“[T]he “value” attributable to the performance of work that triggers secondary liability under Indiana Code section 22-3-2-14(b) [Worker’s Compensation Act] includes both direct monetary payment as well as any ancillary consideration received for the work.”
J.P. v. Mid American Sound, No. 49A04-1405-CT-207, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 14, 2015).
The Indiana Tort Claims Act aggregate liability cap, as applied to the defendant, is constitutional.
Gertiser v. Stokes, No. 29A02-1401-DR-43, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 14, 2015).
It should have been considered a substantial and continuing change of circumstances when a woman receiving spousal maintenance now has substantial income and assets as a result of remarriage.
Jacobs v. State, No. 49S04-1403-CR-162, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 8, 2015).
Trial judge properly excluded specific instances of conduct offered to show witness’s untruthfulness.
Hitch v. State, No. 49A02-1404-CR-295, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 8, 2015).
Statutory domestic violence crime determination is a fact which increases the penalty for a crime and accordingly must be determined by the jury under the Blakely Sixth Amendment rule.