A construction lien secures only the debt for improvements directly benefiting the lien-attached property. Contractors can foreclose the liens on each property to recover only those amounts, not amounts for work to improve a different owner’s property.
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Kelly v. State, No. 25S-PC-108, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Apr. 30, 2025).
While the Indiana Rules of Post-Conviction Remedies require appellate screening before filing a successive petition for post-conviction relief, those rules do not require appellate screening before amending a successive petition.
Isrig v. Trustees of Ind. Univ., No. 24S-CT-158, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., Apr. 22, 2025).
The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur may be applied to premises liability cases involving fixtures where an invitee is injured on a landowner’s premises.
Fam. & Soc. Servs. Admin. v. Saint, No. 25S-MI-101, __N.E.3d __ (Ind., Apr. 23, 2025).
For purposes of the Access to Public Records Act, material must originate from and be communicated by employees of the same agency to qualify as “intra-agency.”
Turner v. State, No. 24S-CR-147, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 12, 2025).
Defendant is not deprived of the benefit of hindsight when it reveals their conduct was necessary in self-defense, even though that necessity wasn’t fully apparent in the moment