Trial court abused its discretion in permitting an expert witness to read verbatim into evidence an opinion set forth in an email to the expert witness because it merely served as an improper vehicle to present the otherwise inadmissible hearsay evidence.
P. Riley
Keith v. State, No. 18A-CR-1961, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., June 20, 2019).
An injury to the mind does not qualify as a bodily injury and may not be used to convict on a Level 1 felony burglary of a dwelling resulting in serious bodily injury.
In re R.L. No. 18A-JC-2927, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., May 29, 2019).
Juvenile court erred when it failed to dismiss those claims made by DCS in its 2018 CHINS petition which had already been litigated or which could have been litigated in the 2017 CHINS.
Brenner v. All Steel Carports, Inc, No 18A-CC-1342, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., April 18, 2019).
The Workers Compensation Act does not deprive the trial court of subject matter jurisdiction over claims against third parties.
Hendricks Cnty. v. Green, No. 18A-PL-2528, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., March 19, 2019).
Probation officers are entitled to a cash payout of unused PTO in accordance with the Court’s employee manual; county is not entitled to sovereign immunity under the Wage Payment Statute.