The Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause does not bar the State from forfeiting Defendant’s vehicle because the United States Supreme Court has not held that the Clause applies to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Sedam v. 2JR Pizza Enterprises, LLC, No. 39S05-1703-CT-171, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 31, 2017).
When an employer admits that an employee was acting within the course and scope of his or her employment, absent special circumstances, negligent hiring claims are precluded.
WPTA-TV v. State, No. 35A02-1705-CR-1060, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 31, 2017).
Trial court properly granted a TV station’s request for a digitally recorded version of a publicly available court record while limiting its use of the audio record and barring its broadcast or dissemination.
Esserman v. Ind. Dep't of Envtl. Mgmt., No. 49S02-1704-PL-00189, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Nov. 2, 2017).
Indiana has not abrogated common-law sovereign immunity for non-tort claims premised on the violation of a statute.
Edmonds v. State, No. 49A05-1703-CR-400, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 26, 2017).
Because resisting law enforcement and leaving the scene of an accident are conduct-based crimes rather than result-based crimes, defendant may be convicted of only one count for each