Complaint, alleging various causes of action related to the schooling of plaintiffs’ children while there were COVID-19 restrictions, was properly dismissed pursuant to TR 12(B)(6).
Payne-Elliott v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis, Inc., No. 21A-CP-936, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 23, 2021).
Trial court improperly granted T.R. 12(B)(1) motion for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Because a fact-sensitive and claim-specific analysis is required to determine whether the First Amendment bars the claims against the church, the issue was not ripe for disposition.
Wheeler v. State, No. 21A-MI-1175, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 17, 2021).
Inmate was not required to plead exhaustion of remedies to state a claim for negligence; his negligence claim was not subject to dismissal under the Screening Statute on that basis.
Corbett v. State, No. 21A-CR-118, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 10, 2021).
Article 15 non-judicial punishment received while in the Navy is not a criminal conviction and cannot be used to impeach a witness under Evidence Rule 609.
Aberdeen Apartments II, LLC v. Miller, No. 21A-CT-1263, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 15, 2021).
Counsel did not commit misconduct for making a specific request for damages during rebuttal closing argument.