Evidence Rule 803(4)’s hearsay exception for statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment applies only to patients’ statements, not to statements of physicians concerning diagnosis or treatment. Holds that recovery of medical expenses requires that “the treatment claimed must be necessary in the sense that it proximately resulted from the wrongful conduct,” and also holds that the “scope of liability” component of proximate cause allows recovery for “necessary” medical treatment even when the result of misdiagnosis or negligent administration.
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Griffin v. State, No. 71S03-0907-CR-333, __ N.E.2d __ (Ind., Feb. 23, 2010)
Addresses the meaning of “briefly” in the drug crime enhancement “defense” that defendant was only “briefly” within one thousand feet of a school, park, etc..
State ex rel. Crain Heating Air Cond. & Refrig., Inc. v. Clark Circuit Court, No. 10S00-0910-OR-500, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Feb. 17, 2010)
If a ruling involves the granting, modifying, or dissolving of a temporary or preliminary injunction and has not been entered within ten days after the hearing thereon, there has been a delay in ruling and an interested party may immediately praecipe for withdrawal under the procedure provided in Trial Rule 53.1(E); it is not necessary for a party to await the thirty-day period described in Trial Rule 53.1(A) before filing a praecipe for withdrawal.
Bules v. Marshall County, No. 50S03-1001-CV-57, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Jan. 27, 2010)
The Indiana Tort Claims Act’s immunity for losses caused by temporary weather conditions during the period of reasonable response to a weather condition lasts at least until the weather condition has stabilized.
Johnson v. Johnson, No. 46S04-0907-CV-00346, ___ N.E.2d ___ (Ind., Jan. 28, 2010)
Dissolution agreement for husband to pay wife for her interest in the family farm, although silent on the subject, must have contemplated the regular annual renewal of the farm’s debt to finance its operations, but not the higher level of debt necessary to finance husband’s obligations to wife; trial court erred in modifying wife’s lien to allow husband to finance his divorce obligations.