L. Rush

Liability under the Crime Victims Relief Act is a ”matter of the factfinder’s discretionary judgment of whether the defendant is criminally culpable.”

“[A]ny maintenance provision in a settlement agreement, regardless of its grounds, is modifiable only if the agreement so provides.”

A self-serving, but competent affidavit that contradicted the State’s designated evidence on a material fact was sufficient to preclude summary judgment.

Company could not deduct foreign-source dividend income when calculating its net operating losses for Indiana tax purposes.

Responding to the plaintiff’s demand was not the defendant’s only option to mitigate damages, but the trial court was within its discretion to reduce damages.