in October 2023. She had been diagnosed with schizophrenia when …
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── Termination: M T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02691 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur The Children were born to the marriage of Mother and Father. Mother and Father divorced in December 2016 and were awarded joint …
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── Jacob D Lichtsinn v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02478 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur In 2020, Lichtsinn lived with his girlfriend, Viviana Perez, and several of Perez’s relatives, including then-ten-year-old J.S. On two occasions …
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── Travis Dean Stephens v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02696 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 25, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On July 10, 2021, Stephens had three active felony warrants from Shelby County when a call was made to dispatch …
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── Jan L Lemler v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02634 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On July 3, 2023, Melissa Owens, the manager of a Beacon Credit Union branch office in Marshall …
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── Brent St. John v. Carnoustie Circle Owners' Association, Inc., et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CC-02335 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur [2] On June 13, 2022, Carnoustie Circle Owners’ Association, Inc. (“the Association”) filed its “Complaint to …
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── L V v. Review Board ── Case No.: 23A-EX-02254 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: April 29, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur During April of 2020, L.V. accepted employment at Jewel-Osco d/b/a Grocery Works in Crown Point (“Grocery Works”), at a rate of $16.00 per hour. Although L.V. …
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── Termination: C A v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JT-02762 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On December 29, 2021, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) filed three separate petitions, one for each child, alleging that the …
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Neutral
── Jordon M. Norton v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02287 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 01, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On the evening of August 22, 2020, Stephanie Artley (“Stephanie”) and David Artley (“David”) (collectively, “the Artleys”) went to dinner …
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Neutral
── Cody D Nagel v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00034 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur In January of 2023, Nagel was subject to two no-contact orders prohibiting him from having contact with P.A., the mother …
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Neutral
── Lawrence Jordan Pennington v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02937 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 08, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On May 30, 2023, Pennington pled guilty to Dealing a Narcotic Drug, as a Level 3 felony,1 and Resisting Law …
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── C W v. R L, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-AD-02930 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur A.W.W. was born to Mother on January 14, 2018, and R.H.’s paternity of A.W.W. was established in July 2018. R.H.’s …
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── Steven James Childress v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02848 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur On November 20, 2017, Childress was charged with Robbery, as a Level 2 felony,1 and Battery, as a Level 5 …
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── Shannon Marie Leake v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-PC-02836 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marshall Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur 1 Ind. Code §§ 35-48-4-1.1, 35-41-5-2. 2 I.C. § 35-48-4-1.1. [3] In 2017, the undercover narcotics investigation team of Marshall …
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── Eddie Terrell Mullings v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01922 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 23, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Tippecanoe Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur In 2018, Mullings was in community corrections and executed a consent to allow community corrections officers to randomly enter and …
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── Aaron Dashawn Brackenridge v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02496 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 29, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Boone Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On December 6, 2010, Brackenridge was convicted of criminal confinement as a Class D felony2 and sentenced accordingly. In March …
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Neutral
── Pedro Modesto Velazquez v. Medloh Development, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-CT-01490 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: May 29, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur In January 2008, Medloh was formed by Rudolf and Cunning as a limited liability company, …
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── Major Hospital Foundation, Inc. dba Harbor Health & Rehab v. Helen Lee, as Legal Guardian of Patricia Lee ── Case No.: 23A-CT-02670 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 04, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Crone and Judge Pyle concur On December 28, 2018, P.L. became a resident of …
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Neutral
── CHINS: K T v. Indiana Department of Child Services ── Case No.: 23A-JC-03098 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 17, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Reversed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur In mid-July of 2023, the Indiana Department of Child Services (“DCS”) received a report that Mother was using drugs, had been arrested …
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── Steven Atkins v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02645 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 17, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur In 2022 and 2023, Sharon Hagler-Ellis maintained a residence on Lillie Street in Fort Wayne where she lived with her young …
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── Justin Harold Hannis v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01677 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 17, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Grant Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur Hannis met Maurice Knight through Deanna Foreman, whom they both dated. Foreman dated Knight “off and on” for a period …
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── Paternity: Alicia Eleanor King v. Randall Michael Lannet ── Case No.: 23A-JP-02933 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey Category: Juvenile Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur Child was born in May of 2015. Father executed a paternity affidavit one day after Child’s birth, but no legal …
