Trial court’s order for attorney fees was remanded for further consideration and explanation, because it did not provide any insight as to the reason for the award of attorney fees, i.e., what the trial court found to be frivolous, unreasonable, and bad faith conduct.
Civil
Klotz v. Hoyt, No. 18S02-0807-CV-391, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Jan. 22, 2009)
Klotz v. Hoyt (Ind., Dickson, J.) – Landlord’s untimely or inadequate statutory damage notice to tenant precludes only landlord’s claims for physical damage to the premises and does not bar landlord from recovery of unpaid rent and other losses.
Cooper Indus., LLC v. South Bend, No. 49S04-0711-CV-541, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Jan. 22, 2009)
Landowner’s claims under the Environmental Legal Action statute accrued at the time the statute became effective.
Ramirez v. Wilson, No. 56A04-0806-CV-356, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 29, 2009)
Viable fetus was not a child for the purposes of the Child Wrongful Death statute.
Indiana Family & Social Servs. Admin. v. Meyer, No. 69A01-0807-CV-358, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 30, 2009)
Because plaintiff did not timely file the agency record or seek an additional extension of time in which to do so, its petition for judifical review of a final agency action was “subject to dismissal” under the Administrative Orders and Procedures Act; the trial court, however, had discretion to find that a petition “subject to dismissal” should not, upon a proper showing, be dismissed.