A proposed complaint before the IDOI is not void ab initio because it was filed in the name of a deceased individual as administrator of the estate of a deceased alleged victim of malpractice.
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Wilder v. DeGood Dimensional Concepts, Inc., No. 20A-PL-1100__ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App, Feb. 16, 2021).
While a trial court can take judicial notice of reasonable attorney’s fees in routine cases involving relatively small amounts, the trial court abused its discretion when it awarded appellate attorney’s fees in a reduced hourly amount with no evidence to support the reduced rate.
Brown v. State, 19A-MI-1999, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Feb. 10, 2021).
Amendment of Ind. Code § 35-33-5-7 to include subsection (f) was a remedial measure intended to clarify that a search warrant is considered “executed” for purposes of Ind. Code § 35-33-5-7 when officers seize the items described in the search warrant.
Brown v. Southside Animal Shelter, Inc., No. 20A-CT-66, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 13, 2020).
Animal shelter had a duty to inform prospective adopters of a dog’s vicious characteristics so far as they were known or ascertainable by exercise of reasonable care.
Crouse v. State, 19A-CR-3008, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 8, 2020).
A waiver of appeal set forth as part of a plea agreement applies only to sentences imposed in accordance with the law.