Doctors, who treated children while they were in the custody of DCS, did not act under color of state law for purposes of a §1983 action.
Appeals
Gladstone v. West Bend Mutual Ins., Co, No. 20A-CT-1499, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 24, 2021).
Medical bills were properly admitted as relevant evidence in determining a plaintiff’s pain and suffering.
Faulk v. Faulk, No. 20A-DC-1432, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 29, 2021).
Trial court has no statutory authority to change a child’s last name in a divorce decree.
Vonhoene v. State, 20A-CR-328, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 18, 2021).
A defendant has the right to counsel at each critical stage of a criminal matter, unless the defendant relinquishes that right by waiver, forfeiture, or forfeiture with knowledge.
Mishra v. State, 20A-XP-1726, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Mar. 9, 2021).
A court is not authorized to consider an expunged conviction in the context of an expungement proceeding for purposes of determining whether the person has a conviction within the previous five years.