The trial judge has broad discretion to rehabilitate jurors and deny for-cause challenges. The trial judge properly denied for-cause challenges after asking the prospective jurors if they could set aside personal biases, beliefs, and prejudices and follow instructions as given.
Civil
Murray v. Indianapolis Public Schools, No. 19S-CT-282, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 8, 2019).
Student was contributorily negligent for his death when his leaving school to purchase either guns or drugs was not an exercise of reasonable care and caution for his safety.
In re M.I., No. 19S-JT-281, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 9, 2019).
Despite Mother’s ongoing inability to secure suitable housing, the trial court properly concluded that terminating her parental rights would not be in her children’s best interests.
Blankenship v. Duke, No. 19A-GU-518, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 9, 2019).
When a trial court orders parenting time in a guardianship case, it cannot allow the guardian to determine the parent’s parenting time with their child.
Indiana Land Trust Co. v. XL Investment Properties, LLC, No. 18A-MI-2150, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., July 30, 2019).
For a tax sale, auditor is still charged with knowledge of the contents of its records and is constitutionally obligated to search those records.