Theft and auto theft are distinct offenses defined in different statutes, so that the “single larceny” rule does not prohibit convictions for both when the defendant simultaneously takes an automobile and other items of property.
Engelking v. Engelking, No. 18A02-1206-DR-495, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 15, 2013).
Father had a duty to support children conceived during marriage by artificial insemination when the trial court found that father knowingly and voluntarily consented to the artificial inseminations.
Erwin v. HSBC Mortgage Svcs., Inc., No. 32A01-1202-CT-80, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 15, 2013).
Property mortgagor and property managers owed no duty to a girl who drowned in the pool of an abandoned house.
Plank v. Community Hospitals of Ind., Inc., No. 49S04-1203-CT-135,___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Jan. 15, 2013).
Plaintiff forfeited his opportunity to conduct an evidentiary hearing challenging the constitutionality of the Medical Malpractice Act when he asked for the hearing 6 years into the case, post-verdict.
Gonzalez v. State, No. 45S03-1206-CR-307, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Jan. 10, 2013).
Retroactive imposition of a lifetime sex offender registration requirement, when the offender has no remedy for relief from registration on the bases of rehabilitation and no risk to the public, violates the Indiana Constitution Ex Post Facto Clause.