A proposed medical malpractice complaint is not considered filed when a copy of the proposed complaint is delivered to a third-party carrier.
Civil
Lovold v. Ellis, No. 54A01-1209-DR-410, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 26, 2013).
Living expenses for a child living on campus should not be included in the child support order when the child has repudiated the parent and the parent is not required to contribute to the child’s post-secondary education.
State Farm Fire & Cas., Co. v. Radcliff, No. 29A04-1111-CT-571, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 11, 2013).
Affirms the jury’s $14.5 million verdict on the defendant’s defamation counterclaim.
Meredith v. Pence, No. 49S00-1203-PL-172,___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., March 26, 2013).
“[T]he Indiana school voucher program, the Choice Scholarship Program, is within the legislature’s power under Article 8, Section 1, and that the enacted program does not violate either Section 4 or Section 6 of Article 1 of the Indiana Constitution.
Town of Cedar Lake v. Alessia, No. 45A03-1207-PL-316,___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., March 21, 2013).
The proper legal inquiry whether there was a statutory prohibition against the town’s exercise of authority was based on Indiana’s Home Rule Act.