Indiana recognizes damages for inherent diminished value of personal property.
Civil
Schmidt v. Allstate Property & Casualty Ins. Co., No. 19A-CT-1489, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 12, 2020).
An insurer owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to an insured who is not the policyholder.
Hess v. Novicki, No. 19A-CT-1416, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 31, 2020).
Trial court has the legal authority to rule on the merits of a TR 60(B) motion to supplement/modify an agreed permanent injunction.
S.H. v. D.W., No. 19S-PO-118, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 31, 2020).
The Protection Order Act does not permit the reissuance, renewal, or extension of the protective order when there has been a single episode of physical violence with no follow-up act, no threat that the violence will recur, and no other reasonable grounds to believe there is present intent to harm.
In re Adoption of C.A.H., No. 20S-AD-5, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 10, 2020).
A parent’s implied consent to the adoption may not be based solely on their failure to appear at a single hearing.