Operating a vehicle with a blood-alcohol concentration of .08 causing serious bodily injury is a “crime of violence” not subject to the statutory cap on consecutive sentencing.
Veolia Water Indianapolis, LLC v. Nat’l Trust Ins. Co., No. 49S04-1301-PL-00008, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Feb. 6, 2014)
A for-profit, private company operating a public water utility under a contract with a governmental unit does not have common law sovereign immunity.
Paul Stieler Enterprises, Inc. v. City of Evansville, No. 82S01-1306-CT-436, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Feb. 11, 2014)
Amended smoking ban ordinance violates the equal privileges and immunities clause of the Indiana Constitution, voiding the amendment that exempted the riverboat casino.
In re S.D., No. 49S05-1309-JC-585, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Feb. 12, 2014)
Trial court improperly found that a child with special needs is a child in need of services.
Gonzalez v. State, No. 52A02-1306-CR-526, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 4, 2013).
Restitution sentence for payment to workman’s compensation insurer of amounts it paid for victim’s medical treatment and lost wages was proper, but restitution could not be ordered for the permanent partial impairment settlement paid to the victim.