Ind. Code § 35-45-4-8, which criminalizes the non-consensual distribution of an intimate image, does not violate the free interchange clause of the Indiana Constitution, or the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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WTHR-TV v. Hamilton Se. Sch. Dist., No. 21S-MI-345, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Jan. 13, 2022).
Ind. Code § 5-14-3-4(b)(8) requires public agencies to provide certain types of information, but it does not require them to provide the underlying documents.
K.G. v. Smith, No. 21S-CT-561, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 22, 2021).
When a caretaker assumes responsibility for a child, and when that caretaker owes a duty of care to the child’s parent or guardian, a claim against the caretaker for the negligent infliction of emotional distress may proceed when the parent or guardian later discovers, with irrefutable certainty, that the caretaker sexually abused that child and when that abuse severely impacted the parent or guardian’s emotional health.
Clark County REMC v. Reis, No. 21S-CT-343, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 29, 2021).
Board policy, which established reimbursement benefits for former directors, was not an offer because it did not convey with reasonable certainty promises manifesting an intention or invitation to contract with another; no contract existed.
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.