“Absent agreement otherwise, ‘a lawyer retained under a contingent fee contract but discharged prior to the contingency is entitled to recover the value of services rendered if there is a subsequent settlement or award[,]’ and in that case, ‘the fee is to be measured by the proportion of the total fee equal to the contribution of the discharged lawyer’s efforts to the ultimate result[.]’”
Civil
Sargent v. State, No. 49D07-1111-MI-44802, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Mar. 24, 2015).
Reverses forfeiture of vehicle on basis that employee detained in her workplace while trying to illegally take employer’s property was not in possession, constructive or otherwise, of her automobile parked in the lot at the place of employment.
T.K. v. Dep't of Veterans Affairs, No. 49S02-1503-MH-138, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 19, 2015).
Emphasizes that for a civil commitment the necessary elements of “either dangerous or gravely disabled” must be established by clear and convincing evidence.
In re Howell, No. 94S00-1405-CQ-321, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 20, 2015).
Life insurance bankruptcy exemptions apply to non-dependent spouses and children.
Hoagland v. Franklin Township Comm. School Corp., No. 49S02-1410-PL-643, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 24, 2015).
Public schools are not constitutionally required to provide transportation to students.