The wrongful death statute precludes the statutory beneficiary who dies before judgment from recovering wrongful death damages when the statutory beneficiary dies with no heirs.
N. Vaidik
Knutson v. State, No. 12A04-1709-CR-2246, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 31, 2018).
Unlawful possession of a syringe cannot be enhanced to a Level 5 felony based on a prior conviction pursuant to the general offense-level statute (Ind. Code § 16-42-19-27).
Kirchgessner v. Kirchgessner, No10A01-1710-CP-2309,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 29, 2018).
Trial court properly granted a T.R. 60(B)(7) motion within a reasonable time, even though it was over 25 years since the judgment was entered.
State v. Myers, No. 69A01-1708-CR-1805, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 24, 2018).
A defendant must object to a trial date set beyond the one-year guarantee in Criminal Rule 4(C) in time to permit the trial court to reset the trial for a date within the proper period.
Stachowski v. Estate of Radman, No. 71A05-1708-CT-1776, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 14, 2018).
Plaintiff cannot rely on the doctrine of negligence per se to satisfy the duty element of a negligence claim.