Company that warehoused steel coil that became unsecured during travel killing other motorists had no duty to the motorists killed. It is unforeseeable that a warehousing entity’s conduct in warehousing the cargo or in loading the cargo onto another entity’s vehicle at the instruction of the other entity’s driver would result in harm to motorists.
J. Baker
In re Adoption and Paternity of K.A.W., No. 31A01-1712-AD-2797 ,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 20, 2018).
Although Putative Father registered as a putative father and filed a petition to establish paternity, Putative Father’s consent to adoption was irrevocably implied because he failed to register as a putative father in a timely fashion.
Wirthlin v. State, No. 24A01-1711-CR-2662, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 11, 2018).
Defendant’s signing of documents that include a waiver of counsel do not fulfill the trial court’s responsibility to ensure a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver.
Ivy v. State, No. 82A04-1711-PC-2506, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 4, 2018).
Attempted murder conviction reversed because trial counsel failed to object to improper jury instruction, and tender a proper instruction, regarding the specific intent required to prove accomplice liability.
D.Z. v. State, No. 32A05-1708-JV-1907, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 22, 2018).
Because the school official and police officer employed by the school acted in concert in obtaining incriminating statements from the student, and both were aware of the probability of criminal charges, the student should have been advised of his Miranda rights.