Ind. Code § 34-18-18-1’s limitation that plaintiff’s attorney’s fees from any award made from the patient’s compensation fund may not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of any recovery from the fund does not apply to the assessment of damages caused by the tortfeasor or the calculation of excess damages of any type from the fund.
M. May
In re Adoption of P.A.H, No. 79A02-1302-AD-183, __ N.E.2d __, (Ind. Ct. App., July 30, 2013).
Trial court lacked authority to grant post-adoption visitation rights to child’s biological uncle.
Piatek v. Beale, No. 49A04-1209-CT-448, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 20, 2013).
A reference made during a trial to “pleading the Fifth” is not an admission of a crime and alone is not grounds for a mistrial.
Keck v. State, , __N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 24, 2013).
Affirms trial judge’s conclusion that poor county road conditions made driving left-of-center necessary so that officer did not have a reasonable suspicion for stopping motorist driving on the left.
Delagrange v. State, No. 49A04-1203-CR-144, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 25, 2013).
Reverses child exploitation convictions in part because “[t]he State presented no evidence the victims exhibited their genitals [footnote omitted] or intended to satisfy anyone’s sexual desire.”