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.
Civil
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.
In re Termination of Parental Rights of J.H., No. 02A05-0807-JV-410, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 12, 2009)
Indiana Code § 31-32-9-1(d) does not exempt DCS from compliance with service of process Trial Rules, but DCS nevertheless adequately complied with such rules to satisfy due process considerations.