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── Jeffrey H. Stanley, et al. v. Lisa Stanley ── Case No.: 23A-DN-02810 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Kosciusko Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur Lisa and Mark married on May 26, 2006, and in 2011, they moved into the Lake House …
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Neutral
── Cy E. Alley v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02706 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 24, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Delaware Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur On August 22, 2022, Alley went to the home of his neighbor, Gary Copley, to confront Copley about Alley’s suspicions …
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── Darick R Van v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00346 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Allen Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur On August 2, 2020, Van was pulled over by law enforcement for having a partly obscured and illegible temporary registration. …
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── Luis Portillo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24A-CR-00240 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur In October of 2023, Ruddy Cazares lived at 1718 Lafayette Road, Indianapolis, in a warehouse or office building. The building had …
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── Jorge Gabriel Dinunzio v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-02689 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur On June 15, 2021, the State charged Dinunzio with two counts of Level 1 felony child molesting3 and two counts …
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── Jonathan M Pratt v. Jamie L Pratt ── Case No.: 24A-DC-00259 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 27, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Howard Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur On November 5, 2020, in the course of dissolution proceedings, Husband and Wife executed the Agreement; it was adopted by …
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── Alex Heavrin v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23A-CR-01585 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: June 28, 2024 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Clark Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Judge Altice and Judge Mathias concur 1 Ind. Code § 35-43-4-2(a)(1)(B)(ii). [3] On June 17, 2022, Heavrin was driving a silver Dodge Ram truck with …
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── Santiago Gallardo v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01748 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 10, 2025 Author: Judge L. Mark Bailey County of Origin: Daviess Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Tavitas and Judge Kenworthy concur In October 2022, Gallardo was an inmate at the Daviess County Security Center. The center has a rule that requires all …
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── Richland Convenience Store Partners, LLC, et al. v. Joseph V. DeSpirito ── Case No.: 53S01-1709-PL-00612 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 29, 2018 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed We adhere to Indiana’s longstanding common-law rule that relocating a fixed easement requires the consent of all affected estate-holders. And we reject the minority …
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── J W v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19S-JV-00012 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: January 09, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Juvenile Decision: Dismissed We held in Tumulty v. State, 666 N.E.2d 394 (Ind. 1996), that an adult criminal defendant cannot challenge the validity of his guilty plea on direct appeal. He must, instead, pursue post-conviction relief …
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Neutral
── Unsupervised Estate: Orlando Lewis, Sr as Special Administrator of the Estate of Orlando C. Lewis, Jr., Deceased v. Shana Toliver, et al. ── Case No.: 18S-EU-00507 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 03, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Johnson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In Estate of Hammar, 847 N.E.2d 960 (Ind. 2006), we held that a …
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Neutral
── Daniel O'Bryant v. Alan P Adams, et al. ── Case No.: 18S-PL-00584 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 04, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Madison Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Goff concur. Justice David concurs in result We hold that a valid forum-selection clause, in which the parties agree by contract …
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── TOWN OF BROWNSBURG, INDIANA v. FIGHT AGAINST BROWNSBURG ANNEXATION ── Case No.: 19S-PL-00342 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 05, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hendricks Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed In this municipal-annexation case, we hold that a trial court hearing a remonstrance proceeding on judicial review must consider the evidence submitted by both the municipality …
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Neutral
── RAINBOW REALTY GROUP EMPIRE HOLDING CORP AND/OR CRESS TRUST v. KATRINA CARTER, et al. ── Case No.: 19S-CC-00038 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: September 13, 2019 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded A. Rent-to-buy agreement for uninhabitable house Plaintiff Cress Trust owns houses in Marion County. Plaintiff Rainbow Realty Group, …
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Neutral
── S H v. D W ── Case No.: 19S-PO-00118 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: January 31, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Civil Decision: Vacated, Reversed, and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa and Justice Goff dissent Domestic violence accounts for more than one-fifth of all violent crime in the United States, …
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Neutral
── In the Matter of the Certified Question: Bradley A. Estabrook v. Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, et al. ── Case No.: 19S-CQ-00590 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 02, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Other Decision: Certified Question Disposed with Opinion The Indiana Products Liability Act contains what we have held is a tenyear statute of repose. The statute requires …
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Neutral
── FMS Nephrology Partners North Central Indiana Dialysis Centers, LLC v. Beacon Health System Group Benefit Plan, et al. ── Case No.: 20S-PL-00302 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 11, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Vacated and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Goff concur. Justice David concurs in result The …
