“2014 Zionsville-Perry Reorganization is not prohibited and that Whitestown may not adopt annexation ordinances annexing territory in municipalities that are the result of completed reorganizations under the [Government Modernization] Act.”
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Beasley v. State, No. 49S02-1601-CR-20, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Jan. 14, 2016).
Trial court acted within its discretion under Evid. R. 804(b)(3) to admit murder victim’s hearsay statement that he shot at defendant the night before as a “statement against interest”; statement was unambiguous and had a great “tendency … to expose the declarant to civil or criminal liability,” even though declarant believed he had acted in self-defense.
Hewitt v. Westfield Washington School Corp., No. 29S04-1506-PL-00377, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 15, 2015).
The teacher’s termination statute (Ind. Code § 20-28-7.5-1 et seq.) does not apply to termination of an administrator when the underlying teaching contract is not terminated.
AM General LLC v. Armour, No. 71S03-1507-PL-407, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 16, 2015).
When employer offered employee a subordinate promissory note as payment, employer failed to satisfy its obligation under the employment agreement requiring payment in cash or a cash equivalent.
Knighten v. E. Chicago Housing Authority, No. 45S04-1512-CT-686, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Dec. 8, 2015).
Genuine issues of material fact on whether employer should be liable under the theory of respondeat superior precluded summary judgment.