Trial court properly dismissed case for failure to state a claim; police officer did not have a special duty to plaintiff to protect her activities from public disclosure.
Civil
Henry v. Community Healthcare System Community Hospital, No. 19A-CT-1256, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 8, 2019).
Medical providers owe a common law duty of confidentiality to their patients, so a breach of that duty is possible.
Zelman v. Capital One Bank (USA), N.A., No. 19A-CC-989, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 8, 2019).
Affidavit of Debt did not lay a proper foundation to authenticate the Customer Agreement or credit card statements as business records admissible under Evidence Rule 803(6)’s hearsay exception; bank failed to designate admissible evidence establishing that defendant had opened a credit card account with the bank and that defendant owed the bank the amount alleged in the compliant.
Int’l Bus. Machines Corp. v. State, No. 49D01-1005-PL-21451, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 11, 2019).
Post-judgment interest due to the State runs from the judgment on remand; the date of the original judgment was not final.
Clark v. Mattar, No. 19A-CT-380, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 4, 2019).
Trial court abused its discretion in denying for-cause challenge to juror who indicated that he would be unable to sit on a jury asked to determine damages for non-economic loss, which plaintiff was seeking.