Wrongful death action was not timely filed when plaintiff petitioned to be appointed as special administratrix of the estate within the two-year filing period of the Wrongful Death Act, but the petition was not granted until after that period elapsed.
Marroquin v. Reagle, No. 23A-MI-2545, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 23, 2024).
When defendant was convicted of a crime in Indiana that does not require sex offender registration and then moves to a state that did require sex offender registration, the defendant is not required to register when moving back to Indiana.
Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. v. NIBCO, Inc., No. 23A-PL-1343, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 26, 2024).
When relief was not available under T.R. 60(B), the trial court could not reinstate the case because it failed to have a T.R. 41(E) hearing before the dismissal.
WEOC, Inc. v. Niebauer, No. 23S-CT-184, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 12, 2024).
The Dram Shop Act modified common-law liability against entities that furnish alcohol, but did not eliminate it.
Teising v. State, No. 24S-CR-55, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 15, 2024).
The maxim that “ignorance of the law is no excuse” does not relieve the State of its burden to prove criminal intent, even when the defendant bases their claimed lack of intent on a misunderstanding of the civil law.