The Court of Appeals urges all trial courts to “carefully consider the possible impact of SSR benefits when determining whether to provide a credit to a non-custodial parent for his or her child support obligation.”
Timbs v. Indiana, No. 17-1091, __US__ (Feb. 20, 2019).
Seizure of man’s Land Rover violated protections against excessive fines under the Eighth Amendment applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
Perkins v. Fillio, No. 18A-PL-2278, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 19, 2019).
For a premises liability claim regarding a headbutting ram, trial court erred in granting summary judgment because it is a genuine issue of material fact as to whether rams are dangerous as a class of animals and, if so, a genuine issue as to whether Defendant took reasonable measures to prevent the ram from causing harm to invitees.
Horejs v. Milford, No. 19S-CT-97, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 21, 2019).
Husband’s claim for survivor damages did not abate upon his death and was not dependent on the existence of an heir.
State v. Vance, No. 18A-CR-1746, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 13, 2019).
A search warrant was issued without probable cause when police did not maintain strict control in a buyer-dealer-source transaction and police surveillance was interrupted.