“[C]ommencement of a medical malpractice action occurs when a copy of the proposed complaint is deposited for mailing by registered or certified mail or by certain private delivery services[.]”
Civil
In re T.L., No. 02S03-1308-AD-528, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., March 11, 2014).
In an adoption, consent is not required from the father, who by clear and convincing evidence was able to support his children but did not.
Hitchens v. Collection Specialists, Inc., No. 48A05-1306-SC-302, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 11, 2014).
The small claims court did not deny defendant’s due process when it admitted a letter containing hearsay into evidence, and based its decision on that letter.
Hardiman v. Cozmanoff, No. 45S03-1309-CT-619, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., March 12, 2014).
In the related civil case while the criminal case was pending, trial court properly granted a limited stay of discovery as to defendant only and required defendant to answer the complaint within 30 days.
Wysocki v. Johnson, No. 45A03-1309-CT-385, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 3, 2014)
The Indiana Crime Victims Relief Act is not applicable to the common-law tort of fraud.