In a personal injury case where the amount of medical expenses actually paid by plaintiff was discounted from the amount originally billed because of arrangements between plaintiff’s health insurance company and medical providers, to the extent that discounted amount may be introduced without referencing insurance, it may be used to determine the reasonable value of medical services.
F. Sullivan
Estate of Margaret H. Prickett v. Womersley, No. 71S03-0808-CV-419, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., May 13, 2009)
Indiana law presumes that services while caring for a person subject to a guardianship are rendered gratuitously if rendered by a family member; the presumption cannot be rebutted by evidence that the person wanted her daughter to be compensated because the person was under a guardianship, and the guardian did not consent.
Jensen v. State, No. 02S04-0803-CR-137, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Apr. 30, 2009)
The Indiana Ex Post Facto Clause was not violated by application of the 2006 sexually violent predator lifetime registration requirement to a person required to register as a sex offender for ten years under the law in effect when his sex offenses were committed.
Tyler v. State, No. 69S04-0801-CR-3, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Mar. 31, 2009)
[A] party may not introduce testimony via the Protected Person Statute if the same person testifies in open court as to the same matters.
Clark v. Clark, No. 35S05-0809-CV-506, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Mar. 12, 2009)
Incarceration may constitute a substantial change in circumstances warranting a modification of child support.