A Good Samaritan who helps a stranded motorist does not have a duty to a motorist harmed by the formerly stranded motorist after aid was rendered.
Civil
Garner v. Kempf, No. 82A01-1512-PL-2362, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 30, 2017).
Clerk, a garnishee defendant, is liable when she received a motion for proceedings supplemental to garnish the bond in an unrelated criminal case, and the clerk did not provide notice of the lien in the criminal case.
In re Grandparent Visitation of G.S., No. 30A01-1608-DR-1801, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App, Jan. 17, 2016).
There is no statutory authority for a trial court to order a child to have visitation with relatives other than a grandparent in the face of a parent’s objections
Estate of Pfafman v. Lancaster, No. 57A03-1603-CC-516, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App, Jan. 18, 2016).
The Comparative Fault Act does not require that a jury allocate some fault to every actor who proximately caused the plaintiff’s injury, but permits the allocation of any percentage or no percentage of fault to a party or nonparty who caused or contributed to cause the injury.
Dermatology Assoc., P.C. v. White, No. 49A02-1512-PL-2189, __N.E.3d__ (Ind. Ct. App, Jan. 19, 2016).
To trigger the 180-day statute of limitations extension for a medical malpractice action, the plaintiff must show that she has subsequently acquired knowledge of or received information about something she did not previously know with regard to her injury and $15,000 is insufficient to compensate her for that more serious injury.