A constructive discharge claim may rest on involuntary resignation, but only where the cause fits within the grounds recognized by Indiana decisions on retaliatory discharge.
R. Shepard
Clark v. State, No. 43S00-0810-CR-575, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Oct. 15, 2009)
Defendant’s statements about himself on his “My Space” website as an “outlaw” were properly admitted to rebut his testimony at trial.
Myers v. Leedy, No. 85S02-0808-CV-478, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind. Oct. 15, 2009)
If, at the time of filing suit for forfeiture, a land contract vendor knows, or upon reasonable diligence should have known, that a tenant is in possession of the property, the tenant’s leasehold interest survives the forfeiture action unless the tenant is made a party to the forfeiture litigation.
Pendergrass v. State, No. 71S03-0808-CR-00445, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 24, 2009).
Admission of DNA test results without testimony of technician who performed DNA test procedures but with testimony of lab supervisor who reviewed the specific results and of expert who prepared paternity analysis satisfied defendant’s federal Crawford Confrontation Clause right.
Rovai v. Rovai, No. 45S03-0812-CV-00628, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind.. Sept. 2, 2009)
Dissolution statutes authorize (but do not require) a court to assess interest in the course of fashioning a just division of assets.