Component-part manufacturers have no duty under the IPLA to install safety features when it is foreseeable that the final manufacturer will put the component to different uses depending on how it integrates the component into the final product.
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Springfield v. State, No. 19S-CR-348, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 10, 2019).
Two or more distinct offenses may be enhanced due to the use of the same weapon during the commission of each offense, but double jeopardy protections prevent enhancement due to the continuous possession of the weapon.
State v. Ruiz, No. 19S-CR-336, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 3, 2019).
Miranda warnings must be provided when police interrogate someone when their movement is curtailed and they are subjected to coercive pressures.
In re Unsupervised Estate of Orlando C. Lewis, Jr., No. 18S-EU-507, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 3, 2019).
Trial court properly exercised its discretion to reconsider its initial appointment of the special administrator of an estate. Though not required by statute or trial rule, courts should nevertheless give notice and hold a hearing before appointing a special administrator or rescinding such an appointment.
O’Bryant v. Adams, No. 18S-PL-584, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 4, 2019).
A valid forum-selection clause, in which the parties agree by contract to litigate their disputes in a specific forum, does not deprive a trial court of personal jurisdiction over parties that would otherwise be subject to the court’s jurisdiction.