Petitioner’s Trial Rule 60(B) motion for relief from judgment was untimely because: (1) he filed it more than one year after the trial court granted summary judgment against him, and (2) his earlier appeal of that judgment did not toll the one-year limit applicable to motions brought under Rule 60(B)(1)-(4).
N. Vaidik
Ramirez v. State, No. 65A01-0911-CR-543, __ N.E.2d__ (Ind. Ct. App., May 28, 2010)
U.S. Supreme Court’s Melendez-Diaz holding does not require a change from prior Court of Appeals opinions that Dept. of Toxicology breathalyzer test certificate is not “testimonial” and hence is admissible without testimony from the tester.
Buchanan v. Vowell, No. 49A02-0909-CV-873, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., May 12, 2010)
Where drunk driver injured plaintiff-pedestrian while driver was speaking on her cell phone with defendant (who was following driver in another car), trial court erred in dismissing plaintiff’s complaint alleging that defendant gratuitously undertook a duty to protect plaintiff from the driver and that defendant was acting in concert with the driver.
Bond v. State, No. 71A03-0910-CR-457, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 21, 2010)
Defendant failed to show that selection of his jury from Judicial Center list violated Sixth Amendment’s “fair cross section” requirement.
Nasser v. St. Vincents Hospital and Health Services, No. 49A02-0910-CV-955, __ N.E.2d__ (Ind. Ct. App., Apr. 14, 20010)
Medical causation opinion of nurse serving on medical review panel was not admissible as expert opinion under Evidence Rule 702 and thus could not be used in resolving summary judgment motion.