Ind. Evid. Rule 617 does not require the State to make available at trial electronic recordings of defendant’s incriminating statements made in a motel room because it was not a “place of detention.”
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Estate of Kent v. Kerr, No. 55S01-1712-ES-00747, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2018).
The Compromise Chapter of Probate Code only applies to post-mortem agreements.
Erie Indemnity Co. v. Estate of Harris, No. 18S-CT-114, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., June 20, 2018).
Commercial auto policy does not provide coverage for a death in a motor vehicle accident involving an uninsured motorist when the decedent was not occupying a scheduled vehicle.
A.A. v. Eskenazi Health/Midtown CMHC, No. 49S02-1711-MH-688, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., May 17, 2018).
An attorney may not waive the right to appear on behalf of a client for a mentally competent civil commitment. A trial court must waive a respondent’s presence at a commitment hearing at the beginning of the proceeding.
Gresk v. Demetris, No. 49S02-1711-MI-686, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., May 10, 2018).
Indiana’s anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) statute protects a person’s actions “in furtherance of” his or her right of petition or free speech and “in connection with a public issue”; the statute is inapplicable to a doctor that reported suspected child abuse.