A sentence is illegal if it is outside the prescribed statutory range or is unconstitutional. An appeal challenging an illegal sentence cannot be waived.
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Monroe Cty. Bd. of Zoning Appeals v. Bedford Recycling, Inc., No. 25S-MI-293, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Nov. 13, 2025).
The Board of Zoning Appeals does not have statutory, inherent, or common law authority to reconsider its final order.
Baldwin v. Standard Fire Ins. Co., No. 25S-CT-33, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 21, 2025).
Slaughter, J. When insurance coverage is insufficient to satisfy multiple claimants, insurers face a dilemma. An insurer can seek individual settlements, but this approach risks exhausting policy limits before satisfying all claimants. Another option is to refrain from individual settlements in hopes of attaining a global settlement, but this approach may fail and expose the […]
O’Connell v. Clay, No. 25S-MI-34, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 16, 2025).
Paternity by estoppel applies to grandparents’ visitation. Grandparent had standing under the Grandparent Visitation Act to petition for visitation with grandchild when custodial mother stipulated to the father’s paternity in an agreed visitation order.
Perry County v. Huck, No. 24S-PL-297, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., July 22, 2025).
Local elected officials may be designated as part-time employees, which permits the county to exclude them from group health insurance.