Unrepresented litigants failed to understand that bankruptcy discharged them from in personam liability, but that their in rem liability for the mortgage remained. Summary judgment on the mortgage foreclosure was properly granted.
Langdon v. State, No. 49A02-1606-CR-1470, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 10, 2017).
There is no statutory basis to impose a second supplemental public defender fee.
Hampton v. State, No. 88A04-1608-CR-1862, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 13, 2017).
Even when the parties enter an agreement removing the Court’s authority to change its terms, the trial court must consider a probationer’s violations and determine appropriate sanctions.
Magic Circle Corp. v. Crowe Horwath, LLP, No. 71A03-1607-PL-1520, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 8, 2017).
The economic loss rule does not have the effect of barring an accountant malpractice claim at tort.
Albee v. State, No. 79A02-1606-CR-1266, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 28, 2017).
Retrial would not offend double jeopardy principles, if the evidence as a whole was sufficient to support convictions even though defendant’s pre-trial identification was unreliable.