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── Patrick Humphrey v. US Xpress, Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 20S-CT-00548 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: September 08, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Jackson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed The amount of evidence necessary for a court to instruct a jury on a mitigation-of-damages defense is minimal, requiring only a “scintilla”. This stands in contrast to …
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Neutral
── Steven Glover, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Shelina M. Glover v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company ── Case No.: 20S-CT-00023 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 08, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Vacated and Remanded Shelina Glover died in a car crash that was not her fault. Her estate …
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Neutral
── K CG v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 20S-JV-00263 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 16, 2020 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Juvenile Decision: Vacated and Remanded Under Indiana law, only juvenile courts have power to adjudicate a child a delinquent. The delinquency alleged here is that respondent, K.C.G., age 16, committed the offense of dangerous possession of …
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Neutral
── Dylan Thomas Tate v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 19S-LW-00444 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: January 28, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Madison Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed A jury found Dylan Tate guilty of molesting and murdering an eighteen-month-old boy. During sentencing, the jury found three statutory aggravators beyond a reasonable doubt and recommended life …
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Neutral
── New Nello Operating Co., LLC v. COMPRESSAIR ── Case No.: 20S-CC-00578 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 22, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: St. Joseph Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded In a typical asset purchase, the buyer acquires the seller’s assets but not its liabilities. The general rule is not absolute, however, and this case …
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Neutral
── In the Matter of the Certified Question: Jeffrey Cutchin as Personal Representative of the Estates of Claudine Cutchin and Adelaide Cutchin v. Amy L. Beard, Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Insurance, Administrator of the Indiana Patient's Compensation Fund ── Case No.: 21S-CQ-00048 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 30, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Other Decision: Certified …
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Neutral
── Kevin Charles Isom v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 45S00-1508-PD-00508 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 30, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Lake Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed This case arises from a brutal crime. In August 2007, Isom’s neighbors reported gunshots ringing out from his apartment. When police arrived, they quickly took shelter because of …
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── Southlake Indiana LLC v. Lake County Assessor ── Case No.: 21S-TA-00239 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: September 22, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Other Decision: Reversed and Remanded This case concerns the assessment of commercial real property in Lake County. In 2014, the assessor increased a mall’s property-tax assessment for that tax year and issued notices increasing the …
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Neutral
── Roger D Rotert v. Connie S Stiles ── Case No.: 21S-TR-00452 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 08, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Jackson Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice David, and Justice Massa concur. Justice Goff concurs in result When Marcille Borcherding died, she left her estate in trust for her children. One trust …
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Neutral
── PAUL MICHAEL WILKES v. CELADON GROUP, INC., et al. ── Case No.: 19S-CT-00564 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 06, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush and Justice Massa concur. Justice David and Justice Goff concur in part/dissent in part A commercial truck driver sustained injuries when his cargo fell …
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Neutral
── Clarence Lowe v. Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00295 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 16, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Porter Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Clarence Lowe, an employee of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, claims he was injured at work. We must decide whether the District, which operates a government-owned …
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Neutral
── Clark County REMC v. Glenn Reis, et al. ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00343 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 29, 2021 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded For decades, the board of a county REMC, a rural electric membership cooperative, adopted a series of policies providing health-insurance benefits to former directors who …
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Neutral
── Progressive Southeastern Ins. Co. v. Bruce A Brown, et al. ── Case No.: 21S-CT-00496 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 25, 2022 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Carroll Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part FILED Feb 25 2022, 1:31 pm CLERK Indiana Supreme Court Court of Appeals and Tax Court IN THE Indiana Supreme …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana v. Anthony J. Neukam ── Case No.: 21S-CR-00567 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 23, 2022 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Dubois Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush and Justice David concur. Justice Massa and Justice Goff dissent In 2020, we held juvenile courts lose jurisdiction once an alleged delinquent child reaches twenty-one years …
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Neutral
── City Of Gary v. Jeff Nicholson, et al. ── Case No.: 22S-MI-00252 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: July 21, 2022 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Remanded The City of Gary is a so-called “welcoming city”—with a local ordinance designed to protect the rights of immigrants. The plaintiffs below, four Indiana residents, argue Gary …
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Neutral
── JOSHUA PAYNE-ELLIOTT v. ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF INDIANAPOLIS, INC. ── Case No.: 22S-CP-00302 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 31, 2022 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice David and Justice Goff concur in result. Justice Massa concurs. Justice Rush not participating Religious freedom protected by the First Amendment to the United States …
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Neutral
── Cliff Decker, et al. v. Star Financial Group Inc ── Case No.: 22S-PL-00305 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: March 21, 2023 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result Plaintiffs, Cliff and Wendy Decker, have a checking account with Star …
