The only statutory authority for a court to set aside election results is through an election contest. A declaratory judgment action filed before the election did not preserve the candidacy challenge.
D. Molter
EdgeRock Dev., LLC v. CH Garmong & Son, Inc., No. 24S-PL-184, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 3, 2025).
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.
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.”