A medical provider may be held liable for the acts of an apparent agent based on the provider’s manifestations of an agency relationship with the apparent agent, which causes a third party to rely on such a relationship.
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Bradbury v. State, No. 21S-PC-441, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Feb. 7, 2022).
Bradbury’s counsel did not render ineffective assistance by pursuing an all-or-nothing strategy.
Hall v. State, No. 20S-LW-00660, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 17, 2021).
Life without parole was an appropriate sentence for woman who hired someone to murder her stepfather.
Griffin v. Menard, Inc., No. 21S-CT-119, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 19, 2021).
When a box opened at the bottom and injured store customer, plaintiffs’ designated evidence did not create an issue of material fact to defeat defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Plaintiffs’ res ipsa loquitur claim also failed.
Bradbury v. State, No. 21S-PC-441, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Oct. 1, 2021).
Trial counsel was not ineffective for stipulating that defendant’s alleged accomplice, was convicted of murder because the stipulation did not relieve the State of the burden to prove defendant’s intent. Trial counsel pursued a reasonable all-or-nothing strategy when he chose not to seek a lesser-included instruction on reckless homicide.