Ind. Code 34-11-2-11.5 is the statute of limitations for Environmental Legal Actions; as soon as a person incurs a cleanup cost, the ten-year period starts to run with respect to that cost.
Appeals
State v. Lucas, No. 18A-CR-92, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 28, 2018).
The search of a vehicle in defendant’s garage did not unconstitutionally exceed the scope of the search warrant under the Fourth Amendment. A search warrant authorizing a search of a particularly described premises permits the search of vehicles owned or controlled by the owner of, and found on, the premises.
Rainbow Realty Group, Inc. v. Carter, No. 49A02-1707-CC-1473, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 27, 2018).
Rent-to-buy agreement is not a lease subject to the Landlord-Tenant Act.
C.S. v. State, No. 18A-JV-862, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 19, 2018).
Ind. Code § 31-37-18-1.3 requires that a delinquent child be given notice of and an opportunity to be heard during a dispositional or modification hearing; however, the child is not required to be physically present and participation via video conferencing is enough.
Gates v. O’Connor, No. 18A-CT-58, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 13, 2018).
Because the designated evidence negates the proximate cause element of the legal malpractice claim, the trial court properly granted summary judgment.