In a crashworthiness case alleging enhanced injuries under the Indiana Products Liability Act, the finder of fact shall apportion fault to the person suffering physical harm when that alleged fault is a responsible cause of the harm for which damages are being sought.
Civil
Kolozsvari v. Doe, No. 32A04-1008-CT-525, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 10, 2011)
Pharmacists have a duty to warn of the side effects of prescribed medications or to refuse to fill the prescription when a pharmacist has information that gives rise to a duty to exercise professional judgment.
Beneficial Indiana, Inc. v. Joy Properties, LLC, No. 02A05-1005-PL-260, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 10, 2011)
A claimant other than one identified Ind. Code 6-1.1-24-7 may pursue disbursement of a tax sale surplus in the trial court, and that equity requires that the claimant with the more substantial interest in the real estate should be granted disbursement of the tax sale surplus.
Dan Cristiani Excavating Co. Inc. v. Money, No. 10A05-1002-CT-114, __ N.E. 2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 26, 2010)
A series of adverse rulings against one party is not a pattern indicating bias without a demonstration of actual personal bias of the trial judge.
Inman v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., No. 41A01-1005-CT-225, ____ N.E.2d ____ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 30, 2010)
An insurer can be required to pay prejudgment interest in excess of uninsured and/or underinsured motorist limits in an action brought by an insured for failure to pay uninsured and/or underinsured motorist coverage.