Summary judgment was properly denied because the court found that the bar failed to establish as a matter of law that it did not owe patron a duty to protect him from another patron’s criminal act.
T. Crone
Denson v. Estate of Dillard, No. 18A-CT-1112, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 18, 2018).
Summary judgment was properly granted in a negligence action. Because the Defendant’s sudden physical incapacity was not reasonably foreseeable, Defendant successfully negated the element of breach of duty.
Bock v. Bock, No. 18A-DR-38, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 20, 2018).
Pension survivor benefit was properly included as a marital asset for division.
Rodriguez v. State, No. 20A03-1704-CR-724, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Dec. 14, 2018).
Court of Appeals affirmed its prior ruling that under Ind. Code § 35-38-1-17(1) a trial court could modify defendant’s sentence, as that section provided a person may not waive the right to sentence modification as part of a plea agreement. A 2018 amendment to that statute may not be applied retroactively.
Trice v. State, No. 18A-CR-697, __ N.E.3d __ (Ind. Ct. App., Nov. 13, 2018).
Carrying a handgun without a license does not constitute “misuse” to warrant an order to destroy the handgun.