Summary judgment was properly denied because the court found that the bar failed to establish as a matter of law that it did not owe patron a duty to protect him from another patron’s criminal act.
Civil
Moriarity v. Ind. Dept. of Natural Resources, No. 18S-PL-00296, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 3, 2019).
Dept. of Natural Resources had jurisdiction over dam on private property based on its location in, on, or along a stream of Indiana.
Denson v. Estate of Dillard, No. 18A-CT-1112, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 18, 2018).
Summary judgment was properly granted in a negligence action. Because the Defendant’s sudden physical incapacity was not reasonably foreseeable, Defendant successfully negated the element of breach of duty.
Bock v. Bock, No. 18A-DR-38, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 20, 2018).
Pension survivor benefit was properly included as a marital asset for division.
State v. Reinhart, No. 18S-MI-286, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 5, 2018).
When a person “forfeits” driving privileges for life following a felony conviction for driving while suspended, the proper venue is the trial court in a person’s county of residence.