“An auto dealership’s advertisement of an inexpensive used car as a “Sporty Car at a Great Value Price,” is textbook puffery—not actionable as deception or fraud, because a reasonable buyer could not take it as a warranty about the car’s performance or safety characteristics. But when the dealer has inspected the car and should know it has serious problems, answering a buyer’s question about why it idled roughly by claiming that it “would just need a tune-up” may be actionable as fraud.”
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In re Dixon, No. 71S00-1104-DI-196, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Oct. 8, 2013).
Adopts an objective standard for determining when a statement made by an attorney about a judicial officer violates Indiana Professional Conduct Rule 8.2(a), “A lawyer shall not make a statement that the lawyer knows to be false or with reckless disregard as to its truth or falsity concerning the qualifications or integrity of a judge . . . .”
Clark v. State, No. 20S05-1301-CR-10, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 17, 2013).
Defendant’s conviction is reversed because the police search at a rental storage unit that led to his arrest violated his Fourth Amendment protections.
Schwartz v. Heeter, No. 02S03-1301-DR-18, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 26, 2013).
A child support agreement incorporates the version of the Child Support Guidelines in effect for each particular year’s income.
M & M Investment Group, LLC v. Ahlemeyer Farms, Inc., No. 03S04-1211-CC-645 , __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Sept. 26, 2013).
The county auditor is obligated to notify a mortgage holder of an impending property sale only when that mortgage holder specifically requests a notice.