Appealing a monetary discovery sanction also puts the underlying discovery order before the appellate court. Late objections to discovery are presumptively waived, but trial courts may exercise their discretion and excuse any waiver.
Civil
Wohlt v. Wohlt, No. 24S-DR-385, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., Nov. 21, 2024).
Property settlement agreement had no ambiguity when it used the word “all” to describe division of assets; both forgotten and remembered assets were included in that description so that the property division would be final.
Med-1 Solutions, LLC v. Taylor, No. 24A-PL-450, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 25, 2024).
Where an at-will employee signs a non-competition agreement as a condition of their hiring and is later told to sign a new non-competition agreement or they will be fired, the employee’s continued employment can serve as consideration for the latter agreement
Emslander v. Baine, No. 24A-DC-1138, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 18, 2024).
Technical noncompliance with the parent relocation statute is insufficient to support the grant of a relocation.
Starsiak v. Starsiak, No. 24A-PL-724, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 4, 2024).
Indiana has a common law cause of action to quiet title to personal property.