Indiana does not have personal jurisdiction over an attorney that never practiced law in Indiana and did not seek business from Indiana residents – she had no minimum contacts within or substantial connection to Indiana.
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Gibson v. State, No. 39S05-1509-CR-517, ___ N.E.3d ___ (Ind. Ct. App., Aug. 31, 2015).
Pulling the victim to the ground during the course of a battery was insufficient to establish D-felony criminal confinement by removal under I.C. § 35-42-3-3(a)(2).
Anderson v. Gaudin, No. 07S01-1505-PL-284, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Sept. 1, 2015).
“[U]nder the Home Rule Act, boards of county commissioners are authorized to amend a fire protection district, even if such amendment dissolves the district.”
Huntington Nat’l Bank v. Car-X Assoc. Corp., No. 64S04-1504-MF-187, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 21, 2015).
Affirm the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion to set aside the default judgment under T.R. 60(B)(1) for excusable neglect, but remands to the trial court to reconsider whether equitable reasons support granting the motion under T.R. 60(B)(8).
Goodrich Quality Theaters, Inc. v. Fostcorp Heating & Cooling, Inc., No. 64S03-1504-PL-227,__ N.E.3d __ (Ind., Aug. 26, 2015).
Under Indiana’s mechanic’s lien statute, lienholders are entitled to collect attorney’s fees incurred in foreclosing upon their liens from a party who posts a surety bond securing the liens.