Small claims court deprived defendant of her due process rights when it refused to hear her defenses. Parties, represented or not, must not be expected to insist on being given the protections to which they are guaranteed and should automatically receive.
P. Foley
Lash v. Kreigh, No. 22A-CC-1069, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Jan. 18, 2023).
The proper calculation of damages based on the theory of quantum meruit used the plaintiff’s reasonable value of the work performed.
A.C. v. State, No. 22A-PC-1215, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 19, 2022).
In enacting the Vacatur Statute, the General Assembly determined that a trafficked person who meets the statutory elements should be entitled to have their conviction vacated. I.C. § 35-38-10-2. The relief is not discretionary if the statutory elements are met.
White v. State, No. 22A-CR-00978, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 8, 2022).
A traffic stop based on an “inactive” registration is not justified because the General Assembly has not made “inactive” registration an infraction.