“When an insurer compensates its insured due to a third party tortfeasor being underinsured, the third party tortfeasor’s liability is not reduced.”
State v. Bisard, No. 49A04-1109-CR-459, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 12, 2012).
Under the Implied Consent statutes, “blood may be drawn at a licensed hospital or by certain people if not at a licensed hospital. To the extent that someone else draws blood, the evidence must show that the person is properly trained and performed the draw in a medically acceptable manner.”
Clarke v. State, No. 49A02-1202-PC-65, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 14, 2012).
Defendant’s circumstances, including the fact he had two children born in the United States after his guilty plea, did not suffice to support his claim that he would not have pled guilty had he received advice about deportation consequences from trial counsel.
Pac-Van, Inc. v. Wekiva Falls Resort, No. 49A02-1204-CT-337, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 11, 2012).
When the losing party pays a judgment in full, post-judgment interest does not keep running on the whole amount until the trial court calculates the amount due for the period between the judgment and the payment.
Miller v. Dobbs, No. 15A05-1108-CT-431, (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 13, 2012).
If a proposed medical malpractice complaint is filed before the Indiana Department of Insurance without filing fees, it can be treated as unfiled until the fees are paid, or it can be treated as filed and a show cause order can be issued to the plaintiffs that they must pay the fee “in short order.”