Ind. Evid. Rule 617 does not require the State to make available at trial electronic recordings of defendant’s incriminating statements made in a motel room because it was not a “place of detention.”
Estate of Kent v. Kerr, No. 55S01-1712-ES-00747, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2018).
The Compromise Chapter of Probate Code only applies to post-mortem agreements.
Erie Indemnity Co. v. Estate of Harris, No. 18S-CT-114, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2018).
Commercial auto policy does not provide coverage for a death in a motor vehicle accident involving an uninsured motorist when the decedent was not occupying a scheduled vehicle.
Horejs v. Milford, No. 45A03-1709-CT-2173, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 14, 2018).
The wrongful death statute precludes the statutory beneficiary who dies before judgment from recovering wrongful death damages when the statutory beneficiary dies with no heirs.
Brewer v. PACCAR, Inc., No. 55A05-1709-CT-2168,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 15, 2018).
If a party files a motion to correct error, it should either wait for a ruling on the motion before initiating the process of an appeal, or it should dismiss the motion to correct error.