Newly-elected mayor wrongfully terminated the city’s utility superintendent; under Ind. Code § 8-1.5-3-5, the superintendent could only be terminated for cause by the utility service board after notice and hearing.
Civil
Harrison Co. Sheriff’s Dept. v. Ayers, No. 22A01-1605-CT-1080, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 31, 2017).
Sheriff’s Department is not vicariously liable for deputy’s actions undertaken in a purely private capacity with no connection to his employment at his home with his gun.
Dumka v. Erickson, No. 20A03-1605-PL-1178, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 31, 2017).
Although the debtor failed to assert the exemption for an IRA, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by taking judicial notice of the exemption and excluding the asset from garnishment.
Neal v. IAB Financial Bank, No. 02A03-1604-CT-1002, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 2, 2017).
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.
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.