University should not have been added as a supplemental defendant in a woman’s petition to seek postsecondary expenses for her daughter.
Civil
Price v. Charles Brown Charitable Remainder Unitrust Trust, No. 74A01-1409-TR-401, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App. , March 18, 2015).
Although under a joint defense agreement privileged information was disclosed, it did not bar one party from suing the other; the “specific claims of privilege will need to be resolved as they are encountered in discovery or at trial.”
Jahangirizadeh v. Pazouki, No. 29A02-1408-DR-530, __N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App. , March 19, 2015).
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.
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.