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.
Appeals
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.
Davis v. Lippert Components Manufacturing, Inc., No. 20A03-1710-CT-2435,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 13, 2018).
Injured worker was not a “user” or “consumer” entitled to relief under the Indiana Product Liability Act.
Stachowski v. Estate of Radman, No. 71A05-1708-CT-1776, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 14, 2018).
Plaintiff cannot rely on the doctrine of negligence per se to satisfy the duty element of a negligence claim.