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One may think that a person can always move to quash a subpoena directed to their records, even if the records are kept by a third-party. And this may be true—but you need to follow the proper procedure, or your efforts will come to naught. Kristy and Clay Kelley...

This case arises from injuries a woman suffered while trying to care for a goat on another woman’s farm. It involves interesting questions around premises liability—so interesting that this is the second appeal we have reported on in this case. And while the first...

Dr. Rick Sasso is a renowned spinal surgeon and inventor of technology used in spinal surgery. Sasso assigned certain intellectual property rights, including patents, to Medtronic and was promised royalties in return. Sasso was not receiving all the royalties that he...

When people play sports, they sometimes get hurt. And Indiana law recognizes that when someone is hurt by another sports participant, there is generally no liability. That is also true if the participant that hurts another is a coach. C.G. was a freshman basketball...

People are always entitled to due process before their property is taken away in a judicial proceeding. But this begs the question—what process is due in a particular case? In this case, the Indiana Supreme Court dealt with this question in tax sale cases, and the...

The recent news has discussed whether various parties have standing to challenge the 2020 presidential election in various federal courts. But federal courts are not alone in caring about standing, as this case shows. Indiana passed the Religious Freedom Restoration...

As we all know, Indiana has strict deadlines when it comes to summary judgment, and they are strictly enforced. But this case shows that the Court of Appeals will not elevate form over substance on this deadline. Dr. Ritter performed spinal surgery on Jernagan at the...

An employer is, of course, vicariously liable for the negligence of its employees when they act in the course and scope of their employment. But Indiana has erected procedures around the way in which plaintiffs may bring medical malpractice claims. The question in...

The defendants in this case altered medical records and failed to disclose this multiple times. When the plaintiffs eventually discovered this, they filed suit. The question is whether this kind of claim must be brought under Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act. Santos...

Not every lawyer has litigated a class action, and they are a different kind of animal. In order to certify a case as a class action, you need to convince the court that the case is amenable to class certification. This involves proof on each factor in a multifactor...