December 29, 2021
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)–A ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court has expanded the limited number of people who are eligible to recover damages in lawsuits alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress. Indiana lawsuits seeking damages for emotional distress typically can only be …
March 27, 2021
In a pro-insurance coverage ruling, the Indiana Supreme Court reversed a lower court’s decision that crime coverage did not exist for a ransomware attack, while finding that fact issues prevented a ruling at this time on one key coverage issue. …
October 9, 2020
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Allstate must pay $25,000 in uninsured motorist benefits to the estranged husband of a woman who died while riding as a passenger in a car crash after moving back in with her parents. …
April 27, 2017
The Indiana Supreme Court ruled that a wounded police officer can’t sue a sporting goods store that sold a handgun that was later used to shoot him. The Indianapolis Star reported the court on Monday dismissed Indianapolis Officer Dwayne Runnels’ …
October 11, 2016
The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to take a case involving a man who was seriously injured in a crash and amassed over $625,000 in medical bills. The high court’s ruling leaves in place a trial court and state appeals …
December 23, 2013
Standard insurance policies exclude coverage for sexual misconduct. As an example, with respect to sexual molestations, the sexual misconduct may not constitute an accident triggering coverage under the insuring clause of the policy. See Steven Plitt and Jordan R. Plitt, …
January 23, 2013
The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of a woman convicted of fatally poisoning her estranged husband to collect on an insurance policy. Bartholomew County Prosecutor Bill Nash tells The Republic the court’s refusal last week her …
November 16, 2012
Indiana’s high court has ruled that the state’s fund established to cover excess damages in medical malpractice cases may not dispute the existence or cause of a plaintiff’s injury in a case in which the medical providers previously settled the …