A component manufacturer is not immune from liability under the Indiana Product Liability Act; component manufacturer cannot automatically transfer all responsibility to the final manufacturer.
Appeals
McCarty v. State, No. 84A04-1707-CR-1599, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 20, 2018).
When placing a person on probation, the trial court must provide clear and specific written terms, including each condition of probation.
Wilson v. State, No. 49A04-1706-CR-1201, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 22, 2018).
When, without probable cause, police officers approached defendant at gunpoint and handcuffed him, and defendant remained handcuffed and guarded by one or the other officer while two searches of his vehicle were conducted, the officers’ actions exceeded the scope of an investigatory stop and became an arrest without probable cause.
S.B. v. Seymour Comm. Schools, No. 36A01-1710-PO-2252, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 26, 2018).
School corporations, through their officials, are permitted to act on behalf of their students to seek orders for protection against threatening individuals.
Howell v. State, No. 82A05-1707-CR-1474, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 13, 2018).
Defendant’s criminal recklessness conviction vacated as violating double jeopardy prohibition because factfinder used the essential elements of armed robbery to establish the essential elements of criminal recklessness.