Because the designated evidence negates the proximate cause element of the legal malpractice claim, the trial court properly granted summary judgment.
Civil
Cox v. Evansville Police Dept., No. 18S-CT-447, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 13, 2018).
Cities may be liable under the respondeat superior scope-of-employment rule for sexual assaults by on-duty police officers, but the common-carrier exception does not apply.
J.K. v. Ind. Dept. of Child Svcs., No. 18A-JT-529, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 7, 2018).
Admonishes DCS for its failure to afford litigants their due process rights and reminds the trial courts of their duty to ensure that litigants’ due process rights are not violated.
Morrison v. Vasquez, No. 18A-CT-376, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 28, 2018).
Ind. Code § 23-0.5-4-12’s provision that the address of a registered agent does not determine venue is not ineffective under T.R. 75(D).
Johnson v. Blue Chip Casino, LLC, No. 18A-SC-788, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 29 2018).
Plaintiff failed to prove that the presence of bed bugs in his hotel room more probably resulted from hotel’s negligence as opposed to another cause; plaintiff’s argument that res loquitur applied failed.