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Hoker Trucking, LLC v. Robbins, No. 89A01-1411-CT-468, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App, Sept. 15, 2015).

September 21, 2015 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: Appeals, P. Riley

The surviving spouse of the decedent is not entitled to attorneys’ fees and prejudgment interest as compensable damages under the General Wrongful Death Statute.

R.L. Turner Corp. v. Wressell, No. 06A05-1411-PL-540, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App, Sept. 15, 2015).

September 21, 2015 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: Appeals, C. Bradford

“In determining a reasonable amount of attorney’s fees, consideration should be given to the nature and difficulty of the litigation; the time, skill, and effort involved; the fee customarily charged for similar legal services; the amount involved; the time limitations imposed by the circumstances; and the result achieved in the litigation.” There is no definitive cap to attorney’s fee awards based on the potential or actual recovery.

Whittaker v. Whittaker, No. 02A03-1503-DR-7, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App, Sept. 21, 2015).

September 21, 2015 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: Appeals, M. Bailey

The merits of Husband’s petition for contempt for Wife’s failure to pay sums incorporated in the dissolution decree should have been addressed by the trial court; the obligation was not a fixed money judgment.

Clifton v. McCammack, No. 49S02-1504-CT-228, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 21, 2015).

September 21, 2015 Filed Under: Civil Tagged With: L. Rush, Supreme

Father of victim of an accident cannot recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress, because none of the three circumstantial factors were met; the claimant must demonstrate that the scene viewed was essentially as it was at the time of the incident, that the victim was in essentially the same condition as immediately following the incident, and that the claimant was not informed of the incident before coming upon the scene.

Hamilton v. State, No. 65A04-1412-CR-592, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 9, 2015).

September 14, 2015 Filed Under: Criminal Tagged With: Appeals, M. Barnes

Forensic interviewer’s testimony vouching for child victims’ testimony, admitted over defendant’s timely objection, was reversible error. But detective calling children’s statements “powerful” when interrogating defendant was not error because it was meant only to elicit response from defendant, not as assertion of fact.

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