Bound by precedent from our Supreme Court construing similar pollution provisions in insurance policies, we find that because the Crum & Forster policy did not unambiguously identify methanol as a pollutant, the trial court erred in applying the TPPL part to the Parsons’ claims.
Appeals
Masterson v. State, No. 25A-CR-2176, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 16, 2026).
A probationer’s lack of fault does not bear on whether a violation occurred but only on the sanction imposed.
Burton v. State, No. 25A-CR-2659, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 5, 2026).
The assisting a criminal statute, Indiana Code section 35-44.1-2-5, does not require proof of the assisted party’s interstate flight when the State charges a defendant with having assisted a fugitive from justice.
In re Petition to Docket Trust of B. Alice McCoy, et al v. McCoy, No. 25A-TR-367, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 8, 2026)
Under Indiana Evidence Rule 806, when a hearsay statement, such as the attorney’s deposition, has been admitted into evidence, the hearsay declarant’s credibility may be attacked as though they had testified in person.
Blackburn v. State, No. 25A-CR-2222, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 6, 2026).
For a fetus to meet the definition of “an individual” under I.C. § 9-13-2-124, the fetus must be viable, meaning the ability to live outside the mother’s womb.