Title Company was Title Insurance Company’s agent for title insurance purposes, but not for closing and escrow purposes.
Civil
City of Greenwood v. Town of Bargersville, No. 41A05-0912-CV-684, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., July 15, 2010)
(1) City had standing to bring declaratory judgment action regarding the validity of Town’s annexation of territory within three miles of City; (2) landowners’ agreements that waived their “rights to object, remonstrate or appeal against [the] annexation,” did not constitute consent to the annexation.
Wilson v. Isaacs, No. 09S05-1003-CV-149, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., June 28, 2010)
A law enforcement officer’s use of force in excess of the reasonable force authorized by statute is not shielded from liability under the “enforcement of a law” immunity provided in Indiana Code § 34-13-3-3(8).
Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library v. Charlier Clark & Linard, P.C., No. 06S05-0907-CV-332, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., June 29, 2010)
Primarily because Plaintiff is connected with the construction Defendants through a network or chain of contracts in which the parties allocated their respective risks, duties, and remedies, those contracts, and not negligence law, govern the outcome of Plaintiff’s claims.
League of Women Voters of Indiana v. Rokita, No. 49S02-1001-CV-50, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., June 30, 2010)
Indiana Voter ID Law does not, on its face, contravene Article 2, Section 2 (on electors’ qualifications) or Article 1, Section 23 (on equal privileges and immunities) of the Indiana Constitution.