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Neutral
── Donald R Owen, Jr. v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 21S-LW-00333 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 08, 2023 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Elkhart Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Defendant, Donald R. Owen, Jr., was an acknowledged gang leader in Elkhart County. When members of the local Latin Kings gang believed a woman among them was …
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Neutral
── Kathryn Davidson v. State of Indiana, et al. ── Case No.: 22S-CT-00318 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 21, 2023 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Monroe Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result The Indiana Comparative Fault Act does not apply to “tort claims” against government defendants. …
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Neutral
── Hoosier Contractors, LLC v. Sean Gardner ── Case No.: 22S-CT-00381 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: July 19, 2023 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Justice Massa and Justice Molter concur. Justice Rush and Justice Goff concur in result Sean Gardner asked Hoosier Contractors, LLC, to inspect the roof of his …
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Neutral
── Noblesville Indiana Board of Zoning Appeals v. FMG Indianapolis, LLC ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00114 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: September 25, 2023 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result Reagan Outdoor Advertising owns billboards in Noblesville, Indiana. The city classifies billboards …
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Neutral
── Thomas DeCola v. Norfolk Southern Corporation, Inc. ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00358 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 08, 2023 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: LaPorte Category: Civil Decision: Dismissed Appellate jurisdiction here is premised on the trial court’s entry of a final judgment. But the court’s entry—the denial of plaintiff’s summaryjudgment motion—was not final because (among other …
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Neutral
── Jason Morehouse, et al. v. Dux North LLC ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00071 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 08, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Plaintiff, Dux North LLC, owns landlocked property in rural Hamilton County, Indiana. To access its property, Dux seeks an implied easement over adjacent property owned …
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Neutral
── Christine Cosme, et al. v. Debora A. Warfield, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00159 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded We reaffirmed this standard in Purcell v. Old National Bank, 972 N.E.2d 835 (Ind. 2012). There, we held a trial court may …
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Neutral
── Duke Energy Indiana LLC v. City of Noblesville Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-PL-00130 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 30, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded This case pits a municipality’s power to protect the health and safety of its residents against the utility regulatory commission’s power to impose uniform, …
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Neutral
── William Ray Grimes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 24S-CR-00217 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 26, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Sullivan Category: Criminal Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice Molter concur. Justice Massa and Justice Goff dissent Indiana Criminal Rule 4 balances two competing interests: a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to …
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Neutral
── Richard Dolsen, Jr. v. Veoride Inc, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00225 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: July 02, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Allen Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Our traditional “fireman’s rule” limited a firefighter’s tort recovery for injuries sustained when responding to a fire. The rule’s origin is a premises-liability case that …
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Neutral
── Perdue Farms Inc. v. L & B Transport, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00040 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: August 13, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Daviess Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Indiana courts generally hold contracting parties to their bargain, and that is especially true of commercial parties. The issue here is …
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Neutral
── Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board v. R L ── Case No.: 24S-XP-00185 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 03, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Martin Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded R.L., a sheriff’s deputy, was charged with driving while intoxicated. The State later dropped criminal charges. But the Indiana Law Enforcement Training Board, which credentials …
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Neutral
── State of Indiana v. TYSON TIMBS ── Case No.: 20S-MI-00289 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 10, 2021 Author: Justice Loretta Rush County of Origin: Grant Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice David and Justice Goff concur. Justice Slaughter concurs in result. Justice Massa dissents In August 2013, the State filed a civil forfeiture complaint, alleging that Tyson Timbs had …
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── Isaiah Jerone Stokes v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00531 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 25, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice concurs. Judge Pyle dissents IN THE Court of Appeals of Indiana FILED Isaiah Jerone Stokes, Appellant-Defendant Feb 25 2026, 8:52 am CLERK Indiana Supreme Court …
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── DeRyan Cook v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-PC-02168 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Mary DeBoer County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Altice concur Cook previously sought reversal of his murder conviction on direct appeal to this Court. Cook v. State, 119 N.E.3d 1092 (Ind. Ct. …
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── Paulino Santiago-Bautista v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-01502 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 9, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Carroll Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Felix concur On June 10, 2023, fourteen-year-old L.A. was home alone at her family’s farm in Carroll County. Around noon, Santiago-Bautista knocked on the …
