Although the motion to set aside adequately alleged that the court’s property division was actually influenced by a party’s alleged falsification of assets, it was not enough to establish a possible case for an independent action for fraud or fraud on the court.
Civil
In re M.N., No. 53A01-1410-JT-462, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 10, 2015).
Adoption agency’s ability to file a petition to voluntarily terminate parental rights to not restricted to the scope of its statutory authorization as a licensed child placing agency.
Ball Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Fair, No. 18A02-1405-CT-316, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 2, 2015).
Based on the principles of notice pleading, Plaintiff can pursue negligence claims against the hospital’s pharmacist despite not making the claim to the medical review panel.
Meridian North Investments v. Sondhi, No. 49A02-1405-PL-311, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 24, 2015).
Plaintiff is not personally bound by exculpatory provisions in lease with Defendant that Plaintiff signed on behalf of his corporation.
In re E.W., No. 40A04-1407-JC-349, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 25, 2015).
“By ordering that all contact between Mother and Child cease, the trial court is effectively ending that relationship until Child is a legal adult…Whether or not this is technically a final judgment, it certainly operates as one.”