Trial court erred in vacating its order for arbitration, because the arbitration clause in the parties’ contract was not terminated by one party’s bankruptcy discharge.
Civil
Spangler v. Bechtel, No. 49A05-0908-CV-482, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., July 27, 2010)
Mother who suffered a stillbirth due to medical malpractice qualified as an injured patient and satisfied the actual victim requirement under the Medical Malpractice Act regardless of whether the malpractice resulted in injuries to the mother, the fetus, or both, and Parents may assert a claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress under the modified impact rule.
Adoption of H.W., No. 71A03-0911-CV-516, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., July 28, 2010)
Trial court had the ability to consider simultaneously both the CHINS action and the Foster Parents’ petition to adopt Child; trial court erred, however, when it determined that DCS’s withholding of consent to the adoption was not in Child’s best interest.
Vest v. State, No. 49A02-0912-CR-1276, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 21, 2010)
Resisting efforts of several police officers to make an arrest was a single offense, not three, of resisting law enforcement, so that there was no need for a “unanimity” instruction requiring jurors to agree that a particular officer’s efforts were resisted.
McCabe v. Commissioner, Ind. Dep’t of Ins., 49A02-0908-CV-728, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., July 20, 2010)
Attorney fees and expenses incurred by the personal representative’s attorney are not recoverable damages under the Adult Wrongful Death Statute.