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── Matthew Edward Tierney v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00650 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 9, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Felix concur On about July 23, 2022, Tierney arrived at the home of his daughter, Erin, and Erin’s husband, Dax, where they lived …
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── Christopher A Smith v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02371 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 11, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Huntington Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur On December 27, 2023, Detective Jordan Corral of the Huntington City Police Department was working with “Austin”—a confidential informant (CI)–to conduct …
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── Diana Brugh v. Jason E. Brugh ── Case No.: 25A-DC-01062 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 13, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Boone Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded Judge Brown and Judge Felix concur Husband and Wife married on December 5, 2008. The marriage produced four children. On July 15, 2022, Husband filed …
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── Milton Porter v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-00717 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 17, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Brown and Judge Felix concur On the morning of October 14, 2022, Calvin Lawson suffered from a drug overdose in the parking lot of his apartment complex. …
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── Andre J.S. Richardson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02332 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 20, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur In January 2023, Richardson, then twenty years old, was communicating with a fourteen-year-old girl via social media. The two sent each …
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── Edmarius Malik Oats v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25A-CR-02309 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Bartholomew Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur On May 23, 2023, officers with the Columbus Police Department received a report of a drive-by shooting at Lincoln Park. Officer …
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── Morgan Billieu v. Robert Reid Billieu ── Case No.: 25A-DC-02058 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: February 27, 2026 Author: Judge Stephen Scheele County of Origin: Marion Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Bailey and Judge Vaidik concur Parents were married on June 23, 2019, and had Child in 2022. Parents separated in May 2023, and on August 26, 2024, …
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── AMW Investments Inc., et al. v. The Town of Clarksville, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00183 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 4, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Clark Category: Civil Decision: Remanded and Affirmed This case arises from a discovery dispute between AMW Investments and Midwest Entertainment, on one hand, and the Town of Clarksville, …
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Neutral
── Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, et al. v. Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, et al. ── Case No.: 23S-EX-00162 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: December 19, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Other Decision: Affirmed Justice Massa and Justice Molter concur. Justice Rush and Justice Goff concur in result This case involves regulatory approval of a public utility’s proposed …
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Neutral
── Calvary Temple Church of Evansville, Inc. v. Gerard A. Kirsch ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00378 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 11, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Vanderburgh Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Our legislature limits the duties that a nonprofit religious organization, like a church, owes to persons entering its premises. For an invitee—one who …
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Neutral
── Willow Haven on 106th St, LLC v. Hari Nagireddy, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00287 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 19, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Hamilton Category: Civil Decision: Vacated, Reversed, and Remanded This is a nuisance suit between neighboring property owners in Carmel, Indiana. The plaintiffs, Hari and Saranya Nagireddy, live next door …
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Neutral
── Emily Tingley v. First Financial Bank, As Trustee of Land Trust No. 428 ── Case No.: 24S-PL-00299 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: February 25, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Vigo Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded An Indiana trust beneficiary sued the trustee, an Indiana bank, in an Indiana trial court over whether and how to …
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Neutral
── Chelsea L. Crossland v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 23S-LW-00244 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 23, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Jay Category: Criminal Decision: Affirmed A jury convicted Chelsea L. Crossland of murder and neglect of a dependent resulting in death. It then recommended an LWOP, life-withoutparole, sentence, which the trial court imposed. …
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Neutral
── In the Matter of the Certified Question: Diamond Quality, Inc. v. Dana Light Axle Products, LLC ── Case No.: 24S-CQ-00265 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: April 24, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Other Decision: Certified Question Disposed with Opinion Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff dissents We accepted two certified questions from the Northern …
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── South Bend Community School Corporation v. Connie Grabowski ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00395 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: June 24, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter Category: Civil Decision: Reversed and Remanded Justice Rush and Justice Massa concur. Justice Goff and Justice Molter dissent Indiana has long been an employment-at-will state. An employer generally may terminate an employee for any reason. …
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Neutral
── Bradley Baldwin, As Assignee of Tommi C. Hummel and Travor Hummel, et al. v. The Standard Fire Insurance Company, et al. ── Case No.: 25S-CT-00033 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: October 21, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Marshall Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in part/dissents in …
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Neutral
── Kimberly R. Anderson v. State of Indiana ── Case No.: 25S-CR-00294 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: November 13, 2025 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Marion Category: Criminal Decision: Dismissed Justice Rush, Justice Massa, and Justice Molter concur. Justice Goff concurs in result But defendants can waive this right with a valid appeal waiver. Like any contract provision, …