Defendant waived his appeal of the default judgment by failing to file a T.R. 60(B) motion to set aside the default judgment; a motion to correct error did not preserve the issue.
Lash v. Kreigh, No. 22A-CC-1069, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 18, 2023).
The proper calculation of damages based on the theory of quantum meruit used the plaintiff’s reasonable value of the work performed.
Brugh v. Milestone Contractors, LP, No. 22A-CT-845, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 11, 2023).
Surviving spouse timely substituted herself as the real party in interest within the prescribed time limitations of the Indiana Wrongful Death Stature; the deadline was tolled by the Supreme Court’s orders regarding COVID-19.
Carmack v. State, No. 21S-LW-00471, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 12, 2023).
Sudden heat is characterized as anger, rage, resentment, or terror sufficient to obscure the reason of an ordinary person, preventing deliberation and premeditation, excluding malice, and rendering a person incapable of cool reflection. Here, the State carried its evidentiary burden in negating the mitigating factor and voluntary manslaughter requirement of “sudden heat,” and Defendant’s murder conviction and LWOP sentence.
In re K.V., LP, No. 22A-JC-987, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 13, 2023).
DCS was not required to make a reasonable effort to reunify children with foster parents when it was not in the children’s best interest. Foster parents were not entitled to intervene in CHINS case.