The trial court properly dismissed the complaint of an abusive litigant; the appellate court imposes sanctions on the litigant for his abuse of judicial resources.
E. Tavitas
Mitchell v. State, No. 21A-CR-2722, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 25, 2022).
To be convicted of battery by means of a deadly weapon, the statute requires only that the weapon is readily capable of causing serious bodily injury in the manner in which it was used, could be used, or was intended to be used; there is no requirement that the weapon caused such injury.
Legacy Builders Ind., Inc. v. Crocker No. 21A-CT-2255, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 29, 2022).
Trial court lacked personal jurisdiction over defendants because plaintiff failed to serve a summons with the complaint.
Woodward v. State, No. 21A-CR-1229, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 2, 2022).
Commission of a prior felony must be proven by more than mere prior conviction records; there must be supporting evidence to identify the defendant as the person named in the records.
Decker v. Star Financial Group, Inc., No. 21A-PL-2191, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 20, 2022).
Arbitration provision at the bottom of a monthly bank statement was not reasonable notice of the provision as required by the terms and conditions of the bank account.