For purposes of the Tort Prejudgment Interest Statute, a written settlement offer must be made within one year following the filing of a claim to be eligible for prejudgment interest, and the settlement offer can be made prior to the filing of a lawsuit.
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D.C. v. J.A.C., No. 32S04-1206-DR-349, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Nov. 13, 2012).
Trial courts have considerable deference in family law matters, and the trial court had ample support to hold that it was in the child’s best interests to remain in the state.
National Wine & Spirits, Inc. v. Ernst & Young, LLP, No. 49S02-1203-CT-137, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Oct. 23, 2012).
Collateral estoppel precludes the deception claim because the issue underlying that claim was decided during the arbitration proceedings.
Castillo v. State, No. 45S00-1102-LW-110, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., July 31, 2012).
When evidence showed defendant’s boyfriend killed her child and that she was an accomplice to the murder, the life without parole sentence for her was inappropriate; revises murder sentence to 65 years.
Conley v. State, No. 58S00-1011-CR-634, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., July 31, 2012).
Life without parole sentence was appropriate and constitutional for seventeen and a half-year old who murdered his ten-year old brother.