For the claims to recover public funds pursuant to Ind. Code § 5-11-5-1(a), the limitations period begins to run only after the Office of the Indiana Attorney General receives a final, verified report from the State Board of Accounts. Claims pursuant to the Crime Victims Relief Act are governed by the discovery rule.
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Perkins v. Memorial Hospital of South Bend, No. 20S-CT-233, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 31, 2020).
Testimony compelled by a subpoena or other statutory duty is protected under the public policy exception to at-will employment.
In re J.C., No. 20S-JT-235, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., April 1, 2020).
Where the parent affirmatively waived the requirement, a parent is not entitled to dismissal of a TPR petition due to the juvenile court’s failure to complete a hearing within the statutorily required 180 days.
City of New Albany v. Board of Commissioners of the County of Floyd, No. 19S-MI-674__ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 23, 2020).
Turn-over provision in the lease between the county and the building authority is valid and enforceable.
Salyer v. Washington Regular Baptist Church Cemetery, No. 20S-PL-102, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., March 11, 2020).
Gravesite purchaser, who discovered that the cemetery resold the gravesite and allowed someone else to be buried there, is entitled to correction of the wrongful burial.