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.
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Atkins v. Veolia Water Indianapolis, LLC, No. 49A02-1302-CT-181, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Oct. 1, 2013).
The trial court did not abuse its discretion by denying the party’s request to file a belated appeal. Although counsel did not have actual knowledge of the order, counsel did have notice, which is a prerequisite to relief under T.R. 72(E).
Luttrell v. Luttrell, No. 49A02-1301-DR-85, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Sept. 12, 2013).
The trial court properly excluded a lump sum Social Security Disability Insurance payment from division as part of the marital estate.
Nationstar Mortgage, LLC v. Curatolo, No. 45A03-1211-MF-469, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 18, 2013).
Court cannot modify a mortgage agreement without the consent of both parties participating in a settlement conference.
In re Adoption of J.T.A., No. 37A03-1212-AD-525, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 10, 2013).
When the child’s father and the father’s fiancée were not married at the time of the adoption hearing, if the child’s adoption was granted to the father’s fiancé, then it would sever the mother’s parental rights but not the father’s.