A magistrate cannot enter a final appealable order in a small claims case.
Appeals
Elwood v. Parker, No. 46A05-1609-DR-2005, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 30, 2017).
A parent is not relieved of a child support arrearage even if 20 years have passed since the divorce, children were alienated from the parent by the other parent, or a third party acted in loco parentis and supported the children.
Aillones v. Minton, No. 82A01-1609-CT-2138, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 30, 2017).
No blanket rule prevents a nurse as acting as an expert witness. Nurse practitioner could testify that, in his expert opinion, plaintiff’s injuries were consistent with injuries from an automobile accident.
B&R Oil Co., Inc. v. Stoler, No. 71A04-1603-PL-608, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 30, 2017).
Lessor may not circumvent a lessee’s contractual right of first refusal to purchase the leased premises by submitting a third-party offer to the lessee in which the leased premises are bundled with other property.
Estate of Mills-McGoffney v. Vigo Co. Prosecutor, No. 84A01-1608-MI-1810, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 31, 2017).
When a motion for reinstatement of a dismissed case is filed beyond the thirty-day mark for filing an appeal, any subsequent appeal will pertain solely to whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying or granting the motion to reinstate.