State agrees to pay family $25M to settle DCS case
The deal resolves a northern Indiana family's decade-long legal fight to clear their names after the Department of Child Services falsely prosecuted them for their daughter's death.
The deal resolves a northern Indiana family's decade-long legal fight to clear their names after the Department of Child Services falsely prosecuted them for their daughter's death.
The justices ruled unanimously Monday that patent infringement lawsuits can be filed only in states where defendants are incorporated. The case was sparked by an appeal from Carmel-based TC Heartland LLC.
People who lost loved ones in a fungal meningitis outbreak traced to tainted steroids were stunned when a pharmacy executive was acquitted of murder charges in 25 deaths. Indiana was hit hard by the outbreak in 2012.
Marketing and development staffers are learning to be much more sophisticated and data-savvy in helping attorneys establish relationships with prospective clients.
Luxury automobile dealership Dreyer & Reinbold Inc. is facing a federal trial after being sued for discrimination by a former employee who says she was fired because she suffered a stroke.
A jury acquitted Dr. John K. Sturman of reckless homicide and 16 counts of improperly prescribing drugs on Monday following a six-day trial.
A divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that debt collectors can use bankruptcy proceedings to try to collect liabilities that are so old the statute of limitations has expired.
A former gymnast testified that she turned to a prominent sports doctor for treatment of back problems but instead was repeatedly molested as a teenager, assaults that have haunted her for nearly two decades.
Anthem says it is giving up on the $48 billion purchase in the wake of a Thursday court ruling giving Cigna the right to walk away. The Indianapolis-based insurer says Cigna is not entitled to collect a $1.85 billion breakup fee.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is defending its conductor and leaders, describing claims of age discrimination and harassment made by a tenured musician as “outlandish” and “baseless.”
The decision makes it virtually impossible for Anthem to salvage the merger and means the insurer could be on the hook for $1.85 billion in breakup fees and $13 billion in damages to Cigna.
Dr. John Steenbergen admitted he had a sexual relationship with a patient for five years and performed an abortion on her, but said the licensing board unfairly characterized the matter.
The settlements bring the total FedEx has paid resolve driver compensation claims to at least $454 million.
Shares in the Indianapolis-based trucking company dropped as much as 67 percent Tuesday morning. At least 16 law firms say they have filed lawsuits against the company or are investigating doing so.
The Indiana Supreme Court is denying a request from an attorney who wanted his public records case against Vice President Mike Pence to be given a fresh look amid revelations that the former governor used a private AOL email account to conduct state business.
The decision is a likely final blow to Indianapolis-based Anthem’s bid to complete the $48 billion merger, which a lower-court judge had said should be stopped because it risked undermining competition in health-insurance markets.
The lawsuit claimed the two health care providers left their pregnant patients’ care to lower-cost nurse midwives instead of having them treated by doctors. When billing Medicaid, the two claimed the services were provided by doctors, the complaint said.
The fact that Dave Mazanowski, whose firm provided landscaping services to the nursing home chain's properties, had been cooperating with investigators was revealed publicly for the first time in a recent court filing.
Conservative radio host Greg Garrison plans to retire from his weekday show in June, he announced Monday on the air.
The previous system had been thrown out by a federal appeals court in 2015 as unconstitutional, and Indiana Senate President Pro Tempore David Long said it was the Legislature’s responsibility to replace it.